The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-15
RISK LIVES FOR
 THOSE IN DANGER
Thrilling Experiences of Hero ic Savers of Point
 Judith, R. l., Station.

g lantern post on lne pEeakWater n rising tide that reached hungrAly Cor them. the life-savers$ of Point Judith lR D station, themselves ex- peeting never to return to tell the taIe of fearless endeavor in face of death, obeyed orders without ques-9 fion and launched the lifeboat, wag- s@& battle with the seemingly re- e1gaaess storm that created vast zssfl'E1t1Kne damage along the Atlantic coast early last month.
 The lue-savers took the haH- frozen men from their slender peril ous vantage place on the breakwa-. fer getting them into the Hfeboats onIy to regard tn themselves beaten by the power Of an onnipotent sea aauillef which it seemed useless for their tired frames to struggle. They were in turn rescued by a vessel sent after them, in anticipat on of just such plight, as the only means to in sure their safety
 One Of the thrilling sea tales of heroism is told in the sinple ac- count Of the incident by Fl. M. Knowles superintendent of the. third nfa-savfng district. with sta ttoR at Wakefield. R. F, given in his. report to tae hfe-saptng service in yVashinKton. says the Washington
 Urges Coast Guard BiIl.
 fIndicative Of inc intense desire of inc men engaged in the nnbIic ser vice Of saving life for the passage. of the coast guard bill, and for leeis7 1ation that will further their inter 6sts. Superintendent Knowles com zaents h this report:
 CouId members of congress have witnessed the performance, as did, the matter of passing the coast guard bfI1 now pending. would have been settled. The nerve and heroism dis played in yesterdays rescue is stronger evidence in support of the measure than if they had been lost and their widows and children made subjects of chaglty, as is usually the case.s,
 half hours Of uni ninterrntttent ef- fort by the crew Of Point Judith station to save life imper1led in the. eterm Of December and that is told by Superintendent Knowles. A small two nasted schooner anchored in the harbors had dragged anchor and was in dangerous position close to the main hTeakwater
 The wind at the time was blow ing a gale from the northeast, at fhe terrific rate Of seventy two miles an hour. A cold rain was falling 1gsayiIy. Keeper Tefft Of the Point sTudfth station te1egraphed the situ-. etion to the revenue cufter Acuehnet, nequesting her aid for the inperiIed FIasseas
 
 The schooner finally struck on the 1reakwater Keeper Tent informed Superintendent Knowles that the crew of two men from the schooners had succeeded In reaching the brea1x- water and were eIinsing to one of the old lantern posts. They were in dan ger of being wazhed off by the heavy seas which were constantly breaking over the breakwater, at times throw ang the water seventy feet high. r --. 4 e. --l.. Of high tide and the storm and sea were Increasing. This meant an ever 1nereasing peril for the men on the 5rea kwater. superintendent Knowles directed Keeper Tefft to proceed at once in the self -bai1fng E1eboat, and to save the men tall hazards HIS own account of the proceedlngs sde- zsIateIy tails the story
 The Ife-zaxing crew on reacktng fhe boathouse te1ephoned me that if they launched the boat to go to the wreck they never would return. I realized fl1ts was so, unless they had asatstAnce. But told them to go and use every possible means to save the men, and gave instruct ons how 1t might be done
 Realizing from many years eax- peEience what the boys would en- counter in their pertlous undertaaz- 51g, and that should they return Kney Hzdl1ld be more dead than Hive
 
 4o rescue-I te1ephoned to the keep eE of Trenton point station to notify 4he author1ttes at Newport naval station to dispatch boat of some kind to look after safety of the nfe- saving crew knew from all req sonabIeness they could not possibly return by their own efforts I was anfornaeA that a boat would be- sent. 2.
 Dons Ills Storm Clothes
 Superintendent Knowles then pre- pzred to go to the scene of the dis ester. He got into a complete sIit EoG storm clothes He had made up
 basket Of supplies. consisting of whisky. wfz1es marine glasses, nit Hens and other things. pr R. R. sobinson Of Wagedelds R. T., head quarters of the superintendent, was induced to accompany him. They made the trip in the pIysician's au- Eo.
 They arrived at Sand EfI cova. DO o'clock on the morning of De- kcember 2. At that time the sI1rf- boats crew had cast anchor and was lslackfng the boat down before the igaIe in order to get close enough to hhe breakwater to throw a line. Sew observed the two wrecked men abandon the lantern post to descend to the breakwater, each time re- Hurning quickly for safety firm the heawy seas breaking high over the wall. These seas often submerged them on the lantern post, and bury fng the surfboat so completely that neither boat nor occupants could be seen from shore
 Finally, at favorable tfue,' con z5nues the report, ssafter more than { an hours effort on the part of the # 44Ge savers the imperf1ed men de- scended to the breakwater. secured 4he lines thrown to them, fast eaed ! Hem about their bodies and 6ere 1nickIy hauled from the top of the xall Into the water and then taken on board the surfboaf There they were given position, and received an equal share of the discomforts