Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-03-24


children from watery grave. Even,
however, with all these rescues, enough
lives are still LOST at sea to mako fear
ful'llst OF casualties,
Many heroic exploits are oredited 10
tho. crews Of lifeboats, but the history
of shipwrock contains no tale OF more
daring deed than that of Grace Darling.
Her father was 8 lighthouse keeper at
marlborough. and on Sept. z. 1888, the
Forfarshire. a coasting steamer, was
wrecked amone the Farne Islands, d.
rectly opposite he castle. Grace, then
22 wears old. persuaded her father to
venture out in her light lifeboat. Ac-
companied only by the daring girl, he
went, and with her assistance brought
away afteen survivors clinging to the
wreck. The act made her famous
throughout the world. but she did not
live long to enjoy her reputation for
heroism, for four years later she died,
Oct. 20, 1S42. She Is buried at Bambor-
ough, and to her grave, as to shrine,
pilgrlmages are still made by hero wor-:
shippers. The great castle OF Bambor-
ough, which looked down upon her ex-
plot, once famous fortress, is now a
charitable institution, but moro people
remember It from lis association with
the name OF Grace Darling than from
all the royal and knightly recollections
which cling about its chambers and
courts. Large donations have been
made to the charitable institutions es-
tablished within the circuit Of its walls;
/ It has an income OF $4,000, and in the
chambers where once kings were enter
tanned, medical advice Is given and
medicines are dispensed TO the poor,
orphans and sailors are educated; its
funds support the lifeboats OF the sta
/ ton below, and during every storm men
, in tho pay of the scarborough endow-
ment patrol nine miles OF the worst
: coast in the world
/ The United States devotes moro at
tention to lights and light houses thar
! TO lifeboats. Last year there were 1, l5z
lighthouse keepers in half as many
I houses, and drawing salaries OF $500 &c
/ 81, 900 each. The discipline OF the
] lighthouse brigade is strict in the ex'
| IRENE, and light house is probably the
only portion of United States territory
where prohibition is strictly enforced
The light house keeper must not become
intoxicated, he must not let his light &C
out. he must, under no circumstances
desert his station. These are three
offenses which can be neither extenu
ated or par oned. The keepers LEAF
solitary but not unpleasant lives; thel
are provided with reading after by TIT
Government, and in exposed situations
their ratlons and fuel are furnished. IL
the sea light houses-that Is TO say
those established on shoals at some dis
lance from the land-they are sometime
cut off from all communication for week
at time But they are seldom Il
danger, and rarely have any of tina
thrilling excitement incident to the lif
of the sailor who volunteers in the GREY
of lifeboat. The character OF on
coast Is in most parts quite diferen
from that OF Great Britain. Commerce
TO this country follows beaten tracks
and although lifeboats are sometime
necessary, and American sailors ar
quite as daring in their efforts to saw
life as are the seamen Of any other ma
ton, they are fortunately not so IRE
quently called into this dangerous thong
benevolent service.