Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-25
REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE.

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Called twice to the assistance of vessels
in distress at points on the Maine coast
within the past week. and being unable in
other instance to be of service to the YES
| sci was the experience of the crew Of
the. cutter Woodbury., Lieut.. Randolph
| Ridgely, jr., commanding. The stranding
of the steamer Norumbiga of the Maine
Central railroad fleet on Clarkes point.
Southwest Harbor. Me. was first reported
| to the commanding officer of the cutter.
Steam was forced and the vessel hurried
| to the scene of the disaster. The steamer
was found on the rocks and several eff
| forts made to float her, but finally the
superintendent of floating property of the
| railroad company decided that wreckers
would float the steamer without greatly
damaging her, and to their care the cut
\ ter left her.
| While working on the 'Norumbiga
wireless message was received by the
1 Woodbury. stating that the British
schooner Arizona was hard and fast
aground on Little Cranberry Island and
assistance was needed. The cutter as soon
as released from work on the steamer
| hurried to the aid of the schooner. but
| found her in such position and with her
bottom SO badly torn by the jagged rocks
that she could not have foated had she
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sci was an old one the master determined
| to abandon her as she lay.
| AS firefighters as well as marine prop
erty and lifesavers. the crew of the cut
| ter Acushnet, stationed at Woods Hole,
| Mass, have proven themselves success.
| While the vessel was lying at Woods
Hole, one of the buildings of the Massa-
chusetts Biological Laboratory was dis
covered on fire. The crew of the vessel
were called to fire quarters, and armed
with extinguishers and fire-fghting ap-
pliances were sent to exit -uish the
names This they did quickly, and when
the fire fighters of the city arrived they
found the flames extinguished.
| During the week, in response to
| message that vessel was i'm trouble off
Green, Point, +. l., the Acushnet went
| to her aid and found her to be the r.
L. Tay, an American vessel. The crew
had been taken off by the life-savers, as
the vessel was water.ogged. but on the
appearance of the cutter they returned
to the schooner, which was taken in tow
| by the cutter and carried to the entrance
of the harbor at Newport, where she
| was turned over to a tug to be taken to
| a shipyard.
| The cutter Golden Gate. First Lieut.
Henry Wilkie. commanding. was called
to the aid of the gasolene power sloop
| Solferino. ashore on the rocks of an is
| land in San Francisco bay. After some
| little difficulty the vessel with damaged
hull was fioated and taken into port for
repairs.
While the cutter Mohawk lay at anchor
seen to capsize off Hospital point A
boat and crew were at once sent to the
point. and ii arrived just in time to
! rescue three men and two boys who were
/ clinging to the overturned craft
| The training cutter Itasca is i'm Garden
ers bay. Mass, giving the cadets from
the school of instruction practical work in
boat drills, Sunnery. seamanship and other
matters pertaining to their profession.
| These instructions will be continued this
| week. and September the cutter will
return to the school of instruction at
| New London, and the cadets vail be
| given leave of absence until September
=? when the next session of the school
\ opens. About September 10 the Itasca
will be detached from service at the
| school of instruction, and will be sent
| to the repair station at Arundel Cove
Nd Later she will be given a general
| overhauling.
The commanding officers of the cutters
Seneca and Itasca are instructed to take
their vessels to New London and to re-
main there September 4. ) and g. while
the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Associa-
| ton is in session
| The Mississippi State Association I.eaeue
of Postmasters holds it's annual meeting
at Gulfport Miss. September to q, and
TIE cutter Winona has been ordered to
take the members of the association for
day during the session TO be selected by
its members.
The cutter Mohawk has been ordered to
destroy the wreck of the four-masted
schooner Helen Thomas. lying on the
| easteT0 end of the Middle Ground shoaI
In the lower part Of Chesapeake bay.
| To receive new and the latest type of
radio-telegraphic outfit the new cutter
Unalga is at the repair station of the
service at Arundel Cove, Md. The new
ship has been waiting the passage of the
sundry civil appropriation bill in order
that funds may become available to send
her on her cruise around the world to
San Francisco. where she is to take sta
ton for a time before going to Alaska.
where she is to be permanently stationed
i Capt. ID. i. A de Otte, commanding
the cutter Onondaga, at Norfolk and
Second Lieut.. Roger {. Weightman. from
visitors to and registered at the depart
ment in the past week
/ Orders regarding officers of the service
have been issued from the division Of the
service, Treasury Department. as follows
i First Lieut.. A. III. Buhner, ordered to
San Francisco. Cal. and placed on wait
| ing orders.
First Lieut. w. T. Stromberg commits
stoned a first lieutenant. to rank as such
/ from June 10.
Second Lieut. l.. c. Mueller. commits
stoned a second lieutenant, to rank as
such from June 10.
| Second Lieut.. r. l.. austin, granted one
| days leave.
First Lieutenant of Engineers C. S.
Root, granted three days leave
Second Lieutenant of Engineers F. E.
Dagger granted six days leave. COM
| mencing August %.
Second Lieut. c. T. Finlay. granted
twenty-three days leave. commencing
! August 20.
| First Lieut. III. Munter. First Lieuten-
ant Of Engineers c. M. Green and Second
Lieut.. j. ]. Hutson. detached from the
Itasca September 10 and ordered to re-
sumo duty at the school of instruction.
Capt. w. v. E. Jacobs. Second Lieut..
| r. d. Jones and j. +. McGourty. detach-
ed from the Itasca upon arrival of that
vessel at the depot. revenue cutter serv-
| Ice. and ordered to- resume duty at the
| school of instruction.
Third Lieutenant OF Engineers w. III.
| Doron detached from the Itasca upon ar
| rival at the depot. revenue cutter serv-
| ice. and ordered to resume duty on the
| Woodbury..