Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1895 — Life-Saving Service. [ARTICLE]

Life-Saving Service.

Washington, Nov. 18. —Superintendent Kimball, of the life-saving service, in his annual report states that at the close of the last fiscal year the establishment embraced 251 stations. The crew saved during the year 379 vessels, valued, with their cargoes, at $3,561,665, and 5,382 persons. The Cost of the maintenance of the service during the year was $1,345,324,40.