The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-04-04
GIVEN UP FOR LOST.
WHICH HAVE NEVER BEEN
-. HEARD FROM.

The evident loss of the steamer
Zanzibar, with thirty-three men, re-
calls memories Of other steamships
whose fate remains sealed, and which
have meyer been heard from ! not a
single eurvivor having remained to
tell the story of the wreck. Whether
they went down by fire, STORM or col
lision with an iceberg will forever
remain g mystery. The following are
the principal cases Of loss steamers
arranged ehronologically The loss Of
the steamship President, which sail.
ed from New York for Liverpool on
March II, 1910, cast gloom over
the whole land. 1t was in the early
days Of steam navigation, and the
new power had not yet gained the
confidence of the people. Among her
passengers was the celebrated Irish
comedian Tyrone Power, who was re-
turning home from highly.success-
full professional tour in this country.
Days, weeks and moEths passed
without any tidihgs, and then she was
given up for lost. The loss OF this
steamer was a serious blow oSeom-
merce, as people distrusted the new
motive power as applied to seagoing
vessels, and refused to iRtrnst their
lives or their property to ships pro-
PEELED by it.
PUBLIC confidence, however. was
soon restored as years passed and
many voyages were made without
any serious disaster, but suddenly
the community was shocked by the
tidings that the Pacific, Of the Collins
line, o manifccnt ocean steamer,
which left Liverpool on January 23,
1856, with over 200 passengers, RGp
overdue. From the day she left the
dock she was never heard from, and
hundreds of families through the land
were in mourning, Among her pas
sengers were several prominentFNe
York citizens, including Edward
Sandford, one of the first lawyers Of
the New York bar, whose loss was
deplored by all his assocIate.lg "A
long time now elapsed, during Which
there was little cause to complain OF
the treachery of the ocean. 1t is
true disasters occurred and lives were
lost, but the fate of wrecked vessels
was not mystery. The steamship
traffic between the new and old
worlds was continually on the in
crease. People became so accustom-
ed to the rapid transit rs IL of the Atlantic
that it was contemptuously spoken of
as "the pond,," and voyage to Eu-
rope, on &c matter Of grave delibe-
ration, became feat too common to
mention. In the spring of 1864 the
travelling community was rudely
awakened to sense of its insecurity
by The loss of the City of Glasgow,
of the Inman line, which disappeared
from human sight and knowledge
with $50 precious lives. This disas-
ter was followed by the swallowing
up the City of Boston, which sailed
from Halifax on Tuesday, January
25, 1870, with llGo passengers,
among whom were many prominent
men. 1t would naturally be suppos-
ed that these appalling occurrences
would have the effect Of lessening
European travel. On the contrary,
it appears that it has in no way seri-
ously affected it, and people are still
willing to commit themselves to the
mercy of the treacherous sea.
The latest recorded case Of o trans
atlantic steamship which has mover
been heard from-except the Zanzi-
bar-is that Of the Colombo, of the
Wilson line, which sailed from Hull,
England, for New York in December,
1877. She had but one passenger,
and was laden with an assorted car
go. Her crew numbered sixty per-
sons. Of these vessels and their
precious human nan freight nothing in
this world will eyer be known, and
until the sea gives up its dead the
cause Of their disaster and the way
they net their death must remain q
matter of conjecture.
Judgment of Men.
Don't judge man by the clothes
he wears. God made one and the