Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-06
OLD OCEANS SECRET.
Nothing Heardo Of the Missing Steam
ship Naronic.
PREPARING FOR THE ARBITRATION.
Senator Morgan III at Southamp-
ton.
MANY VESSELS OVERDUE.
Strange eNon-Appesrsnce of other Than the
Naronic.

strange e>on-Appesrsnce NJ Others Than the
Nsronic.
NEw YoRK, March s.-Grim old ocean 40
eth holding the secret OF the non-appesrsnce
OF small feet Of ocean steamships. ali overdue
from four DAYS 60 q fortnight and the rnoss
experienced and sbrevdest mon in the steam
ship business are wondering when news from
the feet viii be received and what its nature
VIII be when IL comes
On the maritime exchange TODAY groups Of
shipping men discussed the probable fate
OF the big new freiehter NAronic OF the
White Star line. which j. now overdue
exactly two weeks. and wondered n
she has ANYTHING 20 do with the DELAY
IN the arrival Of the National liner Italy and the
ST. Enoch. which are both overdue and pass
over the same ocean pathway ss the Naronic
The whereabouts OF the hsatia. which left
Gibraltar February Is. the Apollo. from Ant
werp February u, and the pomerian. from
GLASGOW, which is overdue three days, is also .
mystery.
oUEssEs ABOUT THE NARoNIc.
or all this feet the Naronic 10 the
only new steamship fitted with twin"
screws and considered by her builders
TO be almost non-sinkable. In consequence
the chief interest is centered in her and
every possible theory that the minds of
men that spend their lives in the Shipping bus
iness can evolve has been advanced and coutsii-
cred. Has she burned at sea and has her steel
hull gone 10 the bottom? HAS one OF her pom
derous engines broken loose and torn section
OF her bottom out2 Has she colided with some
derelict or iceberg at night and met the fate OF
the Cunsrder Oregon?
Is she drifting disabled under her scAn,v
showing OF canvas toward the Azores. or /. she
in tow Of one OF the overdue fleet making for
this or some other port?
All these guesses are possibilities but none
seem TO have any particular weight with tho
maritime minds. and the agents OF the Whit. Star
line say briefly that tnsy cannot account for
her mysterious delay aud fear the worst
that her fate NAV never he known. II has
come TO that at last. for. while her sgents still
claim to have hope, they readily admit their
| fears.
OTHER MISSING ONES
None OF the overdue feet is as fast or sea-
worthy as the Naronic. The ST. Enoch is q
staunch vessel OF 2.746 tons. commanded by
Capt. 0gilyie. She steams ten knoss an hour
and her delay Of four davs is causing more
comment than the Italy, which is Overdue here
six days.
The Italy is one Of the old timers, g verisahle
slow coach. She was built in Glasgow in 1870,
aud has had almost as many sensational expert
tlving Dutchn,sn. She rs commanded by Capt
Foot andis 4,l60 tons gross register.
lhe Aisatia and Apollo are both immigrant
ships and slow. While either NAV have fallen
in with and be in the company Of the Narunic,
Italy or St. Enoch they NAV be DELAYED, too,
through stress Of weather. The most generally
considered theory regarding TIM Naronic's dis
appearance (for she has nos been seen IN
tweuty-one days) is that she hss been burned
The nature OF her cargo. which consisted Of
tallow and merchandise generally of an infiam-
mabie nature, has led TO this belief.