Deseret Evening News | 1906-12-26 | Page 7 | Important Work Done by Life Saving Service

IMPORTANT WORK DONE BY LIFE LIFESAVING SAVING SERVICE Oc flee work ork woe accomplIshed durIng the past year by the servIce ot of the 1 government thousands or of Imperiled lIves and mIllions ot of dollars worth of property being through the hero heroIsm Ism anI unremitting vigilance of the lea Oen Sup Supt Kimball or of the service shows In his annuLI annual report that the number of at marine WU was m It In tho of at the tho United States State In th these se 40 4 vessels and 29 2 II lives ves were and perso persons were succored nt at atthe the various stations The total value of oC 1 r property saved was 1266 while that lost was wall Iii In Inthe the I lIves were imperIled tt t the close cloae of oC the last fIscal year tile the establIshments corn cont statIons station a ot of were on ontIe onte tIe te Atlantic coast 60 on tho Great one on the coast proper and o each at the tho rails Calls of the Ohio Iver Ier anI and Nome Alaska The Ing In reWa rendered render d assIstance ot of more moreo o II le s Importance to an es In ad addition to 10 those which were lo Iet t Patrol Patrolmen men and station lookouts also warned 97 steamers and ii 77 sailing vessels acre ere running Into r valuable assistance It la Is was rendered by the crOws at San Ban Francisco durIng tho he and conna last April In fighting the tho transporting sup supplies plies pIl and 1 sheltering the homeless supt Bupt points out that during the seven soven of at the have been equIpped with gaso Iino tl engInes They constitute II a most Important addition to the tho and materially enlarge the radius ot of the thu effectIve work ot of the creW Supt Kimball points out that the great service rendered ha has cost the gov gos government onlY Ue lIe ur urge el that the Iho benent ot of retire retirement nent ment be given en to 10 officers and men ot of tho servIce who become dIsabled through Injury or dIsease or Incapacitated by ago age