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Life-Saving Service

a branch of the Treasury Department of the United States Government. The first stations of a life-saving service were established by the Massachusetts Humane Society at Lovell's Island and Cohasset. All efforts for saving life and property in cases of shipwreck were made by this society till 1837, when the President of the United States was authorized to employ ships to cruise along the shores and render assistance to distressed navigators. William A. Newell, afterward Governor of New Jersey, wit- DROGUE CABLE & ANCHOR GRAPNEL & ROPE 7 VAIR CASES VEERING LINE CABLE CABLE VEERING LINE STERN LINE AIR CASES DROGUE ROPE DECK PLAN OF SELF-RIGHTING LIFEBOAT ENGINE AIR WHISTLE GASOLINE TANKS 26 Feet DIAGRAM OF 26-FT. POWER LIFEBOAT is given to two cavalry regiments of the nessed a fearful shipwreck off Barnegat Household Brigade.

LIFE INSURANCE. See INSURANCE.