The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-05-16
VIEW OF THE STORM.
A TRIP TO THE LIFE-SAVING
LOOKOUT MONDAY.
OLD NEPTUNE'S WILD RAGE
Reporters Trip With Capt. Cameron
From the Life-saving Station to
the Government Piers-The
Waves and Storm.

From the Life-saving Station to
the Government Piers-The
Waves and Storm.
Did you ever go over to the lookout
of the life saving station during one of
the ragings Of old Neptune? 1t is 10
Gated out on the lake side Of Washing
ton island and is very small shanty.
1t cannot measure over 0Xl0 feet in
side, but it is place of great import to
the men who go down to the sea- in
ships Every land lubber knows that
j Uncle Sam has taken q great deal of
precautiOn to look after the lives OF the
sailor lads, but there are very few who
understand that he has provided the
boys who are stationed all along the
lakes with a great amount Of machin-
cry, boats and appliances for the work
of rescuing those who may find them
selves in tight pinch by reason of Old
Neptune's unreasonable temper.
Monday proved good day to see a
storm on Lake Michigan and incident
ally to drop III on Capt. Ben Cameron
at the life saving station. Capt. Ben is
u typical man for his position. Big,
bluff, large hearted and generous to a
fault he met the reporter who went over
! to interview the lake and to see if any
! sha. He was seated near the window
smoking a we'll seasoned pipe as there
porter stepped in. The meeting was of
the cordial, old sailor sort.
Draw up to the stove and warm
! yourself" he commanded, "and then
when you get warm I'll go over to the
piers with YOU"
The command needed no severe urg-
ing since the trip over had been a
rather cold one. The wind had been
in the reporters face all the way over
and several times in crossing the bayou
bridge it had threatened to sweep him
into the murky looking waters where
lay the sturdy little fishing tugs, closed
and quiet as though they had not
awakened out Of their winter sleep.
The fire was glowing and grateful
one and the loosening of wraps soon let
in the desired quantity of heat.
81 don't believe you will find much
of interest over here today" remarked
the captain. "The fleet all went down
Friday and we have only seen two
boats pass us today. One was a
schooner and the other a steamer.
They were standing up we'll and seemed
to be in no danger"
"You have seen no distress then
anywhere?"
"No, all the boats nearly are FORUM
ate this trip, believe. Most of them
| guess are in port and safe. There
may be some damage done in other
parts of the lake, but we don't look for
any here. At least, hope no boat will
try to make this port today"
No boat did try. But whether they
do or not the man must occupy the
lookout and during the entire day
, Capt. Cameron must go over every half
hour to see what is going on and
whether there are any developments.
The time came for the half hour trip.
The reporter buttoned his wraps tight
" around him and the captain without
extra wraps fastened his coat about him
so that there was no loose point at
which the wind could get a hold This
was a precaution evidently suggested
by experience since the wind was some
thing awful We knew very little Of it
in the city. II Whisked about buildings
and dallied down the streets of the
town, but it so constantly struck OBJ
stacles that much of its force was bro
ken. 1t met no such impediments on
the lake shore. Here it had full sweep
and seemed to take sort of ghoulish
delight in raising the sand in small
sheets and hurting it against every eX
posed spot on the hands and face as the
| trip had reached the point OF descent
on the lake side of the hill. 1t felt al
most like so many needles attempting
to pierce the flesh at a thousand places
at once. 1t was like a blizzard gone
mad, or a cheap imitation of the infan-
try fire at Gettysburg.
The ascent from the station to the
top of the big sand hill to the east of
it is not q very severe one. A side walk
leads up it, passing on the way the
neat little rustic flower garden laid out
by the life saving crew in the forms Of
an anchor, a star, life saving buoy,
etc. 1t is in trying to follow the mar
row plank walk down the other side
that brings one in contact with the
wind On Monday it was blowing at
the rate of about sixty miles an hour
1t would almost lift one bodily, and it
was with great difficulty one could
keep within hailng distance of the
blanks. The sight on this side Of the
| hill is a grand one, nevertheless, and
one we'll worth the effort it cost to
make the trip.
Far off to the north could be seer
the great point of land reachin~
Into the lake, upon which =
Racine is built The s.
factory stacks was
shut ont the r.