Instructions to Mariners in Case of Shipwreck with Information Concerning the Life-Saving Stations upon the Coasts of the United States

Life Saving Service (Sumner I Kimball)

Published by Gov't Printing Office, Washington DC, 1881

About this Item

35p 16mo very fragile first printing of this important contribution to saving lives along the U S coast. Since Colonial times America's coasts were plagued by dreadful shipwrecks. Shipwrecks, death and destruction continued unabated until the tragic situation came to a head on the coast of North Carolina in late 1877 and early 1878. On Nov 24 1877 the U S Army steamer Huron wrecked off Nags Head with a loss of 103 lives lost to drowning.The Nags Head life saving station 2 miles away was closed for the season. Sumner Increase Kimball was appointed head of the Revenue Marine Division (Part of the Treasury) and proceeded to overhaul the hodge-podge system of life-saving stations along the nation's coasts. A poor but complete copy bound in black leather, spine perished covers hanging on. Very scarce. The only sale I see is the 1888 edition in 2013.

Seller Inventory # 48360

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Instructions to Mariners in Case of Shipwreck with Information Concerning the Life-Saving Stations upon the Coasts of the United States
• Publisher: Gov't Printing Office, Washington DC
• Publication Date: 1881
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Poor
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