The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-03

LIFE SAYINGS BIRTH
Ex-Governor Newell Tells
How He Started the
Movement.
WRECKS ON JERSEY SHORE
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1t Took a Hard Fight to Get Con-
gress to Authorize the
Service.
Special to the jersey CITY Nssus.

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TRENTON. July 2, lss6TLast Wintef
the Legislature of this State passed reso-
buttons setting forth and acknoWleosias
the claims of Ex-Governor Wnlaam =.
Newell, now residing in the stare q
Washington, as the originator OF rug
limited States Life Saving service ~
thanking him for his agency In securahs
its establishment. An album was SEM
with the resolutions to the ex-dovernor
as a testimonial of appreciation, Cover
nor Griggs transmitting them.
Ex-Governor Newell has replied TO
the letter from Governor Griggs, ac-
knowledeing the receipt of the above
esan:ha5 .es..a,sals n,;tb thanks and
nescilpeu eess'n'ol saeanad H.
giving for the first time a detailed ac-
eof,nt of his connection with the move
-..A.4a ~. rieo cax;nr cerv;ee
Hent 70 lnst'tu1e ehe LIE saS..s "a =
and the manner in which he was LED "
fake an interest in the subject.
. t.eh. ttan $500. AFTER
saas;a.as - 49, T-n.aersifv
of Pennsylvania r spent one wear with
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my uncle, pr. E1anAlhsoh, at Manhs
hawkin. Monmouth county. New Jersey.
a,s,aa n,nseh tira : 800 4rao,,an+ nro-
~ 49,
fesslonal and social visits 10 Long beach,
south of Rarnegat Inlet. whose shore
--hsat,
oristiea win eiie sios ~ m.eeAs'
Snending a stormy might professionally
80, Ls4--a ~ .re.~a, uausa
"a Z qyse1 pssmsen ens s. Ma aaaps,e = az
morning in close proximity to the wreck
~. ..~ss- 49, ~ ro,,+ Dc.
rasto. which had been recently stranded
go ~ 1880 &c +hir+aar sailors
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lost. their bodies being driven upon the
shere.
.srL : 49, $1,000 ,,o--a4 ,,aa
Z rug aiau fseeusa, ehe ssssel ~
strand. ana was wing with but little in
ar-ans,~ 49, ~ $500 No+
5ervenlng water upon the sand; Noi
consiosIlng that the Toe vas Aoul, l coelu
not comprehend Wny these unLoflu-
lates nao nor peen aple p Fsacnaths
Inc over 4 wreck sng thus si5uated dashed
quickly 70 my MIND.
Ilnese oead were buried by citlzens IN
the s'I North ro side e, Of u5 he f Banf asqh Gbups6 at al
slia ~ : s1 ~ ahu elsa 4 as sh Goa, 4
3D. &C. S1a.p, z l Ne Az rot q az
nhan4ss MIL 1rb ea f fpr b IF cent1lrv #
cherelIs shora where fhe rfhirteen met their
doom
sAfy residence Attained fine ch,rchvar RI.
w5er, the rnoqInds were ever IN sight and
50 my mind was draw with irresist5ble
s,ower towards the idea Of connecting a
wrecked vessel with the shore BY line
and laWSer. E-xperiInentS in thr0Win a
light line by projectfles, with bow and
arrow, with rockets and shortened blan-
derbuss, eliminated in complete success
by using q small mortar which had been
taken from a wreck"
tt was not until sent ito Congress. in
1871, that Mr.. Newell was able to bring
tne matter before me United States Gov
ernment. n frst Gay after the THirtleth
Songress organlzed ne introauceo a reso-
luslon nslrucgng me GonInl.tee on Iom,
qnefse 70 9HQuIre WneLnef Ilg plal colad
~ AGENISeU 10 40 aNAlt lOIHl SCI
coast from n HOOK TO Little Egg
Hsroor;
9 9epf ne Wioasbr. SO noannee R Heaa. 20 al Yre ssae
Senators and Rannesen4a tNves no co,,IdS
facilsdSno 1-ISv Talba,rn yVahster TasS
lincoln. A,n6rew johnson and Thaddeus
Stevens. senator Dayton and Miller gave
him special assistance.
He kent ,,n fhe frht raLsnr rneeobas
Jersey coast. where 12 vessels had been
wrecked in two wears. He showed that
the direction of the coast made vessels
to be driven foward # hv the strone
nertheasters. and that fhe coast was es7
pecially dangerous because Of the bar
lying parallel with the beach from 3Do "a
500 yards sout. nearly its whole length,
upon which vessels. driven nv stress of
weather. must inevitably be stranded. as
only two feef NJ. watar 4owed oue, II
Not even = shin's iong hnaf co,iid uosf
over the bar, and those On hoard co,,Id
not gat near enn1,pb Inc hasch - 49,
serve tbeir lives p
He noinfad a5f that s,,rs hoa+ oo,,,a
croez nc - Ia - = d soe ea
which wonIS suea : S an1e ~ ~
III wouie swainp any oener poat. ne
+y ~ low was propeseu 70 nave sta
tloIs lor me NE savers, VINO weuld DC,
PROVIDED with carronades to throw balls
with rope attached over vessels in dis
fress. that communication might be Sc
cured with shore. Signal rockets were
also proposed. These contrfvances, 1t was
thought, would greatly diminish the loss
of life.
Congressman Newell had another nhase
OF the question an who's he had * adS1-
cate hid feiior rnarnhere 1rhis ~ ~
9ba d,,ty oF A. We ~
work nro,osad - cIatnnnd y u re he
esrna 9,,+p in +bSs rer q ! y nass fns
nnal X secured an appropriation Of $1,000