The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-24
4 MYSTERY OF THE SEA.
Ths Fate WhIsh Oyerteok the aCitF
OF BOstOn''-CaDt. Murray's Ideas
md EXne. ienccn.

1uS 1Hte W OSH Wy tEt0OA the 0Clt,
Of BOstOn"-CaDt. MHrray's idea
and Expe, fences.
A few years ago the City of Boston
sailed from harbor, crowded with al
expectant throng OF passengers bount
for foreign shore.
She never entered port.
The mystery of her untimely enc
grows deeper rs the years increase
and the Atlantic VoyageT, when tnC
fierce winds howl around and danger
IS imminent one very hand, shoulders as
the name and mysterious fate OF that
magnificent vessel are alluded to.
| Our reporter, on a recent visit tC
New York, took lunch with Capt
George Siddons Murray, on board the
| Alaska, of the Guion line. Capt
Murray is man of stalwaTt build,
well-knit frame and CHEEKY, genial
| disposition. He has been a constant
| ysyager for a quarter of century,
| over half of that time having been in
| the transatlantic service. In the
course of the conversation over the
Widespread table the mystery CT the
City OF Boston was alluded to.
~ e." remarked the Captain, Il
saw that Inflated vessel. / was chief
officer of the City Of Antwerp. On
the day we sighted the City of Bos-
ton furious southeast hurricane set
in. Both vessels labored hard, The
sea seemed determined to sweep away
every Ytstlge of life. When day end
thing was dashed for night of unu-
oh in nd
TO the south to avoid the possibility
OF e-bcrgs. The City of Boston I'M
doubtedly, however, went to the north.
Her boats, life-preSerVers and RATS
were all securely lashed; and when
she went down, everything went with
her, never to reappear until the sea
gives up its dead"
"WhaJ,in your opinion, Captain, was
the cause ct the loss of the City Of
Boston 2"
"The City of Limerick, in almost
precisely the same latitude, a few days
Later found the sea full of floating ice;
and l have no doubt the City of Bos-
ton collided with the ice, and sunk i'm
mediately."
Capt. Murray has been in command
OF the Alaska ever since she was put
in commission and feels justly proud
OF his noble ship. She carries thou
sands of passengers every year, and
hAs greatly popularized the Williams
u Guion line. Remarklng upon the
bronzed and healthy appearance of
the captain, the reporter said that sea
lie did not seem to be very great
physical trial.
"No? But a persons appearance is
not always trustworthy Indication
of his physical condition. For seven
years l 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
! could scarcely straighten up. l lid
not know what the trouble was, and
thought performed all my duties
regularly and satisfactorily, yet l felt
that might some dav be overtaken
with SOME serious prostrating disor-
der. These troubles increa- ed. l felt
dull, and then, again. shooting pains
through my arms and limbs. Possibly
the next day l would feel flushed and
uneasy. and the day
following chilly and respondent. |
This continued until last Deem
Der, when l was Frustrated soon
after leaving Queenstown, and
for the remainder of the
voyage was helpless, pitiful sufferer
In January last, friend who made |
the voyage with me, wrote me letter |
urging ME to try a new course of |
treatment. I gladly accepted his
and for the last seven months
have given thorough and business-like |
attention to the recovery of my nat
ural health; and to-day, l have the |
proud satisfaction of saying to you
that the lame back. the strange feel
ings, the sciatica rheumatism which |
have SO long pursued me, have entire |
ly disappeared through the blood pu-
rifying influence of Warmers Safe |
Rheumatic Cure which entirely eradi- |
Gated all rheumatic poison from my |
system. I1deed, to me, il seems that |
1t has worked wonders, and therefore
most cordially commend it."
"And you have no trouble now in |
yourself to the winds of the !
Atlantic?"
Not the 1t asst. l am as sound as a
bullet and l feel specially thankful
ever the fact because | believe rheu-
matte and kidney disease is in the
blood of my family. was dreadfully
shocked on my last arrival in Liver
pool to learn that my brother, who is
d wealthy China tea merchant, had
suddenly died of Bright's disease of
the kidneys, and consider myself eX-
tremely fortunate 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
outlines and yet so genial, and
thought of the lnnumerable exposures
and hardships to which its owner had
been exposed, he instinctively wished
all who are suffering from the terrible
rheumatic troubles now so common
might know of Capt. Murray's expert
ence and the means by which he had
been restored. Pain is a common
thing in this world, but far too many
endure it when they might just as
well avoid it. 1t is a false philosophy
which teaches Us to endure when we
can just as readily avoid. So thought
the hearty captain of the Alaska. so
thinks the writer and so should all
others think who desire happiness and
a long life.