Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1893-05-25
DANCERS OF TIiE OCEAN


tHE carry AuFetSbs bnE ~ missing,
wrecked, foundered 4nd collided
going steamerz ix terrible
one and is full Of eve which have
made their mark uI6a1 the history
of marine. disasters The Presi-
dent, one Of the earlisst Of transat-
lantic steamers, star the lists Of
the vessels which h gone down
without leaving > <sord: Of the
causes which led te thz'r disappear
ancc. Tics se.... ss:.a'<s - Yalss
for Liverpool in March, 1871. car
rying large number Of passengers
and costly cargo. She was never
heard Of after leaving port and her
mysterious disappearance not only
caused two nations TO mourn, but
acted as damper to the desire to
adopt steam as a means of ship pro-
pulsion.
The next vessel of international
fame which calls for attention as
one of the mysteries of the sea was
the City of Glasgow, which is sup
posed to have gone down in mid
ocean with 480 persons on board.
This was in May, 1854, and she left
no trace of her fate behind her.
Following her the Collins Line
steamship Pacific next merits at
tention. She sailed from Liverpool
for New York in January, 1866,
having 1856 persons on board, and /,
after dropping her pilot, was never
heard from again.
The City of Boston, of the Inman
Line, is the next great mystery of
the sea to which attention may be
called. She sailed from New York
for Liverpool January 25, 1870,
with 81 passengers and a full crew
on board. According to her sailing
arrangements she called at Halifax,
taking on so more passengers and
leaving for Liverpool January 20.
She also went down leaving no re-
cord behind her. For those days
she was as big and strong a vessel
as could be found in the mercantile
service. She was 332 ftes long, 80
feet beam. 374 feet deep and 227s
tons burden, and was driven by
3OO-horse power compound engines.
On February IL, 1870, a board was
picked up at sea upon which was
scratched a message that the City
of Boston was sinking at the time.
This, and nothing more.
Following the City of Boston in
regular order came the mysterious
disappearance of the steamship Ella.
which left London in the autumn
of 1873, and was never heard of
again, a mysterious fate which also
befell the steamships Siberia and
Boston, which went down leaving
no clue to the cause of their loss.
Next came one Of the saddest of
these sea-engulfed mysteries in the
loss of the Atlanta, or Triumfo, as
she had been renamed, which left
Philadelphia for Port-au-P Prince De-
cember l, 1889, and has never been
heard of since. She was an IRON
clad man-of-war and had been pur-
chased by the Government of Hay.
ii. She had on board a full crew,
including over one hundred young
men who had been recruited in this
city, and also carried as passengers
two Haytiau Senators and the wife
of the commanding officer.
The Erin of the National Line
and the Naronic of the White Star
Line bring up the list of important
disappearance to date.
WRECKED AND FoUNDRRED.
In the miscellaneous causes which
have resulted in great loss of life at
sea, there is a long list of those
steamers which have been burned
capsized, wrecked and foundered
and among them will be found
steamships which were the wonder
and the pride Of their day and
whose wrecking have been deemed
international caiamities.
The burning Of the Ocean Mon
arch was one of the most horrible
events in naval history, and even
at this time is spoken ofin England
as the saddest of sad stories. The
Zanzibar, a fine steamship, left
New York for Glasgow in 1879,
foundered at sea, going down with
all on board. The loss Of the iron.
clad turret ship Captain of ths
British navy is the next on record,
She was the first of the turret ships
built on the plans Of Capt. Cowpel