$130,000, sent Uk- captain of the lil\r saviiii; crew, who 

 had given vital assistance to the vessel in getting licr off 

 the shoals after she had jettisoned a large portion of her 

 cargo, the munificent sum of S5 for each man of his crew. 

 The ca]>tain ])romptly returned the donation, with the 

 assertion that he himself could easily afford to give his 

 crew that much without seriously hurting his liank 

 account. The owners of a small coaler that was helped 

 oflf bv the same crew promptly .sent the men S25 each, 

 which was a distinction with a difterence. 



Since I arrived here a vessel of 500 tons burden has 

 o-one to the bad on the liandkerchief Shoals, which are 

 a few miles from the Island. A fleet of small craft is 

 daily making visits to the wreck, buying and laying in a 

 generous supply of coal for the winter's fires of the resi- 

 dents of Harwich, Dennis and Chatham at varying prices 

 of from $1 per ton to a lump price for what the dory, 

 sloop, cat boat or yacht can hold. 



Some time since a vessel showed signals of distress 



off the island in a moderate storm. The daring wreckers 



were soon aboard of her, and found the captain, with his 



wife and children, anxious to be taken off. The vessel 



had five and a half feet of water in the hold. The ca]itain 



was half owner. She was well insured, and he did not 



care what became of her so that she was beached and 



the crew, himself and family taken off in .safety. The 



wreckers, together with the life saving service, manned 



the three ])umps, got her under way and into the calm 



waters of the bay, where she was sold !>> the underwriters, 



the wreckers' share of the "treasure trove" being about 



$40 per man. 



