The Life Savers: A story of the United States life-saving service

The Life Savers: A story of the United States life-saving service... The initiatory movement was the organization...
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Author: Otis, James,1848-1912
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The Life Savers: A story of the United States life-saving service

The Life Savers: A story of the United States life-saving service

€6,36

The Life Savers: A story of the United States life-saving service

€6,36
Author: Otis, James,1848-1912
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Life Savers: A story of the United States life-saving service

... The initiatory movement was the organization by a few benevolent persons of the Massachusetts Humane Society in 1786. In attempting to alleviate the miseries of shipwreck on the Massachusetts coast, small huts were built; and in 1807 the first life-boat station was established at Cohasset. The Society depended upon voluntary crews, but so much was accomplished of value that some pecuniary aid was received, as time wore on, from both State and general governments. The magnificent work of the Coast Survey, begun in earnest in 1832, absorbed the resources of Congress for a decade and a half, during which period nothing was attempted in the way of life-2saving except through voluntary societies. A few public vessels were, indeed, authorized in 1837 to cruise near the coast for the assistance of shipping in distress, but it was through the movement in aid of commerce, which extended to the lighthouse system. In 1847, five thousand dollars were appropriated by Congress toward furnishing lighthouses on the Atlantic with the facilities for aiding shipwrecked mariners. The money, after remaining in the Treasury two years unused, was permitted to be expended by the Massachusetts society upon Cape Cod. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 43961
Author: Otis, James
Release Date: Oct 16, 2013
Format: eBook
Language: English

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