New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-04
PART II.
TEN PAGES.


-. After many years Of effort Congress has
been persuaded 10 appropriate sufficient funds 10
%s-5 comfortable stations for the crews. com
-s-ed with the old style stations, the ones which
a-a -o7y being built under supervision Of revenue
-,,-+a- servtce off3cays are positively luxurious.
typical OF the new stations Is the one just COM
Melted on Great Wass Island, on Jonesport, Ne.
-hich IS situated most dangerous stretch OF
coast because Of its sunken rocks and shoals.
The island belongs 10 the estate Of Austin Corbin.
- +his city and through his son. part Of il has
heen turned over the government Tor life saving
r,-,oses The station Will replace inadequate
one CT CrrI-lbe Island and viii cost about $1,000.
Tne boathouse OF the Great Nass station IS
-Jaoed n z sheltered cove. It has room for a So
foot Ifeboat sef-r.ghJing self-oalnG, and proVid-
ed with ceur-e5OaEG and sails. and Tor 4 smaller
surSboat n adjoining building IS the store
ho-,sa for the beach apparatus. SeTenty-hv or a
.,,-5-a9 Yards from the boathoUse stands a high
mast with crossrees Il IS known 10 the life savers
as the wreck pole" and enters into their practice
with the Lyle gun. When a line has been shot
across the wreck pole one OF the life savers goes
nut climbs the pole, sets up hawser and waits
for the crew TO run OUT the bTeeches buoy. He
then comes II on il as rom q wreck
On the hill back OF the boathouse the house Of
the stations crew has been built. II is a wooden
structure with some pretension 10 architectural
x+-ia Rising above its second story tuciosed
watch tower. from which the station man can keep
a watch for wrecks. It is decided change from
,ha ouen platform perchec on the gable Of the old
With protection from inc "NatA'S4-
The interior q the house IS we'll arranged Tor the
oo-,eo-- Of the crew. Instead Of all living in one
-oor, where they did their cooking. where they
amused themselves when not on duty and where
tbsr silent the new type Of house has Kitchen
Sin,,r room living room and sleeping quarters on
- seco-5 aoor Il IS fully equipped As 10 kitchen
ard dining room, and the sleeping quarters are
.,,,nIged with summer and winter blankets Ihere
&c -errv Of room % take care Of crews which may
he rescued from vessels until they can be forward
ed 10 the mainland
y have been working for the last fifteen years 10
secure better quarters FOR the life saving crews
said Captain Charles A Abbey, superintendent OF
construction Of lie saving atons and the move
rert is well under way. II will not be Ions unc!
the sheds which are serving as stations and which
IRE INADEQUATE VIII be replaced by modern struct-
-res in which The men can 1--we IN comfort care
for their valuable apparatus properly ana A'a44-e
s. most advan-aEe7uslE- ] nave 'lsl'so every s-a
ton IN the United States except one or Two isolated
c-es slee-ing IN rEs crowded rooms under blankets
which would hardly hold together and 1 know the
sisco-ntorts which the life savers suffered Ger
family no class Of government employees deserve
them less.
THE new stations are not palaces. but common
Eense structure win as many comforts a. possible
The stations AZ Chicago and Buffalo, Tor instance
are fitted with 5ar1-u5s- As the stations are WITH
IN the ha-bor lines the men could not battle II the
lake Another Innovation IS the floating life saving
station Of which Two have recently been constructed
and equipped one Of these is al the Falls OF the
Ohio al Louisville Ky. and the other a new sta
ton at Snip Canal. Mich. Ll1eboats, 4 Lyle gun
and beach apparatus have been sent TO Cape Nome.
Alaska where the landing Of passengers and
freight Is now done IN small boats through the
SURF No provision, however, has been made for a
paid crew for the erection Of station. and
eral fatalities have been reported since the ufe-
saving equipments We're furnished, which might
have been prevented had their use been understood
and applied"
The general public has little idea Of the real
extent Of the work done by the life saving service
The renoteress Of many cf the stations from news
centres prohibits The details Of rescues from reach
ing The press Some q the most striking rescues 4
are dismissed win d line two in The shipping
news. The dispatch comes into the newspaper
Office Ike this.
E2lss CAPE 5 ye Mar Ann
cueo this morning by life saving crew. Two lie /
savers drowned
That is all there IS 70 IT, and the telegraph editor
n-He times out Of ten gets no answer his hurried
Dispatch
forts Of life saving crew
a year or so after the wreck the story OF the /
efforts Of the crew comes out IN q black covered !
volume entitled 'Treasury.-Alrll1aI Feports-LAfe
Saving Service" The names OF the men who gacri-
Aced their lives appear fn the list Of the services
dead and that Is the END OF IT,
Another volume Of these reports has recently
been issued, its pages teening with exciting tales
o. sea disaster and Efforts at rescue. They are
SCI Gown IN the most matter OF fact way but no
sea ronla1cer could make them any stronger. For /
instance. lake the wreck Of the barkenune Abel
ADDICT which stranded and went 70 pieces on the
Oalet edge Of Snip Bottom Bar. the New-Jersey +.
coast early last year. She went under full /
ASi and The waves forced the into the rig
Elhg. They we're discovered there by a patrolman
OF the Ship Bottom station who called out the
NE saving crew. The Lyle gun tried without
success and the life savers settled down on the /
Oeach 10 await the coming Of day. In the
Tine crews from Heavy Cedars and Long Branch :
stations came 10 give assistance. The official
record tells the rest Of the story thus;
At the arst signs OF morning the surfnen on
Tie beach detected a faint outcry from seaward.
and instantly jumped for the boat Wreckage
A'leo the surf, which dashed the broken planks
ana tmbers savageIy IN every direction, and there
vas hardly Z possibility OF erecting q launch
without destruction Nevertheless. one crew
quickly manned the boat, with Two keepers in the
stern while the other crews took their places in
me water, on each side holding the boat and
AeeIlHg the wreck stuff clear well a possible,
Eagerly watching for opening. The IN the
water were compelled to exercise the utmost skill
ana niInbieness 10 escape the flying debris, and
none we're hurt seriously although several were
Bruised Suddenly opportunity appeared. and
LIE saTfboac instantly shot out Neither the life
saving crews nor the spectators. OF whom there
we're many, believed II at al likely that she could
tet through. Henry S. jones' the wreckng master
VINO was present. says:
When the boat was launched 7 thought the
chances we're n!nety-nine in a hundred that II
would be smashed Il most dangerous time
sAe certainly expected 20 see The life boat de-
stroyed'
BY dint Of powerful work and skIful handling
however. she reached the bar and approached sur
NeehtIy near the wreck 70 out five men
Aooarc. but al about ii and hllag the water
toward the shore 4 tangled network OF masts