Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-24
TREASURY EXHIBIT.
A Splendid Out Door Showing by, the
 General Government.

Norfolk, Va. June 24.--In con- nection with the splendid exhibit all ready made by the United States treasury department in main gov ernment building "A' at the James town exposition. there is maintained by this department life saving sta tion fully manned by keeper and ten surfmen drafted from the vari- out stations of the life saving ser vice, the keeper being Captain Henry Cleary of Marquette, Michs veteran of the service and keeper of a station situated at one of the most dangerous points in the United States. At this station will be found life-saving appliances used in the service, and the necessary furniture and appointments for the residence and subsistence of the crew, who will carry on their duties at the sta- tion, so far as the surroundings will permit.
 Exhibition drills are given at stated times showing in a realistic manner the rescue of shipwrecked people from a wreck by the brooches buoy, life and surf-boat, the resusci- tation of apparently drowned people, the capsizing and self-righting of the life boat and surf-boat manner of handing the surf-boat with oars, and other drills of the service.
 Included in the outfit of the sta tion are thirty-four foot power self-righting and self-bailing life boat, twenty-six foot self-righting and self-bailing lifeboat, Beebee- Mcclellan self-bailing surf-boat, water ballast. center-board. sails. etc, beach apparatus carriage -four wheels) carrying the gear necessary to make communication with wreck and land the ship wrecked crew, beach cart 1.-two wheels), carrying the gear necessary to make communication with a wreck and land the shipwrecked crew, a boat wagon used for trans porting the surf-boat from the sta tion to the vicinity of the wreck, a life car used for landing women and children from ship wreck, brooches buoys used for landing shipwrecked crews, the first life car motor and ball used in the service for saving life, on which occasion 201 lives were saved from the English ship Ayrshire on the New Jersey coast in December, 1851. A collection of | projectiles which have been used at wrecks when many lives were saved, various guns and rockets used by the United States and foreign govern ments in their life-saving services for making communications with wrecks by lines, the patrol system of the life saving service. fully illus trated with coston signals, checks and time clocks, which insure the proper performance of the beach patrol.
 Oil paintings in black and white and numerous photographs illus trate the work of the surfmen of the service. The representative of the | treasury department has taken great pains to insure to the public an ex- ceptionally fine exhibit.
 The crew of this station, and their regular stations, are as follows: Captain Henry Cleary, Marquette station, eleventh district, keeper surfmen. Earl Hungerford, Oswego I tenth district:y Bennett Simmonds Virginia Beach. seventh district; Frank Partridge. Michigan City
 twelfth district; Valerious Knight
 Penneys Hall. seventh district; Henry Cobb, Wachapreague, sixth district: Albert Barco, Little Island
 seventh district; Hugh Harriety
 Erie, tenth district; George Brom. ley. Ocean City, sixth district; John Miller, Duluth, eleventh district; Soren Peterson, Jackson Park I twelfth district 7