Show THE SEACOAST LIFE SAVING SERVICE by ELIZA ARCHARD CONNER BK you po to washington do J not fall to visit the head V W quarters of the united slates life savins service where anay all the apparatus human ingenuity has as yet devised to rescue from wrecked ships this noble alf savins Is maintained all alone the atlantic and pacific coasts and also along the great lakes on our bo athern border the maiano lit saving appliances anay all be seen an fn at wash T ington there la the powerful eurt froat mounted upon its carriage so that tt can be drawn easily and rapidly to the waters edge to be launched there are ropes rockets life ratta and breeches buoys there are oilskin suits and cork jackets for the men of the life service to jump into quickly they go out to rescue the wrecked in actual service are kept act the united states life saving stations dotted all along our coasts the roust be maintained in the highest condition of excellence and manned with the full quota of life cavers during the autumn winter and i in the summer when lere are not so map storms the service does not need so many men members of ut cla sams marine life guard g are chosen usually from the hardy and chaat ballora who have lived most of their hvos upon ancl near the sea to ret into the ec rolce a anan must be strong active healthy and brave and abla to row ath a quick powerful stroke and in coast craft this Is not enough either toy the men ot tho life saving crews they must drill as regularly and as constantly as soldiers their practice consists in rowing launching boats shooting rockets and in various physical exercises to keep their wind and muscle tip to the mark T what s more they must take turns in patrolling the coast day and night lookouts with telescopes sweep the horizon tor ships in distress the life savers must be fearless and true of eye for the work of heroes Is many a alnio required of them they must also know enough of medical science to render farst alato the injured and to resuscitate the apparently drowned it many a time happens that a person alo la brought ashore seemingly drowned la restored to life after an I 1 hours steady work over him by the life i A ship la times driven toward the chore and grounded in a storm so that the surf boat cannot be oyed to her over the foaming waves enthat case Is used the breeches buoy bo called from ita shape it Is also sometimes named the sling life buoy ahen the rescuers cannot go to the WOMEN OF PADSTOW LAUNCH J THE LIFEBOAT ehla ln distress they anre a rocket to her ahls pt rocket la simply a stick to iff attached a haht rope it the aim la true the rocket some inhere inthe in the ships rigging and the bopf dangles upon deck the bailers bailors upon the ship haul tor dear life at the light rope which has a heavier cable fastened to it the sailors haul in the heavy cable and fix it to the ship the breeches buoy la sent over athla cable and one by one the wrecked ones are drawn ashore in it it la a piece of canvas with holes in the center tor the persons legs to pass through holding fast the ropes above him the person from the wreck la hauled to shore by the powerful life saving crew lately a most heroic deed was performed by the women and girls of rad stow a little port of cornwall on the southwest coat of england it was during the frightful storms on the british shore spring the terrifying boom boom of he caan on telling of a ship in mortal danger roared over the watery the nien belonging to the alte crew were all at the moment away from the station on another part of the coast they heard the signal however and hurried as fast aa possible to the station when they reached it the lifeboat waa already launched and walt inc for them to leap into and row off in without an instants delay their brave strong wives and sisters living near the station bad hurried to the boat room dragged the craft to the water and launched it wading knee beep into the waves and were holding it steady with their hands till the men came |