Excerpt from Heroes of the Storm Many friends of W. D. O'connor have mani fested their interest in bringing to the attention of the general public the graphic stories of Ameri can heroism which are contained in this volume. Among these friends was Charles W. Eldridge, formerly of the publishing house of Thayer and Eldridge, Boston, and afterward connected with the Treasury Department at Washington. Out of loyalty to o'connor's memory, Mr. Eldridge un dertook the considerable task of examining all of o'connor's contributions to the Annual Reports of the life-saving Service, and of selecting those best adapted for republication. The preparation of the volume for the press was nearly completed at the time of Mr. Eldridge's death in 1903, and the publishers of Heroes of the Storm desire to express their Obligation to the service which Mr. Eldridge's affectionate admiration for his friend led him to perform. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.