The Detroit times., 1913-01-11

Twenty-four hours after Turrialba
went ashore four crews were In posi-
ton To successfully make the trip 10
. her. Only one crew. that OF the North
Brigantine station, In charge OF Capt.
Holtzen, got through on Tuesday. he
did II after ploughing through the
breakers which drenched his men
again and again and sent enough
water aboard the boat 10 sink her a
dozen times. Why didn't she sink,
then? Because Uncle Sans new lie
boats are all built on the selfbailing
principle. The bottom OF the boat
consists Of water-tight tank, with
flooring above on which the occupants
walk. The sides OF the boat rise from
this flooring which is several inches
| above the water line. AT the bottoms
or both sides are openings through
which the water can flow out or the
upper half OF the structure, and IL she
Ia entirely filled IL takes Just seven
seconds 10 empty her.
Tied up as they were along the
| shore, the surfmen spent Tuesday
right in an anxious patrol of the
beach, watching the stranded vessel,
which rested easier and easier as the
waves continued to subside. BY this
time they had received assurances by
wireless that the revenue cutter Sen
eca was standing by TO render assist
ance and that the passengers were
safe so they had decided 10 postpone
any further efforts until morning TO
reach her, which would have been at
best a difficult task.
Before daylight four crews were at
their posts. ready TO make a race TO
see who could be first TO render assist
ance in the transfer of the passengers.
Capt Rider, with the Little Egg IIar-
bor power boat, declared that he vas.
going to get there II he had TO swim
with il and pull all the way. And get
there he die, with the seven men who
composed his crew. He did not win
the race, though. for the big Atlantic
City boat had at last got its high pow
er In commission and was able To get
through the water at good rate
OF speed.
Tramping up and down the beach
with reporter for1rhe World on
| Tuesday night Surfman Crammer told
how he had been the first man TO sight
the wrecked steamer and also explain
ed some OF the things which 10 TO
create the splendid spirit that exists
Il left the station at o'clock for
! my regular patrol. he said. gallo
was blowing and the snow was peat
ing against my face Just as | was
going up a little hummock | had a
feeling that when ! got to the top OF
1 that hill | was going to see a ship in
distress. And two minutes later | saw
dimly in the offing the lights OF a YES
sci. IL wouldn't do to give an alarm
until | was sure there was trouble.
SO | drew line on the sand pointing
! toward the lights and waited for her
I TO, cross the lire. watched for some
time and seeing no movement knew
that We had our work cut out for us.
/ NO, i didn't run TO the station. on
see the box on this pole In the stand?
IL is a telephone. | stepped TO IL and
! inside or minute every station along
I the coast north OF here had the news.
and when | reached the station the
men were tumbling out TO man he
boat.
Crammer then led the way 10 a lit
! tie cache built In the sand This"
he said you see is our treasure
house, where We Keep the key Here
II does not become charged with cleo
| tricity and we can use IL with a de-
gree OF safety Every time we pass
one OF these boxes GA our patrol We
have to call up the station TO let The
man on duty there know We are on the
| job
| Uncle Sam places the value OF n
single life higher than he does all tho
| property In the service. and il does
not matter what damage we do 70 the
Loats and things; We have TO get
through. Take Dick. for instance, who
lives over there on another island
along with a couple OF starving dogs
and gets an existence from fishing and
shooting ducks in the bay He Is a
no account sort OF man, and when he
gets about three sheets in the wind he
tries to navigate little gasoline
launch Frequently he goes outside
the bar, and often his engine refuses
to work. Then he drifts down the
coast and We have to go and pull him
In. Dick has cost the government
/ small fortune.
In summer the men bring their
! families to live in the little houses
! which you see grouped around the sta
! ton. But In the winter-well, chill.
Gren have to be where they can got to
! the doctor and Little Beach station Is
ten miles away from the nearest town.
Capt. Endicott's adopted daughter is
here. That is all the family he has
and she won't leave him and he
doesn't want her to go: so she spends
most or the winter at the station
1t was learned later that Capt. En-
dicott's daughter is a girl OF eighteen
with face bronzed by the wind. but
with big brown, laughing eyes, and a
voice-well, 1t explains why there are
several other men OH Little Beach
who do not want the captains daugh.
ter TO leave the island.
A lifesaver has not only to be his
own doctor In many cases but he has
u be able to cater to the physical
needs OF the persons that he pulls
from the water. AS a matter OF fact
most OF the illnesses OF the surfman
consists OF injuries of one sort or an
other; so II is TO these that particular
training attention is paid.
Business-1ike Printing. No fuss and
no feathers. The plain, neat kind that
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