The San Francisco call., 1909-03-21
IS EQUIPPED FOR
LIFE SAVING DUTY
Was Built as Result of Valen-
cia Disaster at Cost
of 100000

The steamer Nclsncia went sshofe
Jsnusrs- %. 1906. on the coast OF van
couver island. Thirty-six hours later
The shin went to pieces and l56 lives
were snuffed out. The steamers that
lad FASTENED te the rescue were heip-
less because unprovided with proper
equipment for reaching the wreck As
a result of this tragedy congress appro-
priated 100000 FOR the construction OF
s. life saving tug. TO be stationed at
Neah bav. ready for service at mo-
ments notice The revenue cutter Sno-
homish. which was built with this
money. arrived here yesterday from
Norfolk. va. and VIII proceed next
week 20 its station under the shadow
or Cape Flattery-
The SnohomIsh. in command Of Cap
tain Francis A. Lewis OF the revenue
cutter service. left Norfolk December
10 and arrived here yesterday in good
condition and on schedule time. Fresh
from the ways when the voyage began,
1here was some trouble with leaks.
which made life little anxious in the
heavy weather encountered on the At
lautic side. Otherwise the voyage was
Nneventful and the Snohomish travelled
SIS journey OF Il 200 miles without a
bitch and made every stop and start
focording TO the schedule made out at
Y >orfolz.
The SnOhomish came through the
straits OF Magellan and entered the
Pacific through the gulf of Penas,
taking the same course as the torpedo
hotlla that accompanied the Atlantic
fleet
The Snohomish called al nine ports
between Norfolk and San Francisco.
After passing quarantine the cutter
went TO an anchorage OF SausalitO.
The Snohomish is 152 feet long, %
feet in beam and with 2I0 tons of coal
3n its bunkers draws Is feet s inches.
It is equipped with two boilers. one 4
BabcOck & Wilcox and the other q
Scotch bOileE. and can hurry TO the
scene Of a Wreck at A Il knot gait.
The life saving equipment Of the Sno-
homish is as complete as money and
ingenuity can make il.
There IS line throwing gun that
insures the Snohomish a reach OF 1000
feet. This gun shoots a steel pror
5ectle TO a shank at the end Of which
the life saving line is attached This
line is wet for about 20 feet TO prevent
its catching FIRE from the explosion OF
the gun. and in all the tests made has
proved successful.
The Snohomish Is equipped with O
breeches buoy such as is used at the
coast life saving stations combined
with devices for operating and keeping
the cable at an even and safe tension
no matter how much the vessels be-
tween which III IS stretched may be
rolling
The Snohomish is equipped with fire
lighting apparatus and carries a nine
inch suction pump for use in pumping
out wrecks Captain Lewis. wht
brought the SnOhomish out, viii re-
tain command OF the cutter on. its
northern station The other officer.
ere.
First lieutenant, b l. Brockway
chief engineer. J. b. Turner; second
lieutenant Of engineers, J. T. Carr, and
0r. Fairfax Irwin OF the United States
marine hospital service. who is sur
EeOn.
Ready 10 Receive Cargo
The Pacific Mail liner Siberia having
discharged its cargo and filed it,
hunkers with coal for the next vovag,
which is piled high with the carg'
which superintendent Chisholm will be
gin loading today. The Siberia vii
leave here March 2S and in addition L
fun cargo viii carry a large mum
her Of passengers.
Ella Returns from Lower Coast
The German steamer Ella of the Jeb
sen line, which inaugurated the new
service between Puget sound an
Nicaragua, returned yesterday from il
first trip 10 the south. The Ell
y passengers. eight OF whom are 70
Vancouver.
Queen sails for south
The Pacific Coast steamship com
panys steamship Queen yesterda
sailed from San Francisco for souther
California ports. Among the passen
gers were the following;
D. A. Mcdonald and Mrs C. A. Jolls
wife C. L. Meyers and wife
K r. Bradley and wifeIC. H. Piper
a. Ward and wife Mrs. WhitewOrth
y r. Boaz and wife J. J. Daley
W r. Long and wife l. o. Smith and wife
hirs A. Eaton d. I. Darrell and wit
q. d. Gallagher and w IT. Vincent and vii
wife William Elliott
Water Front Notes
The freighter Mexican arrived Yes
terlay, eight days from Salina Cru
with a full cargo OF New York freigh
The Japanese liner Chiyo Maru LEI
yokohama yesterday for this port.
The Pacific Mail liner San Jua
Failod Friday from Mazatlan, hOmewar r
bound.
Receipts Of lumber yesterday by Sc
amounted 10 2143.00O feet
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