Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-01-17
A MYSTERY OF THE SEA.
The Fate which Overlook the "City
of BoEton. Wurray's
Ideas aud Experiences.

/ A few years ago, the city Of Boston
sailed from harbor, crowded with an
expectant thronS of passengers bound
( for 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 immi-
nent on every hand, shudders as the
name and mysterious fate of that mag
nificent vessel 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 build, well-knit frame
and CHEEKY, genial disposition. He has
/ been a constant voyager for a quarter
of a century. over half of that time hav-
ing been in the transatlantic service.
In the course of conversation over the
well spread table, the mystery of the
/ Cifg Of Boston was alluded TO-
| Eyes, remarked the Captain, Il shall
never forget the last night we saw that
! Inflated ves9el. | was chief officer of
the City Of Antperp. On the day we
| sighted the City Of Boston a furious
I
/ labored hard. The sea seemed deter
mined 10 sweep away every vestige of
| life. When day ended the gale did not
abate, and everything was lashed for a
night of unusual fury. Our good ship
was turned to the south to avoid the
possibility of ice-bergs. The CITY Of
/ Boston, however, undoubtedly went to
/ the north. Her boats, life-preservers
and RATS were all securely lashed; aud
when she went down, everything won't
with her, never 10 re-appaer until the
sea gives up its dead "
"What, in your opinion, Captain, was
the cause of the loss of the city Of Dos
| TONI"
',"Tne city of limerick, in almost pre-
ciselv the same latitude, few days
later, found the sea full of floating ice;
and | have no doubt the city Of Boston
collided with the ice, and sunk immedi-
ately."
Captain Murray has been in command
of the Alaska ever since she was put in
commission and feels justly proud of his
n.ble ship. She carries thousands of
passengers every year, and has greatly
popularized the Williams and Guion
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 a 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 duff
cult for me to move around. | could
scarcely straighten up. | did not know
what the trouble was, and though per
formed my duties regularly and salts
factorily. yet | felt that | might some
day be overtaken with some serious
prostrating disorder. These troubles in
creased. | felt dull and then again
shooting pains through my arms and
limbs. Possibly the next day | would
feel flushed and unaccountably uneasy
and the day following chilly and despOn-
dent. This continued until last Decem-
ber when | was Frustrated soon after
leaving Queenstown, and for the re-
mainder of the voyage was a helpless,
pitiful sufferer. In January last, a
friend who made that voyage with me-
wrote me letter urging me to try a
new course of treatment | gladly &C
cepted his counsel, and for the last
seven months have given thorough
and business-lke attention to the recov.
cry of my natural health; and to-day
have the proud satisfaction of saying tc
you that the lame back, the strange feel
ings, the sciatjc rheumatism which have
so long pursued me, have entirely dis
appeared through the purifying infiu
ence of Warmers Safe Rheumatic Cure
which entirely eradicated all rheuma
tic poison from my system. Indeed, tc
nae, it seems that it has worked Won
ders, and | therefore most cordially
commend it.
'And you have no trouble now in ex-
posing yourself to the winds of the At
lantic?"
"Not 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. | was dreadfully shocked on
my last arrival in Liverpool 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 extremely fortunate in having taken
my trouble in time ard before any more
serious effects were possible"
The conversation drfted 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 instinctiyely wished all who
are suffering from the terrible rheumat-
ic troubles now 50 common might know
Of Captain 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
Just as well avoid it. 1t is false
philosophy which teaches us to endure
when we can just as readily avoid, So
thought the hearty captain Of the Alas
ka, 50 thinks the writer aud so should
all others think who desire happiness
and long life.
REPORTS from Egypt are conflicting,
In sav the least. One set of a0ylces in