McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-01-03
A MYSTERY OF THE SEA.
The Fate Which Overlook tho "City Of
n"--Captain Murray's ideas
and Experiences.

A few years ago the Ciy of Boston
sailed from harbor, crowded with an
expectant throng of passengers bound
for a foreign shore.
She never entered port.
The mystery of her untimely end
grows deeper as the years increase, and
the Atlantic voyager, when the fierce
winds howl around and danger Is i'm
minent on every hand, shudders as the
name and mysterious fate of that mag
niicent vessel are alluded to.
| Our reporter, on a recent visit to New
York, took lunch with Captain George
Siddons Murray, on board the AkaSka,
of the Guion line. Captain Murray is n
man of stalwart build, well-knit frame
and CHEEKY, genial disposition. He has
been constant voyager for quarter
of a century, over half of that time hay
ing been in the transatlantic service.
In the course OF the conversation over
the Widespread table, the mystery of
the city Of Boston was alluded to.
eyes," remarked the Captain, 81
shall never forget the last night we saw
that Inflated vessel. was chief officer
of the city Of Aatpyp. On the day we
sighted the city Of Boston furious
southeast hurricane set in. Both ves-
sells labored hard. The sea seemed de-
termined 10 sweep away every vestige
of life. When day ended the gale did
not abate, and everything was dashed
for night of unusual fury. Our good
ship was turned to the south to avoid
the possibility of icebergs. The City OF
Boston, however, undoubtedly went to
the5 north. Her boats, life preserVers
ana RATS were all securely dashed; and
when they went down, everything went
with her, never to 1e-appear until the
sea gives up its dead
"What, in your opinion, Captain,
was the cause of the loss of the CttH Of
Boston,"
''The CITY Of limerick, in almost pre-
cisely the same latitude few days la
ter, found the sea full of floating ice;
and have no doubt the City Of Boston
coilided with the ice and sunk immedI-
ately."
Captain Murray has been in COM
mand OF the Alaska ever since she was
put in commission and feels justly
proud of his noble ship. She carries
thousands ofpassengars every year, and
his greatly popularized the Williams
! & Guion line. Remarking upon the
bronzed and healthy appearance of the
captain, the reporter said that sea life
did not seem to be q very great physi-
cal trial.
"No? But PERSONS appearance is
not always trustworthy Indication of
his physical condition. For seven years
[ have been in many respects very
much out of sorts with myself. At
certain times [ was so lame that it was
difficult for me to move around. Icould
scarcely straighten up. did not know
| what the trouble was, and though
performed all my duties regularly and
satisfactorily, yet 1 felt that 1 might
some day be overtaken with some seri-
Gus prostrating disorder. These troubles
increased. l felt dull and then, again,
shooting pains through my arms and
limbs. Possibly tn next day [ would
feel flushed and unacconntably uneasy,
and the day following chilly and des-
pondent. This continued until last
December, when was FRUSTRATED soon
after leaving Queenstown. and for the
remainder of the voyage was helpless,
pitiful sufferer. In January last, a
friend who made the voyage with me,
wrote me lettar urging me to try q
new course of treatment. [ gladly ac-
copied his counsel, and for . the last
seven months have gwen thorough and
b lsiness-like attention to the recovery
of my natural health, and to-
day l have the proud satisfac-
tion of saying to you Il at the
lame back, the strange feelings, the
sciatic rheumatism which have so long
pursued me, have entirely disappeared
through the blood purifying influence
of Warmers Safe Rheumatic Cure
which entirely eradicated all rheumatic
poison from the system. Indeed, to
me, it seems that it has worked won
ders, and [ therefore most cordially
recommend it."
sAnd you have no trouble now in ex-
posing yourself to the winds eff the At
lantic?n
ssNot the least. l am as sound as a
bullet and | feel specially thankful over
the fact because / believe rheumatic
and kidney disease is in the blood of
my family. L was dreadfuily shocked
on my last arrival in Liverpool to learn
that my brother, swho IS wealthy
China tea merchant, had suddenly
died of Bright's disease of the kidneys,
and consider myself extremely fortu-
nate in having taken my trouble in
time and before any more serious
effects were possible"
The conversation drifted to other
topics, and as the writer watched the
face before him, so strong in all its out
lines and yet so genial, and thought of
the innumerable exposures and hard
ships to which its owner had been eX-
posed, he instinctively wished all who are
suffering from t e terrible rheumatic
troubles now so common might know