The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-25
,,I!:IFE SAVING SERVICE
.l e|sa;lIiy Eight Million Dollars Worth Of Pro-
party Saved In One Year BY the Surfmen.
THE sixth DISTRICTS GRAND RECORD.
Not q Single Life Was Lost I'm the Dis.
sst trict Through the Good Work OF
sthe Beach NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Figures
on tho Work of the Service, the
Properly Involved and the Losses.

Il
,iT The annual report of the United States
u 1iife-savlng Service for 1894. just issued
i&from the Government Printing Office.
81 is'an interesting volume and gives some
* figures of the operations of the service
i$fn saving life and property which at
a first sight seem remarkable. At the
fclose of the fiscal year the total number
a$of atlons in the life-saving establish
3 ment was PAT. OF this number 1S2 were
situated on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts,
4 al on the coasts of the great lakes. IL on
sS the Pacific coast and ut the Falls of
M the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky.
The district officers report that there
4 were 3S2 disasters to documcntcd yes
4 GELS within the field of life-snving opera
sttons. The aggregate number of per-
sons on board of these vessels was 4.025,
# OF whom GIL perished.
~ The estimated value Of the vessels was
4 S6,S72,105. and that OF their cargoes 81
II 972, 8h5, making the total OF property in
a5SolVed S9,S45.560 OF this amount T.654,-
r 430 was saved and S2l9l,l30 lost.
s The number Of vessels totally lost was
81 81.
SsE There were also during the year PA
casualties to small undocumented crafts,
& on which there were 467 persons. of
Il whom were lost. The value of the prop
y erty involved in these cases Is estimated
z at sl09,Sl0, OF which S75,O45 was saved
u and S34.TG5 lost.
The Sixth District. which includes the
d stations at Cape Henry. Sentack, Dam
& Neck Mills, Little Island, False Cape,
Wash Woods, Currituck Inlet, Paul
Paul Gamiels Hill, Kitty Hawk, XIII
Il Devil Hills. Neg's Head, Bodie Island,
Z Oregon Inlet, Pea Island Chicamico-
n mico, Gull iShoal, Little kinnakect.
Big kinnakeet, Dul1nts, Ocracoke, care
Is Hatteras and Crccds HILL New Inlet,
'NCape Lookout, Cape Fear and Oak Is
land had an unusually good record, not
y a single life having been lost in the dis
d trict during the year covered. When
1t is remembered TINT the coast covered
by'three stations is considered the most
Y dangerous OH the Atlantic Scnboard. the
men who expose themselves In all kinds
of weather to save human life have
s record to be proud Of. In this district
the total number of disasters was 81.
value of vessels involved, Sa2S, $50; vaule
g of cargoes involved, S3e9,hl0; total value
of property involved, sl,32S,2 number
i of persons on board vessels, III; number
of persons lost, none, number OF ship
i wrecked persons succored at stations.
y 13S; number of days Succor afforded,
Z 539. Considering the amount of property
and number of lives involved this Is the
best showing made by any of the twelve
7life-saving districts.
The total value OF property lost in the
entire district during the year aggre-
Z gated $372,9t0. nearly one-hnlf Of which
!. loss was on the steamer Wetherby.
4 wrecked on the Outer Diamond Shoals,
~. his steamer WIS Oh us WAY lIplli Il Cl
dinand, Fla, to Norfolk. and had
cargo Of phosphate rock valued at $780,
600. The vessel was valued at 100000,
and proved a total loss Every man of
her crew OF twenty-four was saved.
3 however, and kept Mt the life-saving
station for four days until they could
(. be forwarded North.
The same volume gives full directions
which should be followed in restoring
apparently drowned persons. These
rules should be read by everybody in
. this section. They are as follows:
Rule AROUSE the Patient.-Unlchs
in danger of freezing, do not move the
patient, but instantly expose the face
to current of fresh air, wipe dry the
mouth and nostrils, rip the clothing so
as to expose the chest and waist, and
give two or three quick, smarting slaps
on the stomach and chest with the
open hand. If. however, there is rea-
son to believe that considerable time
has elapsed since the patient became
insensible, do not lose further time by
praoticing Rule !, but proceed immc-
diately to Rule 2. After loosenire
clothing, etc, If the patient does not re-
y yiye, then proceed thus:
Rule Ito eSpel water etc. from
Z the Stomach and Chest.-If the jaws
are ciinched, separate them, and keep
the mouth open by placing between the
teeth a cork or small Bit of wood; turn
of tightly-rolled clothing being placed
beneath the stomach, and press heav-
lily over it for half a minute, or as
long as fluids flow freely from the
mouth.
RuleIII.-To Produce Breathing
Clear the mouth and throat of mucous
by introducing into the throat the cor
ner Of handkerchief wrapped close
ly around the forefinger: turn the pa
tient on the back, the roll of clothing
being so placed beneath it as to raise
I the pit of the stomach above the level
OF any other part OF the body. If
there be another person present, let
MIN, with piece Of dry cloth hold
the tip of the tongue out of one corner
OF the mouth, (thus prevents the ton
que from falling back and choking the
entrance to the windpipe), and with the
other hand grasp both wrists and keep
the arms forcibly stretched back above
the head, thereby increasing the prom
fnence OF the ribs which tends to
enlarge the chest. The two last-named
positions are not, however absolutely
IA essential to success. knee1 beside or
astride the patients hips. and, with the
bails OF the thumbs resting on either
side OF the pit Of the stomach, let the
myers fall into the grooves between
the snort ribs, SO as to afford the best
Y grasp OF the waist. Now, using Your
d Knees es pivot, throw all your weight
+ forward on your hands and at the same
time. squeeze the waist between them
as II you wished to force everything
IN the chest upward out of the mouth: