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Description:Excerpt from Annual Report of the United States Life-Saving Service: For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1902 In 615 instances vessels were worked off when stranded, repaired when damaged, piloted out of dangerous places, and similarly assisted by the station crews. Besides the foregoing, assistance of minor importance was rendered to 480 vessels and small craft. Two hun dred and thirty - seven vessels running into danger were warned off by station patrolmen, 210 by night signals and 27 by day signals. The surfboat was used 929 times, making trips. The self righting and self-bailing lifeboat was used 80 times, making 109 trips. The gasoline launches at the City Point Station (second District) were used 112 times, making 117 trips. Smaller boats were used 473 times, making 572 trips. The river life skifi's at the Louisville Station (tenth District) were used 39 times, making 47 trips. The breeches buoy was used 15 times, making 249 trips. The wreck gun was employed 22 times, firing 42 shots. The heaving stick was used 30 times. There were landed by the surfboat 782 persons; by the life boat, 65; by the gasoline launches, 266; by the river life skiffs, 34; by other station boats, 218, and by the breeches buoy, 213. In addition to the foregoing there were miscellaneous rescues from vessels as follows: Thirty-three persons by wading into the surf; 20 persons by means of a line thrown to a wrecked steamer by a surf man; 3 men ih a yawl boat caught in the ice and hauled to the shore by means of a line fired across the boat; 8 persons who had fallen over board from vessels. 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Annual Report of the United States Life-Saving Service (Classic Reprint): For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1902. To get started finding Annual Report of the United States Life-Saving Service (Classic Reprint): For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1902, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Annual Report of the United States Life-Saving Service: For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1902 In 615 instances vessels were worked off when stranded, repaired when damaged, piloted out of dangerous places, and similarly assisted by the station crews. Besides the foregoing, assistance of minor importance was rendered to 480 vessels and small craft. Two hun dred and thirty - seven vessels running into danger were warned off by station patrolmen, 210 by night signals and 27 by day signals. The surfboat was used 929 times, making trips. The self righting and self-bailing lifeboat was used 80 times, making 109 trips. The gasoline launches at the City Point Station (second District) were used 112 times, making 117 trips. Smaller boats were used 473 times, making 572 trips. The river life skifi's at the Louisville Station (tenth District) were used 39 times, making 47 trips. The breeches buoy was used 15 times, making 249 trips. The wreck gun was employed 22 times, firing 42 shots. The heaving stick was used 30 times. There were landed by the surfboat 782 persons; by the life boat, 65; by the gasoline launches, 266; by the river life skiffs, 34; by other station boats, 218, and by the breeches buoy, 213. In addition to the foregoing there were miscellaneous rescues from vessels as follows: Thirty-three persons by wading into the surf; 20 persons by means of a line thrown to a wrecked steamer by a surf man; 3 men ih a yawl boat caught in the ice and hauled to the shore by means of a line fired across the boat; 8 persons who had fallen over board from vessels. 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Annual Report of the United States Life-Saving Service (Classic Reprint): For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1902. To get started finding Annual Report of the United States Life-Saving Service (Classic Reprint): For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1902, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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