The No. 1 surfman is Francesco A. Silva. He was born in Fayal, Azore
Islands, in 1863, and has been in the life-saving service for six
years, all of which have been spent at this station. Surfman Silva went
to sea when a boy, sailing before the mast on a merchant ship. Later
he became a whaleman, voyaging from one part of the world to the other
in pursuit of the monsters of the deep. Surfman Silva performed his
first work as a life saver under the late Capt. Isaac G. Fisher, and
soon became an experienced and efficient surfman. He married Julia A.
Lornes, and is the father of a son.
[Illustration:
Left to right: CAPTAIN BICKERS. FRANCESCO A. SILVA.
JONATHAN C. SMALL. FRANK C. WAGES. ALBERT G. MABBETT.
WILLIE F. ELDREDGE. JAMES E. WORTH.