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The Birth of US Life Saving Service
The article recounts the 1839 wreck of the Australian brig Count Peasto at Long Beach New Jersey and the early development of the US Life-Saving Service. It highlights heroic rescues, the shift from private to federal rescue efforts, and Dr. William A. Newell’s role in conceiving the service with early New Jersey stations.
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Count Peasto
Long Beach
Monmouth
Ocean, County
N. J
Barnegat Inlet
Atlantic
New Jersey
Sandy Hook
Little Egg Harbor
Life Saving Service
Federal Life Saving
William A. Newell
Allentown
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