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Angels in oilskins and the U S Life Saving Service
The piece defends the term angels in oilskins for life savers while detailing the U S Life Saving Service structure with 281 stations across thirteen districts and the duties of keepers and surfmen. It highlights 1910 disaster statistics, rescue methods like breeches buoy and line shots, and notable rescues including Miss Cody and Captain Newcomb’s valor, arguing for greater funding for life saving over war materiel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hod Carciers’ Association For the Advancement of Fine Arts
United States Life Saving Service
Atlantic
Pacifi
Gulf
Great Lakes
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Fishers Island
Long Island
New Jersey
Cape Henlopen
Delaware
Cape Charlies
Maryland
Cape Henry
Virginia
Cape Fear
North Carolina
Fighth
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Gulf Coast
Lakes Erie
Ontario
Lakes Huron
Superior
Lake Michigan
Pacific Coast
Louisville
Nome
Alaska
Life Saving Service
W. Clark Russell
Laura Jean Libbey
Uncle Sam
Tillamook Bay
Oregon
Statian
James Donnelly
Manhattan Beach
New York City
Leslie’s Weekly
Donnelly
New York
Wich
Veilon
Shi
Treasury Department
Washngton
Ama
Sumner J. Kimball
EH. Newcoml
Tovi
Cho Winston
Newcomb