Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-13
REVENUE CUTTERS SAVE
LIFE AND PROPERTY
Drunken Man Rescued From Sink.
ing Boat-Wharf Fire Put Out.
Stranded Ships Aided.

Reports from the commanding offlcers Of
.he vessels in the revenue cutter service
~ 'le headquarters Of the service, Treas
uiy department. tell of the varied activi-
Aes vi the cutters in the past week
-. nel' work ranged from saving the
| me o. drunken man IN danger of drown
.ns at sauit Ste. Marie Mich, to putting
~. nre IN the piles of bridge and the
"sipihs 10 safety Of small pleasure craft
machinery had become disabled
VI the assistance work was done by
.Ae sn1aier vessels of the service, and
come from the Pacific coast and
great lakes as well as from along the At
lantic.
Rescue Of Drunken Man.
~ tne cutter Mackinac, at sauIt Ste.
MARIE Mich, belongs the credit az having
h1e. Men aboard the cutter M
eu drunken man in a skin attemnt.
lHe ~ paddle across the river. His course
"os eriatic and every moment It look ed
as II his boat would upset
Nealzlng that the man was In frnmi-
.eh' Danger. as there were NO boats in
.ne vicinity to help him should he be
INTO the water, the commanding
oincers OF the cutter dispatched one Of
the boats from the vessel The man was
overtaKen Just as his boat was capsizing
ne was taken in charge by the men from
to the police
AS the little cutter Patrol was cruising
apout IN the vicinity Of Chicago a wooden
pier OF the State Street bridge was dis
covered on fire and in danger of spread
ing to the entire structure. With the
fire extinguishing apparatus aboard the
ratroi the fire was extinguished before
much damage was done. The structure
Is important to the commercial life of
the big western city.
Up on the Niagara river the cutter Nor
reli saved hydroplane from destruction
py nre The hydro was named the Ankle
Deep and was owned by Count Mankowsh
Of New York. who had beeen using it to
witness aquatic races. When the Are
started those on the Ankle Deep abandon
ed 1t: When noticed from the Morrell it
was burning fiercely.
A boats crew with f1re-fighting appara-
tus was sent to the burning craft A
half hour of hard fighting was required
to put out the flames. The machine was
considerably damaged. 1t was towed into
a dock. where it's owner could get it, II
he desired to have 1t rebuilt.
Active on Washington Seaboard.
Cutters stationed on the waters of
Washington state have been particularly
busy. While cruising near Tacoma the
little cutter Scout found the launch sono-
ra with disabled engine. There were
seven persons aboard the launch, and 1t
was In danger of drifting on rocks. In
response to requests from those aboard
the Scout lowed the launch into safe
harbor at Tacoma.
The little cutter Arcata, at Port
Townshend, picked UP the gasoline power
schooner Catherine with disabled engine,
and towed her part of the way into port.
Before reaching there the schooner crew
succeeded in repairing the engine. She
was then able to proceed under her own
power.
The Arcata also assisted in floating
the steamer Cuzco. a Norwegian craft.
ashore near Port Townshend. The YES
sci was found unchanged when pulled
into deep water, and was able to re-
sumo her voyage to a British Columbia
point.
The big British tug Lorne stranded on
San Juan Island in the straits of San
was called to her aid. The Lorne was
bound from Seattle to Victoria, British
Columbia When she stranded she went
well out upon the shoals. The Snohom-
ish made several unsuccessful efforts
to work her into deep water. and had to
finally abandon the attempt. 1t was de-
cided that the tug would have to be
hghtened before she could be aoated;
Called to the aid Of the two-masted
schooner Stafford. ashore near Sault Ste
Marie, Mich, the revenue cutter launch
vigilant. attached to the cutter Mack
mac, pulled on the vessel and finally
succeeded in working her into deep
water. She was then able to continue her
voyage. The master Of the schooner
,, warmly thanked the men on the Vigilant
for their needed aid.
From the cutter Manhattan. one Of the
little boats of the service on duty in
New York harbor, comes reports Of as
sistance to the power boats Wanderer
and Wink, which had broken down in
the vicinity of New York. The launches
were both taken to a point where repairs
| to their disabled machinery could be
made and where they would be out OF
danger.