Evening star., 1915-11-14
COAST GUARD VESSELS
GET CALLS FOR HELP:
Kept Busy Two Weeks in Advance
Of Winter Cruising Sea-
son Opening.
Several Ships Rescued From DAN
gerous Positions, Their Crews
Being Saved.

Although the winter cruising serv-
ice time Of the coast guard cutters is
still over two weeks away. reports of
assistance recently rendered by the
cutters to vessels in trouble would in
dicate that the busy time for the cut
ters Is at hand. Reports on file at
the headquarters of the service. Treas
ury Department, show that cutters on
both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts
and in Alaskan waters have been
called upon to aid vessels in distress.
report received from Lieut.. Frank
Austen, commanding the cutter Arcata,
on the coast of Washington, tells of
the rescue of the American motor boat
See Am from the beach near Point
Partridge. The vessel had left Port
Townshend bound to a northern point
and was caught in a heavy storm. Two
passengers she had aboard were
drowned and the rest, with crew, were
carried ashore in the vessel and es-
capped unframed. Several efforts were
made by the Arcata to pull the boat
off the beach before 1t was finally ac-
complished. She was then taken to
Port Townshend for repairs.
Schooner in Bad Plight.
AS the cutter Snohomish was cruising
on the Washington coast she found
the American schooner Ruby in a bad
plight. The vessel was on her way
from Akutan, Alaska, to Seattle and
had met with much foul weather. Her
sails were blown away. her rudder
broken and she was otherwise dam
aged. At the request of the master of
the vessel she was taken in tow to
Port Angeles, Wash.
Just before the cutter Bear left Alas
kan waters for the south she found
the schooner Challenge on the beach
story of meeting a succession of
gales during which the vessel lost her
anchor. To save her she was run on
the beach. The Bear succeeded in float
lin engine she was able to proceed to
Nome under her own power.
Two Calls for Help.
Besides performing her regular du
upon twice in the past week to aid
vessels in trouble in Nantucket sound.
The first call came from the British
schooner F. c. Lockharte. which was
found ashore on Norton shoal and in a
bad position. She was foated by the
cutter and taken to Vineyard Haven
for repairs.
Later in the week the Acushnet was
called to the aid of the schooner
from a Nantucket shoal and taken into
Vineyard Haven. to overhaul before
continuing her voyage.
Seguin Island is a rock rising sheer
out Of the Atlantic off the Maine coast
near the mouth of the Kennebeck river.
1t is topped by lighthouse that can
be seen for many miles, but on the
rocks of this island the sloop Vigilant
ran one night last week. Her crew
was taken Off by the men from a near
Ossipee went to the aid of the vessel
1t was f1oated in a damaged condition
and taken to Portland.
overhauling at Honolulu.
Although the cutter Thetis is not one
of the vessels designated for winter
cruising. she is at Honolulu receiving
a general overhauling. Engines. boil
ers and other ma chinery of the ship are
receiving needed attention and a tele-
gram from her commander states that
it will be month or six weeks before
she will be ready to return to service.
The board of instruction of the Coast
Guard Academy has recommended that
the designations of H. S. Talkin of Mary
land and Maurice w. Altaffer of Ohio,
cadets, be requested.
Sc cond Lieutenant OF Engineers l.. j.
Kar has appeared before an examining
board of public health officers and has
passed his examination for promotion to
first lieutenant. His name, with that of
Third Lieutenant of Engineers Milton R.
Daniels, has been sent to the board of
appointment for promotion.
First Lieut.. c. F. Howell of the cutter
Manning and Capt. G. l.. Garden of the
cutter Mohawk visited and registered at
the department in the past week, and
Capt J. c. Cantwell and First Lieut.. J.
A. Alger were visitors to the department
but did not register.
No orders were issued in the past week.