The San Francisco call., 1896-05-15
NEWS OF THE
WATER FRONT,
Splendid Work of the Co.
guile Life-Saving
Crew.
FOUR VESSELS RESCUED.
The Stanch Steamer Point Arena
Repaired and Again on
Duty.
ROWING CLUBS HARD AT WORK
Luck of the Sealers on the Japanese
Coast-New Surf Boats for the
Stations.

The Coquille life-saving station at Ban
an added title-that of "Ship-saving sta
ton" During the last twelve or fourteen
months that crew have not only been in
active service rescuing human lives. but
they have saved four vessels that went
aground on the river bar.
On September % of last year the tug
Katie O'Neal went ashore hard and fast.
Captain Alexander Scott of the station
manned the surfboat Bebbie Mcclellan and
put out to the imperiled vessel. She was
fast settling in the sand, but the life-sav-
ing people took charge of the work of get
ting her afioat and carried strong lines
ashore. 1t was an almost hopeless labor,
but they were finally successful, and the
tug was dragged into deep water. She
was valued at $4,000 and had a cargo
worth $1,000.
January %, 1896, the schooner Lila and
Ma ttie, valued at $12, 900 and carrying a
$500 cargo, went ashore on the Coquille
River par. Captain Scott again took
charge of the work OF rescuing her. and
with his crew labored almost night and
ay till February before he pulled her
out of the sand. So deeply was she i'm
bedded that her owners gave her up, but
| the life-saving crew kept at the work.
| Their lines often parted, and twice the YES
sci drlfted ashore again after having been
pulled off into deep water. However, on
the eighteenth day of their constant la
| bors the schooner was towed into safe
moorings.
May 4, 1896, the steamer Moro went on
| the bar while entering the river and stuck
hard and fast. Her owners despaired of
saving her, but the life saving crew under
took the job OF floating her, and eventually
succeeded. Her value was $4,000, with a
| cargo worth $500.
On August %, 1895, the life-saving crew
went to the wreck of the big steamer
| Bawnmore, lying on the beach eighteen
miles south of the station. They OF course
could not save the huge hulk stuck hard
on the rocks, but they remained in the To-
cality for several weeks saving property
| from the stranded vessel and guarding it
| on the beach.
Major Blakney of the life-saving service
in this City has called the attention OF his
superiors in Washington to the excellent
work of the Coquille lifeboat crew. Being
| in the Government employ, they get no
| salvage, or, in fact, any reward for their
labors except the gratitude of those they
serve so faithfully and well. 1t is to be
| hoped that this banner crew" will re-
ceive the official recognition they merit.
| The stanch little steamer Point Arena,
which recently drifted on the rocks at the
port of the same name, has been repaired
and rettted and is again on her run. Con-
| sidering that she rolled into the heavy
| breakers with towline around her pro-
peller, was rescued and dragged for sew
| eral hundred miles al sea lying on her
beam ends, was docked and repaired and
made ready for duty within a compare
lively short time she may be said to have
as many lives as cat
The boat clubs are hard at work prac-
| ticing for the coming races 10 come off
the Goth of this month. Besides the City
rowing clubs Alameda and Stockton will
enter crews. The Olympic Athletic Club
and the League of the Cross will send
boats to Ell Campo to compete for trophies.
George w. Kneass of 71S Third street
has just completed two beautiful surf
boats, one for Yaquina Bay and the other
for the Golden Gate station. They are
self-bailing, self-rlghting and fitted with
all modern Improvements.
From reports it is learned what the seal.
ing feet in japanese waters are doing in
their hunt for the costly pelts. The St
Lawrence has taken "a skins, Enterprise
%, Aritetis 352, Willard Ainsworth 287
Vera 81, Mary Taylor "a, Director 232
Katherine TO- Pioneer 130, Silver Fleece
125, Carlotta G. Cox 80, Golden Fleece 65
Triumph 100, Viva 300, Ida Eta $50.