Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-13
A MYSTERY OF THE SEA.
The Fate Which Overlook the "City OF
BOston"-Captain Murray's Ideas and
Experiences

Boston'-Captain Murray's Ideas and
Experiences.
A few years ago the CITY OF Boston
sailed from harb0r. crowded with an ex-
/ pectant throng OF passengers bound for IA
foreign shore.
She never entered port.
The mystery OF ner untimely end grows
/ deeper as the years increase, and the At
lantic Voyager, when the fierce winds
howl around and danger is imminent on
every hand, shudders as the name and
mysterious fate OF that magnificent vessel
are alluded to.
Our reporter, on a recent visit to New
York, took lunch with Capt. George
Siddons Murray, on board the Alaska, u
the GuiOn line Capt. Murray is "A man
of stalwart build, well-knit frame and
CHEEKY, genial disl o>itiOn. He has been
constant vOyager for "A quarter of CEN
fury, over haif of that time having been
in the transatlantic service. In the course
of the conversation over the Widespread
table, the mystery of the City of Boston
was allud, to.
Yes" remarked the Captain, 81 shall
never forget the last night we saw that
ill-tated vessel. l WAS chief officer of the
City of Antwerp. On the day We sighted
the City of Boston a furious southern
hurricane set In. Both vessels labored
hard. The sea seemed determined to sweep
away every vestige of life. When day
ended the gale did not abate. and every
thing was lasAed for night of unusual
fury. Our good ship was turned To the
south to avoid the possibility of lce-bergs.
The City of Boston, however, undoubtedly
went TO the north. Her boats, life pre-
servers and RATS were all securely dashed.
and when she went down, everything
went with her, never TO reappear until
the sea gives up its dead"
"What, in your opinion, Captain, was
the cause of the loss Of the City Of BOs-
ton?v
1.-The City of Limerick in almost pre-
cisely the same latitude, few days later.
found the sea full OF floating ice, and l
have no doubt the City of Boston c0llided
with the ice and sunk immediately
Capt. Murray he's been in command Of
the Alaska" ever since she was put in
commission, and feels justly proud of his
noble ship. She carries tn usands of pas
sengers every year, and has greatly popu-
larlzed the Williams Il Guion line. Re-
marking upon the brOnZed and healthy
appearance of the Captain, the reporter
said that sea life did not seem to be very
great physical 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 lanic that it was difficult
for me to pJve around. [ could scarcely
strai1nten up. | did not know what the
trouble was, and though l performed all
my duties regularly and satisfactorily,
yet felt that / might some day be over
taken with some serious prOstrating dis
order. These troubles increased. | felt
dull, and then, again, shooting pains
through my arms and limbs. Possibly
the next day would feel flushed and I'M
accountably uneasy. and the day follow
ing chilly and Respondent. This continued
until last December, when / was pros
trated soon after leaving Queenstown,
and for the remainder of the voyage was
a helpless, pit;cti! sufferer, In January
last, friend who mads that Voyage With 81.
me, wrote me a letter urging me to try a
new course of treatment. l gladly ac-
cepted bis counsel, and for the iast seven
months have given thorough AMI bust
ness-like attention to the recover of my
natural health; ana to-day | have the
proud satisfaction OF saying to you that
the lame back, the strange feelings, the
sciatic rheumatism which have so long
pursued me, have entirely disappeared
through the bl00d-purifying influence of
Warmers Safe Rheumatic Cure, which en-
tirely eradicated all rheumatic poison
from my system. Indeed, TO me, it seems
Iudb IL mas AOIheu AOHuSESs ANA LuSES-
tore most cordially commend it,"
"And you have no trouble now in ex-
posing yourself to the winds of the At
lantlc?"
Not the least. / 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 fam
lily. | was dreadfully shocked on my last
| arrival in Liverpool to learn that my
1 brother, who is u wealthy China tea mer-
i chant, had suddenly died of Bright's dis
/ ease of the kidneys, and consider myself
! extremely fortunate In having taken my
/ trouble in time and before any more
/ serious effects were possible"
4 The conversation drifted to other tOpics.
4 and as the writer watched the face be-
4 fore him, SO strong in all its outlines and
/ yet SO genial, and thought of the innum-
| cradle exposures and mlrdships to which
/ its owner had been exposed, he instinc-
/ lively wished all who are suffering from
the terrible rheumatic troubles now So
/ common might know of Capt. Murray's
/ experience and the means by which he
/ had been restored. Pain is a common
4 thing IN this world, but far too many en-
/ dure it when they might just as well
! avoid 1t. 1t is false philosophy which
teaches us to endure when We can lust as
readily avoid. So thought the hearty
Captain of the Alaska, so thinks the
writer, and so shOuida all others think VINO
desire happiness and Il long life.