Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-10
LONG PASSAGE sHgPs,

Tn the llte Of November the British
bark Sorthernhsy. l22l. Of Sunderland.
boulton master, 81 DAYS from Cailao.
vas boarded by Pilot Mathews. Since
that time no tidines have been reported
at this office regarding the vessel, and
extended inquiry has failed to elicit any
information concerning her. The vio-
ienf storms, occasioninR widespread
damage TO shipping along the coast,
have occurred since then, aud evarv
coast paper from San Francisco 20 the
Sound has reported marine disasters.
This, coupled with the extraordinary
silence regarding her whereabouts, has
given rise to the Rlooniess fears as to
the fate of the vessel. and it Is believed
nov that the unfortunate vessel must
have gone down with all on board
1t may, however, be said that instances
are not wanting where vessels have been
bie1n about by storms, no and down
past the port of entry, and, after being
given DIP as lost, arrived safely.
case In point Was cited to the writer
Yesterday by John Stearns, of the Old
Corner saloon. 1T vas in October
1883. said he, THAT was in san Fran.
CISCO buying supplies for Scottsbure.
There vas a good many there frem that
section, and after purchasing what even
Tor those days was considered a large
bill. We we're all DESTROYS of getting
back. About the last of the month a
brig, commanded by Captain Bunker,
started for the Umpqus with very
large cargo aboard, and about twelve
or fourteen passengers The captain
was a general faverIte. and, had had
chance, | voRld have gene, too. As
It was, l waited three weeks. when the
brig Judson. of which Vim. Whippley
was the skipper, started with me and
my goods aboard. FL bit DAYS after
leaving San Francisco we slipped sa ely
over the Umpqua bar. and our frs,
question Was, Where is tbs Hopper No
one had heard or seen anything of her
Days and weeks went by, and the Hope
Was fnally given up for lost. On New
Years day, 1854, 81 days after leaving
San Francisco. the Hope was seen out
side, and the next day she arrived safely
in. She had been blown clear to Cape
Flattery, then back down pretty near to
San Francisco. and twice had got to the
mouth Of the Unpqua only to be blown
away again. and so she went"
IL is to be hoped that nothing worse
than adverse winds and stormy weather
have overtaksn the Northernhay, and
that some day she will arrive all right.
though Appearances are very much
against her safety.-Astorias.
A number Of sail vessels have in the
past had very long passages between
San Francisco and Puget Sound. run
ming up to thirty aud forty days, or
about three times tie daratiou OF the
average trip. The longest passage, how
ever, Was that of an old and once
familiar coaster, now seen no more
the bark Naramissic. She sailed from
San Francisco twenty-five years ago,
having on board a small freight and n
few passengers. Days and weeks went
by, and anxiety began to be felt for her
safety by owners and friends Ia those
days there were no tueboats to go scour.
ing down the Straits and ont TO sea in
qsest of missing vessels. After six.
seven and eight weeks had gone, she
was given up az lost. Happily ihe
apprehensions we're not founded ON fact.
The vessel WAS blown of the coast, and.
owing to adverse wixds aud no winds.
she was unable TO get back. She final y
reached the west coast of Vancouver
Island IN much Distress The provisions
we're about exhausted, and the passen-
gers and cres ~ers sick. A little help
was got from the Indians, and, after q
painful struggle of another week, the
Naramissic cat anchor in Port Angeles
harbor. 63 days from San Francisco
To those on shore the arrival was like
that of ship from the bottom of the
sea and of the returu to life Of a soora