The No. 3 surfman is Henry I. Collins. He was born in Truro in 1871.
Surfman Collins entered the life-saving service three years ago, being
assigned to this station. Before entering the service he had followed
the sea as a boatman and fisherman from the time he was a small boy.
He is an expert boatman, and was not long in the service before he
demonstrated his worth as a life saver. He married Nellie Lombard, and
is the father of two girls.
The No. 4 surfman is Frank Brown. Surfman Brown was born in
Provincetown in 1866. He joined the life-saving service in 1899, being
assigned to the Muskeget Station at Nantucket. After serving there
for several months he was transferred to this station. Surfman Brown
from his long experience as a fisherman and in the coasting trade is
an expert boatman, and also possesses all the other qualifications
necessary to make a life saver. He married Margaret Sullivan of
Provincetown.
The No. 5 man is John B. Bangs. He was born in Provincetown and is
twenty-nine years of age. Surfman Bangs has been in the service seven
years. He was first assigned to the High Head Station under Captain
Kelly and has been connected with this station but one year. Surfman
Bangs from his experience as a coastwise sailor, fisherman, and boatman
found no difficulty in passing the rigid examination necessary to enter
the service, and is a skilled and intrepid life saver.
The No. 6 surfman is Martin Nelson. Surfman Nelson was born in Sweden
in 1869. He went to sea when about fifteen years of age and sailed over
a great part of the world before he reached the shores of Cape Cod.
He has been in the service four years, being assigned to the Monomoy
Station under the late Captain Tuttle when he entered the service.
Surfman Nelson was also a member of the crew of the Monomoy Station
under the late Captain Eldredge, being transferred to the Race Point
Station but a short time before. Captain Eldredge and all but one of
his boat’s crew lost their lives. Surfman Nelson came of a seafaring
family and seems especially fitted for the hard life that he has
chosen. He married Louise C. Smith, of Provincetown, and is the father
of a boy.
The No. 7 surfman is Eugene R. Conwell. He was born in Provincetown in
1880, and is the youngest member of the crew of this station. Surfman
Conwell entered the service in June, 1902, being stationed on the
floating station at City Point during the summer season, coming to this
station in December, 1902. Surfman Conwell, while a young man, is an
experienced boatman and has the youth and vigor that will help to make
him a valuable member of any life-saving crew to which he may become
attached.