Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1906 — Two Life-Savers Dismissed. [ARTICLE]

Two Life-Savers Dismissed.

Washington, Dec. 21. Secretary Shaw has announced the dismissal of Keeper Chauncey D. Pool and Surfman Jacob O. Johnson from the lifesaving service, after reviewing the report of Inspector Ballinger, of the twelfth district, of his investigations of the drowning of four men in the harbor of Holland, Mich., on Nov. 21 last. The failure of the life-saving crew to make repeated attempts to save the men is considered “unpardonable.”