The No. 2 surfman is Jonathan C. Small. He was born in Provincetown,
and is twenty-six years of age. Surfman Small engaged in boating and
fishing off the shores of Cape Cod from the time he was a boy until
he entered the life-saving service, and was well fitted for the
position he now holds. He has been in the service five years, and is an
experienced and fearless life saver.
The No. 3 surfman is Frank C. Wages. He was born in Provincetown in
1869, and has been in the life-saving service at this station since it
was manned in 1897. Surfman Wages was a sailor and fisherman along the
shores of Cape Cod before entering the service, and has made an able
and faithful life saver. He married Phœbe Silva, and is the father of a
son.
The No. 4 surfman is Albert G. Mabbett. He was born in Whitehall,
N. Y., in 1872, and has been in the life-saving service for six years.
He shipped as a sailor before the mast on a coasting vessel when he was
a boy, and spent several years in the coasting trade. Later he made
a number of trips on the United States school ship _St. Mary_, going
on cruises to England, Ireland, and through the Straits of Gibraltar
to the ports along the Mediterranean Sea. Prior to entering the
life-saving service as a regular surfman, he had substituted at other
stations along the shores of Cape Cod. As a substitute he performed
meritorious service, and has made an efficient and brave life saver. He
married Grace May Henderson, and is the father of two daughters and a
son.
[Illustration: MARY NASON WRECKED AT WOOD END.]
The No. 5 surfman is Willie F. Eldredge. He was born in Chatham, is
thirty-six years of age, and has been in the life-saving service three
years. Before entering the service he was a boatman and fisherman
along the Chatham shores, and from his experience in that work was
well prepared for the duties of a surfman. He also substituted at many
of the life-saving stations along the shores of Cape Cod, and is an
experienced and efficient life saver.
The No. 6 surfman is James E. Worth. He was born in Provincetown in
1861, and has been in the life-saving service one year. When a boy
Surfman Worth went cod fishing to the Grand Banks, and later shipped
on a merchant vessel and made a great number of trips to the West
Indies Islands and South American ports. After a few years in the
merchant service he became a whaleman, and in that service had a number
of thrilling experiences. After giving up going to sea he became a
baggage-master on the Old Colony Railroad. Later he entered the employ
of the Cold Storage Plant at Provincetown, remaining there until he
entered this service. When he entered the service he was assigned to
the Muskeget Station on Nantucket, and was later transferred to this
station. He is an expert boatman and a brave and hardy life saver. He
married Nellie P. Lewis, and is the father of two daughters and four
sons.
The No. 7 surfman is John N. Lewis. He was born in Provincetown, and is
thirty-eight years of age. Until he entered the service four years ago,
he had followed the sea from a boy. For three years he was a member of
the City Point Station, South Boston, during the summer seasons, and
also spent one season at the Straitsmouth Station, Cape Ann. Surfman
Lewis is a skilled boatman, and has proved that he can be depended upon
to do his duty in any emergency.