Excerpt from Annual Report of the United States Life-Saving Service for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1903 Section 9 Of the act of Congress approved June 18, 1878, provides: That upon the occurrence of any shipwreck within the scope of the operations of the life-saving Service, attended with loss of life, the general superintendent shall cause an investigation of all the circumstances connected with said disaster and loss Of life to be made, with a View of ascertaining the cause of the disaster, and whether any of the Officers or employees Of the Service have been guilty of neglect. Or miscon duct ih the premises. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Annual Report of the United States Life-Saving Service: For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1906 The surfboat was used 924 times, making trips; the self righting and self-bailing lifeboat, 91 times, making 141 trips; the power lifeboats, 12 times, making 16 trips; the power launches, 120' times, making 130 trips; the smaller boats, 610 times, making 706 trips; the river life skiffs at the Louisville station (tenth district), 39 times, making 70 trips; the breeches buoy, 15 times, making 207 trips; the wreck gun, 16 times, firing 39 shots; the heaving-stick, 36 times. There were landed by the surfboats persons; by the life boats, 218 persons; by the power lifeboats, 22 persons; by the power launches, 213 persons; by the river life skiffs, 62 persons; by other station boats, 330 persons, and by the breeches buoy, 189 persons. The station crews rescued 42 persons connected with vessels, with out the aid Oi boats or other life-saving equipment. Thirteen of these were taken from the surf, 14 had fallen overboard, 12 had suffered a capsize, 2 were taken from piling, and 1, who had been stricken by heart disease, from a boat. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Operations of the United States Life-Saving Service: For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1893 The clothing mentioned as having been furnished to destitute. Ship wrecked persons was supplied from stores donated for the purpose by the Women's National Relief Association, with the exception Of such articles as were contributed in a few instances Of special necessity by the members Of the life-saving crews. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Operations of the United States Life-Saving Service: For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1880 It should be observed that the operations of the service during this period have been limited as follows: Season of 1871-72, to the coasts of Long Island and New Jer sey; seasons of to the coasts of Cape Cod, Long Island, and New Jersey. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.