Delta chief., 1884-01-16
A MYSTERY OF THE SEA.
The Fate Which Overlook the "City
of Boston."-Captaiu Murray's
JAo.S and EyDarienceS

Of Boston. '-Captalu Murrays
Ideas and Experiences.
A few years ago, the City Of Boston
sailed from harbor, crowded with an
expectant throng of passengers boLad
for a foreign shore.
| She never entered port.
The mystery of her untimely end
grows deeper as the years increase,
and the A tlantic voyager, when the
fierce winds howl around and danger
is imminent on every hand, shudders
as the name and mysterious fate OF
| that magnificent vessal are alluded to.
Our reporter, on a recent visit to
New York, took lunch with Captain
George Siddons Murray, on board the
Alaska, Of the Guion line. Captain
Murray is man of stalwart built
well-knit frame and CHEEKY, genial dis
positio He has been constant voy-
ager for a quarter of century, over
| half of that time having been in the
| transatlantic service. In the course
of the conservation over the we'll
spread table, the mystery of the City
I Of Boston was alluded to.
YES" remarked the Captain, II
/ shall never forget the last night we
saw that ill.fated vessel. 1 was chief
officer of the City Of Anttrerp. On the
day we sighted the City of Boston
furious southeast hurricane set in.
Both vessels labored hard. The sea
seemed determined to sweep away
ever vestige of life. When dav ended
/ the gale did not abate, and everything
was lashed for night of unusual fury.
/ Our good ship was turned to the south
to avoid the possibility OF ice-bergs.
| The City Of Boston, however. undoubt
I edly went TO the north. Ber boats,
1 life.preservers and RATS were all Sc
curely lashed and when she went
/ down, everything went with her,
never to re-appear until the sea gives
up its dead"
What, in your opinion, Captain,
was the cause OF the loss of The city OF
Boston ~
| 1.-The City of Limerick, in almost
precisely the same latitude,a "A few days
later. found the sea full of floating ice,
and / have no doubt the City Of Boston
collided with the ice, and sunk imme-
diately."
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 of passengers every year,
and has greatly pOpuiarized the Will
/ liams & Guiou line. Remarking upon
| the bronzed and healthy appearance
of the captain, the reporter said that
sea life did not seem to be a very great
physical trial.
MO- But persons appearance Is
not always trustworthy indication
of his physical condition. For seven
D II D.. ~, nn..fs
very much out of sorts with myself.
At certain times l was so lame that IL
was difficult for me to move around. l
could scarcely straig hten up. / did
not know what the trouble was, and
I though performed all my duties reg
ularly aud satisfactorily, yet 1 felt
/ that might some day be overtaLen
with some serious prostrating disor-
Ter. These troubles increased. I felt
dull and then, again, shooting pains
/ through my arms and limbs. Possibly
the next day l would feel flushed and
unaccouptabIy uneasy ard the day
following chilly aud despondent.
| This confined until last December,
when I was Frustrated soon after
leaving Queenstown, and for the re-
mainder of the voyage was a help
less, pitiful sufferer. In January
last, friend who made that voyage
with me, wrote me letter urging me
to try new course OF treatment. l
gladly accepted his counsel, and for
the last seven months have given
thorough and business-like attention
| to the recovery of my natural health
and to-day, have the proud satisfac-
ton of saying to you that the lame
back, the strange feelings, the sciatic
rheumatism which have SO long pur-
sued me, have entirely disappeared
through the blood purifying influence
OF Warmers Safe Rheumatic Cure
which entirely eradicated all rheu-
matte poison from my system. Indeed,
to me, IL seems that it has worked
wonders, and 1 therefore most cordi-
ally commend it,"
"And you have no trouble now in
exposing yourself to the winds of.the
AtlanticT
mot the least. am as sound as a
bullet and / feel especially thankful
over the fact because / believe rheu-
matte and kidney disease Is In the
blood of my family. was dreadful
ly shocked on my last arrival In Liv-
erpool to learn that my brother, who
is a wealthy China tea merchant, had
suddenly died of Bright's disease of
the kidneys, and consider my self 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 10 all its