The No. 1 surfman is Freeman W. Atwood. He was born in Wellfleet in
1846, and has been in the life-saving service for twenty-five years,
all of which have been at this station. Before entering the service
Surfman Atwood was a fisherman and coastwise sailor. He went to sea
when a boy, and from his long experience as a fisherman and sailor
along the shores of the Cape was well prepared for the work of a life
saver. In all his years of experience he has never met with serious
mishap. He has seen much hardship as a member of this crew and can
be relied upon to unflinchingly face the greatest perils in the
performance of his duty. He married Lucy N. Rich, and is the father of
three boys.
The No. 2 surfman is Eugene O. Young. He was born in Yarmouth Port
and is forty-nine years of age. Surfman Young has been a life saver
for nineteen years, joining this station when he entered the service.
He was a boatman, fisherman, and coastwise sailor before entering the
service, and has made a valued member of the station crew, as he is a
tried and true life saver. Surfman Young has assisted at all the wrecks
that have taken place at the station during his term of service, and
has suffered much hardship and had many perilous adventures within that
period. He married Susan A. Rich, and has a family of two girls and one
boy.
The No. 3 surfman is Edward Lombard. He was born in Truro in 1865,
and has been in the life-saving service for twelve years, three at
the Pamet River Station, the remaining nine at this station. Surfman
Lombard was a fisherman and boatman before he entered the service. He
saw much active service while a member of the Pamet River Station, and
has always proven himself a brave and skilled life saver. He married
Nellie Howes, and has a family of four boys.
The No. 4 surfman is Stanley M. Fisher. He was born in Nantucket in
1877, and is serving his first year as a life saver. Surfman Fisher,
after spending a few years as a boatman and fisherman along the shores
of Nantucket, went to Texas, where he worked on a stock ranch. Tiring
of this kind of a life, he enlisted in the regular army, Company K,
Sixth Regiment, and went with his regiment to the Philippine Islands,
remaining there until the expiration of his term of service. Fisher,
with his regiment, was stationed on Negroes Island for one year, and
also at Panay for a year. He took part in six hot battles and several
minor engagements with the Philippines, but escaped without the
slightest injury. He was a member of a volunteer crew which rescued a
crew from a sunken vessel in Vineyard Haven Harbor during the gale of
November, 1898, receiving gold and silver medals as a recognition of
his bravery.
Fisher is an expert boatman, and under the guidance of Captain Cole he
cannot fail to become an able and skilful life saver.
[Illustration:
Left to right: CAPTAIN COLE. FREEMAN W. ATWOOD. EUGENE O. YOUNG.
EDWARD LOMBARD. STANLEY M. FISHER. JAMES LOPES.