Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-01-19
DANGEROUS VOYAGES.

When one reads Of voyages made
across the ocean ia a coc'lcsLe.I one must
Mt least give the adventurous mariner
credit for bis pluck ana soaman-hip.
though sensible people do not look at
such daredevil exploits iutho samo light.
Hardships which lend to DO permanent
good, though they may call into play in-
dlvidual heroism. may be rogarded as q
loss Of SO much time ana energy. Look
ing over the list of those fuo.hasdy people
who have nayigated Tie ocean in small
crafts, we may make one notable oxcep-
ton, and that is in regard to tho trip,
made by the Red, White and Blue This
was a life boat and an experiment Of q
crucial character was to De tried This
cylinder raft determined the fct that the
system was an excellent ono, was adapt
ed 10 the end intended, and the repr5ach
of foolhardiness cannot be advanced
against those who sailed her across The
Atlantic.
We now give brieGva short account
Of these voyages in modern times Some
twenty years ago cuumd Steamer met
in mid-ocean Il wee boat with two men
on board Tha. the people on boarl o..
her wanted no aid was positive; t6Y
simply signalcd latitude and longitude
and having obtained ibis the orew.ia The
boat stood on their way. Who thcy
were, where they come from, Nh0t they
were after never was iuoWa. This boat
nnd crew is one of the mysteries Of taa
ocean. In 1850, three Cornish homel
IA brave, hardy, but n5t foolish Set d
men are ihey-tools long voyage
These mariners sailed from reazauce 10
the Cape OF Good Hope. Orc would
think that when they had q ta-te og the
seas and winds of the Cape oi Good Hope
that they would have Lal enough ofit-
Not at all. They staid shar; time me
the Cape, then they trimmed lH and
.truck ont boldly for the Indian Ocean,
and hauled up finally all safe a. Mol
bourne.
In 1866 n luggor oftweuig tons, ha.'ine
from Dublin, cleared for Liverpool anI
New Wales, and made tho uu safely,
some sixteen thousand miles, in lnJ lay.
As they could not have sailed in a
straight course, speed must have Lao9
fully 1870 miles q day.
The trip oftho RED, E7He and Zine
we have already overt.d ta. She sailed
from Sandy Hook Oh tho G,b OF Ja'v,
1866. All hands arrived in Lagud sa9-
~, save one poor dog, who died Of sen.
Nckncss.
It was Alfred Johnson who, IN 1870.
was idiotic enough 10 sei from Glouca
ter in an open boat vi.h him af a Cap-
tlin ana crow. About onehuadml uilos
from the coast Of Ireland re capu,a aud
crew were upset in galo, and bis escape
was miraculous. After having suffered
terribly, johnson landed al Aa@ce Ue,
off Pcmbrol;eshire after being " days I'D
the mercy Of Tho waves.
The last Mnatj. was Thomas Crapo.-
Now npn has alright 70 drown him a'f
--pehor- his mo'hariu-'aw but not ais
vie. We camot pretend to solve tho
question how Thomas Cmp5 induced Dis
wife TO sail with him. 10 might how
been for affection sohc, or n.ause le
wanted ballast or something 10 argue
with. Anyhow, thi- rlceanmns couple
iut out from Now Gedn,a on 0e -.h o'
May, and reached poraaae oa ta els
81 July. Son5. tho i'-to.haI-bm.Hal
people. We sincerely tm-tva mag -.
have to chronicle ony mn uoa oa-
pades. Tnea are s9 many .up. w.'h-
od, Of COMMITTING suicide uo. ono war-
ders atthis complicated wav o'eos..Hr
"a miserable death ia a small b'al W.
est ANT S1ycan.