Connecticut western news., 1883-12-05
LIFE SAVING SERVICE.
Details of Operations for tue Past Fiscal
 Year.

The following is an abstract of the re- port of the General Superintendent of the Life Saving Service
 The service embraced at the close of the last fiscal year 194 stations, 149 being on the Atlantic, 37 on the lakes, 2 on the Pacific and l at the Falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Ky.
 The number of disasters to docu mented vessels within the field of station operations during the year was 300. There were 3,792 persons on board theso vessels, of whom 3,777 were saved and only 15 lost. The number of the ship wrecked who received succor at the sta tions was 651, and to these 1879 days relief were afforded. The estimated value of the vessels involved in these disasters was $5, ,1OO,9 ,925 and that of their cargoes $2,075,615, making the total value of property imperilled $7,176,540. Of this amount $5, ,6l1 800 was saved and $1,564, TAO lost. The number of vessels totally lost was 68. In addition to the foregoing there have been 116 disasters to smaller craft, such as sailboats, rowboats, etc., on which were PA persons, 240 of whom were saved and lost The property involved ill the latter disasters was $66, 18O, of which $59, 300 was saved and $6, 2SO lost.
 RESULTS OF ALL DISASTERS.
 The results of all the disasters within the scope of the service aggregate there- fore as follows :-
 Total number of disasters. ...... 416 Total value of property involved. S7, PAP, 72O Total value of property saved. ...... $5,671, 700 Total value of property lost. ...:.. S1, 57l ,020 Total number of persons involved.. 4,0SC | Total number of persons saved. .... 4,0l7 | Total number of persons lost. 1! | Total number of shipwrecked per-
 sons succored at stations. ...... G5l I Total number of days succor
 afforded ................... 1,S7c In addition to those saved from yes. sels there were twenty-two persons res cued who had fallen from wharves, piers, etc., and would have perished without the help of the ife-saving crews.
 Investigations held in each case estab lished the fact that the nineteen persons lost were entirely beyond the reach o. human aid. Of this number nine were drowned by the sudden capsizing of yes sels at some distance from land, before assistance could reach them seven were lost in endeavoring to get ashore by their own efforts while the ife-savin& crews were hurrying to the rescue; ont perished from being thrown overboart from stranded vessel, and one died a soon as landed, owing to previous ex posture on wreck. The report give full and specific accounts of all the cir cumstances connected with the loss O. these persons.
 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT,
 The number of disasters during tn, year exceeds by seventy-o one the numbe of disasters of the year preceding which was considerably larger than tha of any previous year in the history o tie service. The amount of property involved was $2, ,476, 493 greater than il the preceding year, but the amount los SS8, ,75O less than that of the precedin, year, while the amount saved wa &, ,565, ,243 more. The number of live ceding year, but in proportion to tn number of persons on board the vessel suffering disaster it is considerably less the ratio of reduction being six per cent
 The assistance rendered during thu year in saving vessels and cargoes ha been much larger than in any previous year, 337 vessels having been worked off when stranded, repaired when dam aged, piloted out of dangerous places o similarly assisted by the station crews There were besides 125 instances (3 more than in the preceding year) wher vessels running into danger of strandin were warned off by the night signals C patrols, most of them thus being save from partial or total destruction.
 ADDITIONAL STATIONS.
 Since the last report seven additions stations have been completed one a Hunniwell's Beach, Me-; one at Muske get Island and one at Coskata, Nan tucket, Mass; one. at Brigantine Beach N. J.; one at New Inlet, one at Gap Hatteras and one at Ocracoke, coast ( North Carolina. Four other stations &E in process of construction and approach ing completion-one at Lewes, Del one at North Beach, Md; one at Wa lop's Beach and one at Parramore Beach, Va.
 There have been nine sites selecte for new stations which it is proposed erect next year, provided titles, whic have been promised, are obtained an sufficient appropriation shall be mad by ongress-namely, one at Brenton Point, R. l.; one at Grand Murais Lake Superior one at Frankfort, oll at Pentwater, one at the mouth of th White River, one at Holland and one { South Haven, Mich. :; one at Michiga City, md, and one at Sturgeon Ba
 nal, Wis. Sites are also now bein selected for the remaining station authorized by Congress.