. Denmark; its medical organization, hygiene and demography . his importantlife-saving apparatus, which is taxed so heavily in the moment ofdanger, have been tested by experiments, but it has been decidedonly to introduce improvements on the original construction. Theboat can, without being overloaded, carry 25 men, and is by foreignexperts declared to be of eminently excellent construction. The crew of the life-boat and of the rocket-apparatus (12 men toeach boat, and 5 to each rocket-apparatus) are trained to theirdangerous work, and payed by the Government a fixed salary anda daily allowanc
. Denmark; its medical organization, hygiene and demography . his importantlife-saving apparatus, which is taxed so heavily in the moment ofdanger, have been tested by experiments, but it has been decidedonly to introduce improvements on the original construction. Theboat can, without being overloaded, carry 25 men, and is by foreignexperts declared to be of eminently excellent construction. The crew of the life-boat and of the rocket-apparatus (12 men toeach boat, and 5 to each rocket-apparatus) are trained to theirdangerous work, and payed by the Government a fixed salary anda daily allowance. If they are invalided, or perish, while on duty, they, LIFE-BOAT-STATIONS Hi DENMARK. „„ ,_ Skeu/en G/.6fcrtfffi/i or Jiu/cn Sy* „ {£ Kiindestedenw ^SftCsJ^p-® SkawA TuerstcA^Skiferwv S1 K A G tLokJcew K? ABlokkusenes fltmstedtwlm ?^^^H^f^ttesfrand i* **Vhr6 Thorujistjand ^ dffzbnoller jfp _ Zffi*2&^ / o SK~ ^^?r^\ yt-yyty )rj \ ^fJ/edeffaarcUJ ry Signature + Stations with rocket-aftp/iraiiis only Lceso Vestero £^P OsUrbij. Anha tr Shogebcek Drduaniy Caps. ErmAsJ^^cher of CoTienh-age-Tz- DANISH LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION. 315 as well as their widows and children, are entitled to support andpension (the amount of which was raised in 1882) accordingto the Governments rules for pensioning of military invalids (seep. 229). Pensioning of life-boat crews, who have retired on accountof age or as invalids, has been undertaken by a private fund,Crown Prince Frederiks Fund (Kronprinds Frederiks Fond) whichwas established in 1865 to relieve the survivors of those who havelost life or health in trying to save their shipwrecked fellow creatures;this, however, was established before the State had undertaken todo sufficient in this respect. All in all the history of the Life-Boat Institution is full of examplesof heroism and selfdevotion amongst the crew, and many are thetestimonials, that have been given them in decorations, medals, andrewards both by the Danish and f
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