THE ISLAND OF NANTUCKET. 



stfter. requested to see these men, and feelingly ap- 

 them on the noble work they had perform 



t one of his books. 

 In the fall of 1881, a ves led with i 



on the outer bar and rilled, the sea making a clear 

 beach over her. Her crew of seven men, who were 

 lashed to the rigging, i 



con- J Benjamin F. Morris. Oliver Chadwiek, 



Leand i Si h M, Folger. Jr., John Xoreross, 



and Frank Meiggs, who in the face of a terrible gale 

 of wind and a furious sea rowed three miles to their 

 rescue. The men on the vessel were found to be so 

 much exhausted that it was necessary to roll them 

 into the boat. The Massachusetts Humane Society 

 rewarded the rescuers with $10 each for their daring 

 effo: 



Isaae F. Dunham. Isaac F. Coffin, Nathan Fish, 

 Arthur Folger. and Joseph Hendricks, for saving the 

 W of the schooner '-Andrew H. Edwards.'' which 

 foundered off Tuckernuck in the great gale of April 

 1,1870, were rewarded by the same society with 815 

 each. 



Thomas F. Sandsbury, before spoken of, and who 

 received a gold medal and complimentary letter from 

 the Unil - - government, was accompanied on 

 his perilous trip by the following brave crew, who 

 I each a silver medal and a duplicate letter: — 

 James C. Sandsbury, George E. Coffin, 

 Henry C. Coffin, Marcus W. Dunham. 



John K. Dunham. Edwin 1\. Smith, 



Andrew Brooks. 



" Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down 

 his life for his friend." 



