The No. 2 surfman is Joseph H. Atwood. He was born in Weymouth, Mass.,
in 1845, and has been in the life-saving service for seventeen years,
all of which have been spent at this station. Surfman Atwood went to
sea when he was but nine years of age.
For thirty-one years he followed the sea in one capacity or another,
making a number of voyages to the West Indies, in engaging in the
coastwise trade. From his long years of service on the water he was
especially adapted for the arduous duties of a surfman. He has had
many thrilling experiences as a surfman. Once he had his leg fractured
in assisting at a wreck, and later at the wreck of the schooner
_Campbell_ he was hit on the head by a falling spar and nearly killed.
He was twice married; his present wife was formerly Mary Dyer. He is
the father of two daughters.
The No. 3 surfman is Richard Honey. He was born in Truro in 1862, and
has been in the life-saving service for twelve years, all of which
have been at this station. Surfman Honey was a sailor before entering
the service. He was an expert boatman when a boy, and after entering
the service he quickly became familiar with the work incident to a
surfman’s life, and has made a faithful and fearless life saver. He
married Drusilla Gray.
The No. 4 surfman is George Paine. He was born in Truro, and is
forty-eight years of age. Surfman Paine has been in the life-saving
service and a member of the Pamet River crew for twelve years. When a
young man he went to sea on a coasting schooner. Later he became a trap
fisherman and was stationed at Sandwich and other points along the bay
shore for a number of years.
As a trap fisherman he was obliged to battle with the surf, and he has
few equals as a boatman.
He possessed the highest qualifications when he entered the service,
and has made a brave and trustworthy life saver. He married Annie
Allen, and is the father of five children, three girls and two boys.
The No. 5 surfman is Isaiah T. Hatch. He was born in Truro in 1857.
He first entered the life-saving service in 1888, remaining at this
station for one year. He reentered the service in 1892, and again
became a member of this crew. Surfman Hatch followed the sea as a
sailor boatman and fisherman from the time he was a young man until he
entered the service, and was familiar with the duties which he has been
called upon to perform as a life saver. He is a skilled boatman and a
brave and hardy son of Cape Cod, who knows no peril when duty calls. He
married Katie Rogers.
The No. 6 surfman is Manuel Cory. He was born in Provincetown in
1869, and has been in the life-saving service for seven years, all of
which have been spent at this station. Surfman Cory was a boatman and
fisherman before he entered the service. He is a perfect type of a life
saver. Of perfect physique and muscles of steel, the rigors and perils
of his vocation have no terrors for him. He is skilled in boating and
every branch of the work of life saving, a surfman, who knows no fear
when duty calls. He married Mabel F. Snow.
The No. 7 surfman is Alonzo Nickerson. He was born in Harwich in 1871,
and has been in the service five years. He was a boatman and fisherman
before entering the service, and has made a skilled and faithful
life-saver.