Word: saver
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...lecturer next described the training and daily routine of a life-saver. The men must pass civil service examinations and severe annual physical tests. The pay is small and the work proportionally hard, for two men are always on patrol duty at night and on foggy days, and no matter what the weather is, they must remain out four hours at a time. Frequent drills are held with the self-righting and self-bailing boats and with the breeches-buoy...
Perhaps the most interesting part of the lecture was that in which actual rescues were vividly described with slides to illustrate some of the most thrilling experiences of a life-saver's career, including almost incredulous accounts of hardship and suffering...
...Massachusetts State Championship Lawn Tennis Tournament will be held on the courts of the Longwood Cricket Club beginning Saturday afternoon, June 13, at 3.30 o'clock. Entries close Friday, June 12, and should be sent to R. C. Saver, care National Bank of Commerce, Boston...