Life-Saving Operations: General Summary Of Disasters
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This section is from the book "Scientific American Reference Book. A Manual for the Office, Household and Shop", by Albert A. Hopkins, A. Russell Bond. Also available from Amazon: Scientific American Reference Book.
Life-Saving Operations: General Summary Of Disasters
Of disasters which have occurred within the scope of life-saving operations from November 1, 1871 (date of introduction of present system), to close of fiscal year ending June 30, 1903 ‡
Total number of disasters...... | 14,076 |
Total value of vessels........... | $148,098,035 |
Total value of cargoes.......... | $62,253,644 |
Total value of property involved. | $210,351,679 |
Total value of property saved. . . | $166,253,022 |
Total value of property lost..... | $44,098,657 |
Total number of persons involved | §102,474 |
Total number of lives lost....... | || 1,027 |
Total number of persons succored at stations.................. | |
¶ 17,747 | |
Total number of days' succor afforded............................ | |
43,006 |
The Board on Life Saving Appliances was constituted by the Secretary of the Treasury, January 3, 1882, and meets periodically for the transaction of such business as may come before it. Inventors and exhibitors are allowed to appear before the court to explain the methods of construction and set forth the merits claimed for their devices. Committees are then appointed to consider the various devices submitted to the Board, and each committee reports upon each device, and the results are published in the Report of the Board on Life Saving Appliances, which is incorporated in the Annual Report of the United States Life Saving Service.
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