The Washington times., 1911-09-11
REVENUE CUTTERS
DID HEROIC WORK
!. IN RECENT STORMS
Z Hundreds of Lives and Mil
ss3r '2T lions of Dollars Were
- Saved.

r Uncle sam's Revenue Cutter Service
Z has given a magnificent account Of it.
self along the storm-beaten Atlantic
7 coast recently. The recent heavy
1-storms on the South Atlantic coast
!, have given the revenue cutters an un-
/ usual opportunity.
Is. "A statement given out today at the
Treasury Department by Acting Secre-
H,tary of the Treasury Bailey, shows
I what the cutters have done in conse-
Iquence Of the South Atlantic coast gale
which wrought devastation August q
+, and IS. Three revenue cutters In the
srpast two weeks gave assistance to six
{ teen distressed vessels. which, with
Z their cargoes, are valued at over $2,0OO,-
100 At least $50 persons were succored
by. the prompt action of these craft.
- The cutters have been so busily en-
gagged in rescue work that as yet the
commanding officers have made only
,Ineager reports by wireless Of the gal
liant labors they have performed.
ia'Fhe three cutters were the Yama-
craw, Seminole, and Onondaga. The
following is brief resume Of their re-
scent work:
,'i,I1S "1anS What the Cutters Did.
~'7T The Yamacraw, stationed at Savan-
sided, and on her way down the Sa-
vannah river rescued two barges which
had broken adrift, and took of the
+, crews of several disabled motor boats.
: The Lexington, a 2,50O-ton steamer Of
. the Merchants and Miners Line, was
driven ashore on Hunting Island. Her
d wireless calls for help brought the
Yamacraw to her assistance. After a
&l,.a &olrn
off by the Yamacraw and landed in
Charleston.
g On the Yamacraw's way to Charles
ton, the news was flashed Of several
vessels in distress, the most urgent be-
ing the Bessie Whiting, a schooner,
with her entire crew aboard, which was
drifting at the seas mercy eighty miles
east of Savannah. The Yamacraw, af-
ter landing the passengers of the Lex
sfngton. searched for the Whiting and
towed her TO Charleston much to the
relief of the captain and crew of seven
men.
With rest for the Yamacraw's tired
crew, help was then given the schooner
Bertha L. Downs, of New Haven, which
was towed into Charleston; assistance
was then offered the schooner Forest
City, and then an unknown capsized
schooner was towed in under the lee
OF Cape Roman.
~ Work of the Seminole.
: Fully as active as the Yamacraw, the
4 Seminole, with headquarters at Will
n1ington, n. c., gave aid to the wreck
ed schooner Malcolm B. Seavey, the
dismasted schooner Fortuna, the
schooner Millie R. Bohannan, and the
schooner Charles A. Valentine. The
schooner Fortune, of New London,
Conn, was dismasted and her deck LOAD
of lumber washed away in the storm.
She had been abandoned by all hands
save the captain and his wife and
Nthe cook. The Seminole towed her into
: Georgetown, S. c.
~ The cutter Seminole and the cutter
Onondaga searched for the schooner
Sarah D. Fell, of New York, and the
Seminole found her abandoned thirty
O. miles southwest OF Diamond shoals
Hight vessel.
=. In addition to other good work, the
Onondaga responded to wireless calls
for help from the passenger steamer
Allianca, bound from New York to
Cristobal and conveyed her until out
q of danger.
The derelict destroyer Seneca, sta
toned at New York, was at once or,
dered to cruise the Gulf Stream and |
destroy derelicts. Ten miles off Bar
negat she destroyed the suukcE schoon- |
er josie r. Burt, which was directly in |
tho path of passenger steamers. She |
In6u " view 1Ol N llJ.
with the master Of the schooner Carrie |
A Lane, whose vessel had gone ashore |
and who himself had typhoid and was |
ajn need of prompt hospital treatment. |
The Seneca has now resumed her |
search for derelicts, hoping to intercept |
them before they drift up in the path of
the transatlantic steamships plying be-
tween American and European ports.
= During all this rescue work the Treas
ury Department has received numerous
kilograms from various maritime ex-
changes and owners of vessels making
requests for assistance and in every in
stance prompt orders have been sent by
wireless to the nearest cutter to go at
once to the rescue of the vessel in trou-
bic IS. o. s." signals have been
flashed and promptly answered. and re-
course to the wireless has given inval-
liable aid IN locating the disabled Hes-
'Sels and derelicts.