Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-18
Revenue Cutter Service

Revenue Cutter Service
The latest report of work done in the
| fire-extinguishing line by revenue cutter
men comes from Capt. Brown, command
| ing the cutter Algonquin on the Porto
Rico station. The men aboard the cutter
noticed smoke arising among the lightly
Quilt frame houses of the village of
Cantano. and Capt. Brown sent Boatswain
| ii. B. Bey with detail of men to aid in
| fighting the flames. When the Algonquin
men reached the scene of the fire the
natives were standing about helpless and
the flames were making great Roadway.
The cutters men formed a bucket bri-
gade and. pressing some of the natives
into service. started fighting the fire, and
finally succeeded in extinguishing ii. The
Porto Rican papers. clippings from which
are incloSed in the report, give high
praise to the Algonquin crew for having
saved the village from total destruction.
Searching the derelicts drifting in the
Gulf of Mexico. in the vicinity of the
straits of Florida, is occupying the time
of the cutter Yamacraw. In the past
week she was sent to locate and destroy
the hull of derelict barge reported by
the steamship FL Mundo as drifting about
ten Iill1eS east OI COuSy TOchS. ne cut
ter made a diligent search, but failed
to locate the derelict. She had hardly
finished this task when she was sent to
locate the waterlogged hull of sailing
vessel reported in the straits of Florida
about thirty miles southwest of Key
West. AT last report she was still on
this service.
Orders issued in the past week were
as follows:
Cadets Frank ]. German. w. H. Ru-
pertis. G. w. McLane. j. A. Frost, jr..
Earl G. Rose. II. NJ. Carr. l.. ". KEEL
horn. Robert Donohue. E H. Smith. Z.
Brown. ]. e. whitbeck. R. B. Hail and
Henry Coyle detached from school of
instruction May 10 and placed on wait
ing orders.
Ste. Marie, Mich, fell overheard at that
point one night last week and j. ]. La
Bier. seaman aboard the cutter Mackinac,
which was berthed nearby. heard him
and went to his aid. With the assistance
| of the Waterman on the wharf the man
was taken from the water. which in that
part of the country is still icy cold. al
most dead. He was taken aboard the
| cutter. restoratives applied and next day
| he was able to return to his home.
| Down in the lower part Of Chesapeake
| bay. in Hampton roads. the cutter Onon-
\ with her tow of barges, one OF which was
| leaking, she was rapidly drifting on a
| shoai. The OnOndaga took the tug and
/ her barges in tow and carried them into
a safe anchorage until the tug could make
repairs and resume her interrupted trip
| up the bay.
/ When the Baltimore New York liner
| Chesapeake lost her propeller off Barne-
| Sat. y. j., last week ind was helpless,
| the cutter Mohawk made all speed to her
| aid and. taking the disabled steamer in
tow. carried her to the entrance Of New
/ York harbor, where she was turned over
10 a tug boat sent out by the owners to
relieve the cutter from further service.
On her way from the Arundel Cove de-
/ pot. where she was overhauled. to her
station at Detroit, Mich. the cutter Nor
| riH. Capt. Carmine. developed leaky
boiler tube and was forced to stop at
| Tompkinsyille, y. Y. for repairs that
/ took about thirty-six hours to complete.
Requests for details of vessels to patrol
| courses of pleasure craft regattas
| throughout the country now coming
| into the department. and in the past week
| two such orders were issued. The cutter
| Winona. on the Mobile station, has been
| designated TO patrol the course of the re-
| gatta of the Southern Yacht Club at New
| Orleans. May 31-June next. The cutter
| Tuscarora. stationed at Milwaukee has
| been directed to take charge of the course
| of the regatta of the Sailing and Power
| Boat Association at Chicago August 1t
| next Details for this class of service
will be numerous in the next two months
Repairs TO the cutter Apache. which
| were in progress at the Arundel Cove de-
pot of the service, have been completed
and the cutter has gone into commission
| and at last report was at Baltimore. She
| will probably visit this city in the mex
week or ten days. During the summer
| months the Apache will visit variou:
| ports on her station and will look after
| the enforcement of the navigation regula
| tons among sailing craft and motto,
| boats.
Capt. Reynolds, commanding the Der
ing sea patrol. arrived at Unalaska
Alaska. MAY 13 The cutters that hav,
! arrived in the north Pacific have alread,
| taken up patrol work and the entir,
| fleet will be in service by the latte
| part of this month.
Capt. f. r. BerthoIf commanding tn,
revenue cutter service. who went TO New
London 10 attend the closing exercises
of the school OF instruction returned 4
his Office in the Treasury Department
yesterday.
Senior Capt. +. NJ. Dunwoody. com
manding the northern division, Pacih'
! coast. was visitor to and registered a
the department in the past week.
Cadet Fl. S. Dodd ordered TO marin,
hospital. Chelsea. Mass, for medica
treatment.
First Lieut.. b. II. Camden ordered t,
Boston. Mass. 10 assist at target prac
tee of vessels of eastern division.
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