At the close of the year 1894 the total number of stations in the Life-Saving Establishment was 247. Of this number, 182 were situated on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, 51 on the coasts of the Great Lakes, 13 on the Pacific Coast, and 1 at the Falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky. Their distribution by life-saving districts was as follows:
| First District (coasts of Maine and New Hampshire) | 12 |
| Second District (coast of Massachusetts) | 24 |
| Third District (coasts of Rhode Island and Long Island) | 39 |
| Fourth District (coast of New Jersey) | 41 |
| Fifth District (coast from Cape Henlopen to Cape Charles) | 17 |
| Sixth District (coast from Cape Henry to Cape Fear River) | 29 |
| Seventh District (coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Eastern Florida) | 12 |
| Eighth District (Gulf Coast) | 8 |
| Ninth District (Lakes Erie and Ontario, including Louisville Station) | 12 |
| Tenth District (Lakes Huron and Superior) | 15 |
| Eleventh District (Lake Michigan) | 25 |
| Twelfth District (Pacific Coast) | 13 |
| Total | 247 |
—Report of the United States Life-Saving Service.
THE LIGHTHOUSE NEAR THE STATION.
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[CHAPTER II.]
A BOY AND A DOG.
It was on the afternoon of December 23d, in the year 1893, that one of the life-saving crews in the First District was completely prepared for work, although neither vessel nor wreck was to be seen.