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United States Life-Saving Service. The United States Life-Saving Service[1] was a United States government agency that grew out of private and local humanitarian efforts to save the lives of shipwrecked mariners and passengers. It began in 1848 and ultimately merged with the Revenue Cutter Service to form the United States Coast Guard in 1915.
Joshua James (November 22, 1826 – March 19, 1902) was an American sea captain and a U.S. Life–Saving Station keeper. He was a famous and celebrated commander of civilian life-saving crews in the 19th century, credited with saving over 500 lives from the age of about 15 when he first associated himself with the Massachusetts Humane Society until his death at the age of 75 while on duty with ...
Pea Island Life-Saving Station was a life-saving station on Pea Island, on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It was the first life-saving station in the country to have an all-black crew, and it was the first in the nation to have a black man, Richard Etheridge, as commanding officer. [1] On August 3, 2012, the second of the Coast Guard's 154 ...
August 18, 1975. The Old Harbor U.S. Life Saving Station is a historic maritime rescue station and museum, located at Race Point Beach in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Built in 1897, it was originally located at Nauset Beach near the entrance to Chatham Harbor in Chatham, Massachusetts. It was used by the United States Life-Saving Service (USLSS ...
Died. July 9, 1904 (1904-07-09) (aged 77) Resting place. Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Occupation. Owner of the Coston Signal Company. Martha Jane Coston (December 12, 1826 – July 9, 1904) was an American inventor and businesswoman who invented the Coston flare, a device for signaling at sea, and the owner of the ...
Caffeys Inlet Lifesaving Station is a historic lifesaving station located near Duck, Dare County, North Carolina. It was built in 1897-1898 by the United States Life-Saving Service near the location of Caffey's Inlet, a historic inlet that opened in 1770 and closed in 1811. [2] It is a two-story, shingle style rectangular frame building with a ...
October 18, 2024 at 1:30 AM. A family in Queensland, Australia, is faced with selling their dream home to raise funds for their daughter’s life-saving therapy, which will cost a staggering $3 ...
The complex was constructed as a life-saving station. It is the only remaining station which was in use during all three periods of lifesaving service history, [3] from the early volunteer period through operation by the United States Life-Saving Service and the United States Coast Guard. [4] It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1998 ...