Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-08-16

: the crew are here. Capt. Wickland, Of
one occasion saved two little boys VIII
were being carried out over the ba
in rowboat that got caught in tn
{ tide Frank Ayerdia. better know
as No. |, picked up two men VIII,
capsized in the bay last spring. Thes,
are only incidents to show that tn,
life crew grow expert at their work
THE BEACH DRILL
takes place Thursday. In five minute!
the apparatus is drawn a distance
equal to the waters edge, brass
cannon fires a twenty pound shot
} with line attached over a mast rigged
with spars, a whip line is made fast
J and Lawser drawn over crosstrees
a tally board with instructions
printed in French and English is sent
on board, a basket and running tackle
is sent out to the ship and a man
|
brought TO land, all in the space of
FIVE or six minutes. A passenger lean
be landed every five minutes, but we
advise ladies who go to sea to'have all
their hosiery repaired AMI kept in
tirstrate order, as it is impossible to
have ones life saved off a wrecked
ship and not show ones legs. The
last act is to send the hawSer- cutter
aboard, an American Invention,
patented In the life saving service,
and the connections with the stranded
ship are cut, after all are put ashore
to dead loss to Uncle Sam of about
three feet of rope. The cannon shoots
the rope over mast at 300 feet with
one ounce of powder. y hawser charge
will send u line to a vessel 2I 10 feet,or
700 yards at sea.
There is drill nearly every day, as
follows: boat drill Tuesday, single
drill of men Wednesday, beach drill
Thurday, resuscitation drill Friday,
Saturday house-cleanng. The sta
tion, boat house and grounds are kept
as clean and neat as man-of-war.
a PRACTICE TEST
of the life crews service was instanced
when the British ship "Glencairne"
went ashore three years ago at the
mouth of the Columbia. The crew
went three miles on the beach with |
their apparatus, which the men pull |
with ropes, and in an hour and half |
bad landed the entire crew of % men.
Captain Wickland was married |
after he was appointed to this station
to an accomplished daughter of Ser
geant FannOn, a retired army officer
from Fort Candy. His wife has COM
pletely surrounded the station with
4 flower garden. The flowers grow
uXurlantly and in richer cOlors than
lway from the beach, but will not
grow on the sides of the house where
,he northwest winds strike. Mrs.
Wickland is visiting at her mothers
nome on the Columbia, and the cap
ain had to entertain party of about
fifty ladies and gentlemen who called ,
1t the station that morning.
The pay of the men is $50 a month I
Ind the government furnlsher beds, {
,edding and all equipments. The :
aptaln receives 5000 year, but he :
md the men have to buy their own
lothing and board themselves. There !
very well equipped mess room. A :
eading room is supplied with news
apers, those from Astoria, Portland
nd San Francisco, by means Of which
hey get news of the movements of
essels up and down the coast. The
tation really needs telegraph and
elephone service to be in connection
18th the outer world. The life sta
ion is really very interesting place
D visit and no one should come to
MS part of the coast without spend
* part of day there and becoming
lmiliar with the provisions our gov
'nment has made to protect the
yes and merchandise that goes down
!, the sea in ships. The hours walk
ON Newport is really exhilarating,
nd drive on the beach is a pleasure :,
ot soon forgotten, as old Neptune a
IN double discount all our road su- G
,rvisors and county courts at road D