Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-11-23
OF THE SEA.
~ shIps that Have Mysterious.
disappeared

ia of ships tnht ih"'O ~
Disappeared
~ leaves port apparently in
.oadition, her cargo well slowed,
Us sound. and generally we'll
After that nothing rs ever heard
and conjecture is vain. A sud
l' sauall may have taken her aback
~ her to the bottom stern fore
a. she may have foundered in q
after all her boats had been de-
.sd or her boats may have got
md nerished one by one on the
| ocean plains. Sometimes, but
!, there has been a mutiny and
acre. and the survivors may have
a their way to some tropical island.
live as "beach-combers' or
savage with the sayages.
r..n fire occurs at sea on merchant
sal unless the weather is very bad
.he time. the crew generally succeed
citing away. a mutiny may be
osel bv the burning of the ship SIS
.oans OIL destroying eliminating evil
~.s In the China seas there are
n some pirates. and a vessel be-
lined in the neighborhood of some of
Islands scattered in groups there
nbt incur the danger of attack by
looking junks that are
aly concealed in the passages be-
oen tbe islets. In such case If there
re no firearms on soard it might go
NJ with the ships company, but a
od supply Of shotguns or rifles in
hands Of white men is usually a
uantee against Chinese pirates.
N. many vessels have met thoir fate
that unlucky region, and nothing.
i remained to tell the story. Ty-
Aoons. too. are doubtless responsible
not few mysterious disappear
ICES O. vessels. and once in a while
|ooably a waterspout bursts over a
in and sinks her suddenly with all
knds. In the Indian Ocean furious
tualls often come up at night with q
FITNESS very menacing to any heavy
arred clipper slipping along with
uddingsails set allow and aloft, and
he again is Il possible cause of de-
ruction, and one which might over
Ike the most cautious skipper if his
Ulcers were less sedulous in consult
g the glass.
Occasionally the mysteries are pre-
ated in the most bewildering way.
nch case was that of vessel which,
yeral years ago, was found drifting
hh all sail set and not a sous on
bard, All her boats were on the
WITS, the materials for u meal were
the galley coppers, the chronom-
ers, compaSSes. charts and instru-
tents were in the cabin, but no ship s
hpers. The name on the stern was
aintcd out; nothing had been left BY
|hichto identify her. Yet all these
recautions had been taken deliber-
belly, while the final evacuation
emed to have been effected with q
ddenncss suggesting mortal panic
he mems things were all in the top
liant forecastle; the captains an,
Hcers' effects were all in their respect
cabins under the poop. The wh0i,
appearance of the vessel indicate(
LAT her people had left her Q.
p spur of the moment, driven b,
PINE commissioning impulse O
bar. She had encountered no BIZ.
Feather since the desertion. He
'ds were braoed up as for "a trad,
nd, and there was no disorder on
r decks or down below. No line o
rting was found to give clue tx
Is dark secret of the sea. and to tn
1T has remained an insoluble puz
to every seaman acquainted witt
Be facts. Sad and mysterious as ar,
appearances such as that of the Far
gut. it must be admitted that Their,
something even more perplexing il
be discovery of derelicts abandone'
incomprehensibly as was the vesse
ere referred to. 1t should be adde,
hat she was not leaking, nor wer
Der spars sprung or strained, and II
iason could be perceived in any thin
ooat her for the disappearance OF ne
rew and officers. T. Tribune.