News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-14
A MYSTERY OF THE SEA.
The Fate Which Overlook the .'City OF Bos
fnn,,-C nnInin Murray's Ideas ana GN

The Fate Which Overlook the 'CIty OF Dps Fps
tSn,'-Captain Murray's Ideas an" En-
K few years ago. the City of Boston sailed
from harbor, crowded with an exPecIaIC
throng of passengers bound Ior ioieisN
shore.
She never entered port.
The mystery of her untimely end grows
deeper as the years increase, and the AtianCli i
voyager when the fierce winds howl arGuILIp
and danger is imminent on every hand, shuue
ders as the name and mysterious Ids7 VI O'A'''
magnificent vessel are alluded TO- NJ,
Our Reporter. on recent visit to New
York, took lunch with Captain George SI I
dons Murray on board the Alaska, OF the
Guion line. Captain Murray is a man OF
stalwart build, well-knit frame and cheefyl
genial disposition. he has peeI d eoIs I yiS
| voyager for a quarter of a century, over ni'lf
of that time having been in the trans-Atlan-
tic service. In the course of the conversation
over the Widespread table, the mystery OF
| the City of Boston was alluded to.
"Yes,n remarked the. captain u sh !aI
never forget the last night we saw that i'll
| fated vessel. I was chief officer OF the Clty
of Antwerp. On the day we sighted the
| City of Boston a furious southeast hurricane
| set in. Both vessels labOTed hard. The sea
seemed determined to sweep away every yes
tige Of life. When day ended the gaze alo
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 the
north. Her boats, life-preserTers and ratUs
were all securely Iashed; and when she went
down, everything went with her, never to re-
appear until the sea gives up its dead"
| "WhaG in your opinion, captain, was Ghe
cause of the loss of the City of Boston,"
''The City of Limerick, in almost precisely
the same latitude atewdayg laCer, toui da1 Ght
sea full of floating ice; and L nave no doupt
tba Civ of BOSTON collided with the ice, and
| sunk Immediately"
CAPTAIN Murray has been in command OF
! the Alaska ever since she was put liz c0mmls-
sion, and feels justly proud OF nus noble snip.
| She carries thousa nds of passengers every
wear. and has greatly popularlzed the WI
| liams & Guion line. Remarklng upon the
| brOnzed and healthy appearance or the cap
tain, the reporter said that sea life did not
seem TO be very great physical trial.
"No? But persons appesr "a ice Is r,I nGU
| cal condition. For seven years nave peen
! 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. l
could scarcely straighten up. did not know
| what the trouble was, and though per
| formed all nv duties regularly and saUlsfac-
| toriIv. vet I felt that l might some
| day be overtaken with some serious pros
trating disorder. These troubles increased.
| felt dull and then, again, shooting pains
| through
| next day would feel flushed and unaccount-
| ably uneasy and the day following chilly and
| Respondent. This continued until last De
| cember when / was Frustrated soon aIIer
| leaving Queenstown, and for the remainder
| of the VOYAGE was helpless, pitiful sufferer.
| In January last, friend who made that
| vovaoe with me- wrote me a letter, urging
| me to try a new course of treatment L
| GLADLY accented his counsel, and Tor the last
seven months have given thorough and ousl-
ness-like attention to the recovery OF my nat
| ural health: and to-day, have the proud sat
| isfaction of saving to YOU that the lame back,
the strange feelings, the sciatic rheumatism
| which have so long pursued me, have entirely
| disappeared through the blood purifying III
fluence of Warmers Safe rheumatic Cure
which entirely eradicated all rheumatic pols-
on from nv system. Indeed, to me, 1t seems
that it has worked wonders, and L therefore
most cordially commend 1t"
Yourself to the winds of the Atlantic"
Not the least. l am as sound as a bullet
| and I feel specially thankful over the fact
because [ believe rheumatic and kidney dis
ease is in the blood of my family L was
dreadfully shocked on my last arrival in Liv'
erpool to learn that my brother, who Is 6
wealthy China tea merchant, had suddenly
died of Bright's disease of the kidneys, anc
consider myself extremely fortunate in hav
inc 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 Sc
genial, and thought of the innumerable ex
posures and hardships to which its owner hat
been exposed, he instinctively wished all who
are suffering from the terrible rheumatic
troubles now so common might know OF cap
Murray's experience and the means by which
he had been restored Pain is common
thing in this world but far too many endure
it when they might just as well avoid it. l
is false philosophy which teaches use t
endure when we can Just as readlly aVold
So thought the hearty captain of the Alaska
SO thinks the writer and so should all Others
think who desire happiness and long life.