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within the field of operations of the life-saving stations, 364; persons on board, 2,655; persons lost, forty-eight; estimated value of vessels, $6,127,500; of cargoes, $3,342,690; total value of property imperilled, $9,470,190; value of property saved, $7,234,690; of property lost, $2,235,500; number of vessels lost, sixty-one. Besides the foregoing there were also 329 casualties to undocumented craft—sail-boats, row-boats, etc.—carrying 781 persons, of whom five were lost. During the year 675 persons were succored at the stations, and a total of 1,447 days relief given. The following is a list of the most notable wrecks and casualties in American waters, and disasters to American vessels in foreign waters: Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, etc. British powder-ship Morning Star struck by lightning and blown up in New York Harbor......Aug. 9, 1778 La Tribune, thirty-six guns, wrecked off Halifax; 300 lives lost......Nov. 16, 1797 Transport Aeneas wrecked off Newfoundl