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[Bodkin Fiely]

Y, the Rocket Apparatus. This engine, however, is in the hands of
Government, and is managed by the coastguard. And it may be remarked
here, in reference to coastguard men, that they render constant and
effective aid in the saving of shipwrecked crews. At least one-third of
the medals awarded by the Lifeboat Institution go to the men of the
coastguard. Every one has heard of Captain Manby's mortar. Its object is
to effect communication between a stranded ship and the shore by means
of a rope attached to a shot, which is fired over the former. The same
end is now more easily attained by a rocket with a light rope, or line,
attached to it. Now the rocket apparatus is a little complicated, and
ignorance in regard to the manner of using it has been the cause of some
loss of life. Many people think that if a rope can only be conveyed from
a stranded ship to the shore, the saving of the crew is comparatively a
sure and easy matter. This is a mistake. If a rope--a stout cable-- were
fixed between a wreck and the shore, say at a distance of three or four
hundred yards, it is obvious that only a few of the strongest men could
clamber along it. Even these, if benumbed and exhausted--as is
frequently the case in shipwreck--could not accomplish the feat. But let
us suppose, still further, that the vessel rolls from side to side,
dipping the rope in the sea and jerking it out again at each roll, what
man could make the attempt with much hope of success, and what, in such
cir


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