Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-21
REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE.

revenue cutters performing the winter
cruising service on the Atlantic coast al
most daily risk their lives and suffer In
cold and gales to aid vessels I'm distress.
they are not allowed to claim one cent
Of salvage. no matter how valuable the
saved vessels or her cargo may be. Uncle
Sam says. Il pay you a good salary, ia
that content you," and IL does. for. sell
dom do the owners of the saved vessels
recollect even to write a letter OF thanks
to the department, and In II to say few
good words Of the work done by the men
who saved their property from the seas.
This week, however, an exception to the
general neutrality-suspicious. of-service-
done rule will occur when the Merchants
and Miners Steamship Company OF Bal
timore presents the cutter Semniols win
a silver service as q mark or apprecia-
ton Of the service done the steamer Berk-
SHIRE which she saved from destruction
by fire In Cape Lookout cove several
weeks ago.
dered vessels on the coast have been re-
ceived at the department In the past
week, and several other rescues or yes
sells In trouble have been made by the
cutters, but reports regarding the work
done have not been filed in the division
of the service. The cutters Bear and MO-
Cullough were instrumental In saving the
fishing schooner Sequoia, at San Fran
cisco. from destruction by fire. The yes
sci was laid up at her owners whaN
with only a Waterman aboard her when
she caught fire. The cutters were not
far away. and they went to the AID OF
the vessel In spite of prompt aid the
fire had gained good Roadway when the
men from the cutters started fighting N.
and the vessel was considerably. damages
before the flames were extinguished :,
Capt. deOtte commanding the cutter
Onondaga. reports having spent two DAFT
In search Of the schooner Bessie Whn-
ing reported in distress on the virginia
capes. She was finally picked up Oh
Cape Charles In a disabled condition. one
of her crew had been lost overheard. an
other had been injured by being thrown
by the steering wheel. the vessel had lost
sails and spars and was leaking. sac
was towed into Hampton roads. In the
past week the Onondaga found the
schooner Margaret M. Ford ashore ct
Chincoteague Va. and after several ef-
forts, succeeded In floating the vessel
which was little, II any. damaged. =
While the cutter Yamacarw was lyinas
at anchor at the entrance to Winyah hey
the houseboat Elvira Of South Orange.
n. J., was observed adrift at sea, AID
was sent her and It was ascertained thsft
her engine was broken. She was tak1n
in tow by the cutter and taken into
Southport, n. c., for harbor. The mas
ter OF the houseboat stated that while sne
was disabled she several times came near
going into the breakers. bat fortunafe
shifts OF the wind saved her each time
The Yamacraw for several days past
has been working on the British steam,
ship Louisianan. ashore about two and
a half miles from Brunswick. Ga. The
ship was SO hard on the shoals that the
cutter broke big ten-inch hawser pun
ing on her. and at last report she was
be foated on the high tides within the
next day or two a,
The schooner Edith H. Symington owes
her safety to the work OF the engine ~
the cutter Seminole. The vessel was found
of Cape Hatteras leaking badly and with
pumps so choked that they could not be
of fertilizer. which she was carrying from
Baltimore to Wilmington. n. G. and fsle
fertilizer getting into the water about
Der suction pumps. had choked them
were sent aboard the schooner and they
put her pumps in working order SO thAf
while they did not pump as freely as they
would had water been all they had 70
lift, still they slowly freed the vessel
and she was able to continue her voyaSH
without further aid. :;
After being stuck in the mud Of North
river, nOl IdI lIOLI DuCk lSidu0s IN. W.
for two days. the schooner Jane Berry
was hoated by the cutter Pamlico and
taken to Elizabeth City. The schooner
was but little damaged and was able to
continue her trip. .
Held an Involuntary prisoner by the
fouling Of her anchor cables so that she
could not get her anchors of the bottom.
found by the cutter Acushnet in Vineyard
Sound. The master OF the vessel request
ed aid In freeing his cables. This was
done after considerable trouble, and the
schooner, which was unchanged. went
into Vineyard Haven for harbor.
Down in Dry Tortugas the steamship
Colorado Of the Mallory line is ashore On
a reef and the cutter Miami is standing
by her. endeavoring to float her. Accord
ing to kilograms received from Capt.~E
L. Gamble. commanding the Miami. sew
eral efforts have been made to float the
will be hoated on the first good full tide
that comes. 1t Is possible she may be
dnodl al tihS tiine .,rs
There is but little doubt that fhe
derelict destroyer Seneca will pick up the
abandoned ship Doretha, one OF the three
abandoned vessels the cutter has been
hunting for the past week or longer. Yes
her known position. and had picked UP
two Of her boats. That the cutter Will
bring the derelict into port within the
next day or two is believed by the service
officials.
The British steamship IndrakualA
which sank the steamer Luckenbach IN
the Chesapeake. and was herself badly
damaged in the collision, has been gotten
to Newport News by the wrecking tugs
assisted by the cutter Apache. Officers
of the cutter guarded the cargo from the
ship until II was turned over to the COL
lector Of customs at Newport News.
The cutters Window and Miami are en-
deavoring to obtain some tidings OF the
sailed from Baltimore. January .. bound
err was reported passing Cape Hatteras
January 4. about the time gale was
sweeping the coast and since that time
no tidings OF her have been heard aud
her owners are becoming anxious for her
safety. She carries a crew of forty-fiye
men and is not equipped with a radio
outfit.
Work is being pushed on the cutter
Morrill,. which IS being rebuilt at Arundel
Cove. A month or six weeks will be re-
quired to complete the work on the YES
sci and early in the spring she viii start
on her long trip back to Detroit, Mich,
her station on the great lakes.
Orders to officers In the service, have
been issued from the division OF the serv.
Ice In the Treasury Department as fol-
lows:
First Lieutenant Engineer r. E. Wright