The evening times., 1896-11-05
THE BOATS DUTIES

| The Blackburn is also employed in ma K
ing arrests fiom minor ofienses 10 murder
in the firsi degree The records show tndt
recently two white men were arrested
for plain drunk.
They were in small tuat helpiessiy
| intoxicated and might have fallen over
| loard and have teen drowned bat for tie
| timely appearance or the police steamer
| Quite a nuniter OF men were arrested Dy
| the crew for drunk and dlsnrdcrly, pre-
family and Illegal bathing and fined in
| the police cUurIs.
| Another important duty which devOlveS
| upon the BIackburn's crew Is 10 prevent
| illegal fishing in the Potomac, within
| the boundaries Of the District Of Columbia.
| Last season Commodore Sutton had con
| siderable difficulty in suppressing Gull
and trap fishing The fishermen sunk
| their nets beneath the surface OF the river
so that they could not lie seen. but Mr..
| Sutton is thinking up a contuvance Tor
his steamer on the order OF "A torpedo dis
| coverer, by means OF which he can locate
| the sunken fyke nets and traps and con.
| fIScate them as PROVIDED by law Whitc
| patrolling the river at night the crew
| took up number OF nets. -
suiil another important work OF. the
| Blackburn Is the recovery Of the fdead
bodies Of drowned persons from lhq riyer,
| The steamer is provided with draes, hooks
and other appliances for locating the
| corpses and raising them to the surface
During the past year the following bodies
Were recovered by the river police.
James Winners. VINO accidentally feH
| overheard from the steamer ."City Of Rich
| mond," unknown colOred man, "floater.
cOiored boy, "floater," sent to morgue
| white boy, named Grey; Anthony Morris:
Malcolm Hurdle, Miss Ruth Bursiey, whs
fell overheard from the Manchester, near
Bryan's Point; Abraham Buckhannon. col
hfts trs4.T tifalfl
John Holmes, colored, aged ten years. un-
known infant noater Wesley Brown. Col
ored, John b. johnson. colored; William
Llttlehaies, unknown infant, Policeman
Michael Breen, who committed suicide.
Charles Hilton; Mallacca Williams, colored,
drowned while ba,hing- William Newton:
Harry Richardson. colored.
THE REsCUEs.
During the same period Horace Chandler
was rescued from d capsiZed bat Mary
Queen, colUred, was prevented from jump
ing overheard and committing suicide, aud
seat prisoner tOthe Fourth precinct station.
Harry Posey and John Doyle We're ar
rested, charged with stealing a small
boat William Ha ayden, charged with en-
bezzlement, was taken into custody Tor
the Alexandria authorities. The Black
burn picked up adrift on the river a duck
ing skifr, vailed at $50, and sJrned it over
TO Property Clerk Sylvester. Bernard
PhippS, a fugitive from justice, WAS ar
rested for the Alexandria police. A canoe,
valued at $50, which was adrift, was
pickedup besides many other services along
the river front.
Health Officer Woodward was taken on
the Blackburn to MAKES n Inspection of the
garbage scows. also on another occasion
with the building inspector to inspect
Analostan Island Senator Gallinger was
taken to AnalUstan Island to make an Of
flcial inspection, and Police Surgeon hewitt
made several trips to River View on busi-
ness for the department
The business men and vessel owners On
the river front are anxious to have a fire
tug added to Commodore Sutton's flotilla
They say such craft would be of the
greatest service, ard save thousands of dol
lars worth OF property during river front
ccnflagrations, as has been demonstrated
in the harboIs of New York and other large
cities. They beheve larger boat. pro-
vlded with hose and fire apparatus. should
be supplied in place of the Blackburn. 10 be
used both in cases OF fire and patrolling the
river.