Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-10-09
A HISTORICAL BARK.
THE OLD MEMNoN HAS REAcHEDTHE
 END OF HER CAREER.

A Sailing Vessel That Ran Away From the
 Famous Alnbama-S Story of the Race.
 History of the Bark Since the war-Con-
 signed to She Flames.
 The old bark Memnon. one of the most ancient craft on the Pacific coast, will go to sea no more She has fought her last battle against wind and water and will be lowed to the marine crematory at California City, where she will be con- signed to the flames.
 The Memnon was built in Boston in 1858, and when she started on her first voyage was one of the finest vessels afloat of her size. For several years she was the pride of the western ocean and could show her heels to any craft in the trade.
 She was one of the very few American vessels that when chased by the pirate Alabama succeeded in making an es- cape. The Memnon was on her way from Liverpool to Boston at the time and fell in with the Alabama when about half way across the Atlantic.
 The Alabama concealed her identity until she got within half a mile of the MemnOn. when the Confederate flag was hnisted to the peak and the astonished crew of the Yankee bark began to realize the true character of the strange steam CT. The captain of the Memnon called all hands aft, and in a very few words told them that capture meant many long months ill prison, and that he proposed to escape if possible.
 The crew were no more anxious to visit Confederate prison than the cap tain, and when he gave the order to square away the yards the command was obeved ln very short time.
 It was blowing gale from the north west at the time, and the bark was under her topsails, but as soon as the wards were squared the men ran aloft, and sail after sail was loosed and set. The men took no time to cast off the gaskets. Ev. erything WIS knife work and in almost less time than it takes to tell it the daring Yankee was flying away to the eastward under cloud of canvas that threatened to tear the masts out of her every minute.
 Captain Semmes of the Alabama had no idea that the bark would try to es- cape and was below when the pros- pective prize changed her course and began to make sail. He was quickly OH deck, however, and sent shot after shot at the flying Yankee in hopes of crip- bling her. At the same time the Ala, bama crowded on all steam and sail, but a stern chase is a long one, and in a breeze like that the Yankee bark was as fast as the Alabama and just a trifie faster.
 In spite of everything Semmes could do the Memnon slowly but surely drew away from her pursuer, and as the Ala 1rnDTNn,1 fr,rt 1,o,. the hopes of the Yankee crew revived.
 The chase lasted until night, and then the pirate steamer gave it up and hauled oft to hunt for something not quite so speedy. But if the Alabama gave upt the race the MemnOn did not. for she never started tack or sheet until she had put several hundred miles of ocean between the Alabama and herself
 She then resumed her course for New York, where she arrived after q rough passage of 31 days.
 After the war she was placed ir tho East India trade and then was sent out to this coast. She has traded to China and the Australian colonies and when too old for that was engaged ill the coast wise trade.
 She has also made several voyages up to Alaska and has always made money for her owners.
 Many fine ship has ended her career over in the marine crematory at Cali fornia City since Captain Doudrow be- gan operations there, and some of them were once the pride of the United States navy.
 Here tine fine old steamer China of the Pacific Mail company went upin smoke. as did the steamers Antelope and Barila, The barks Frazer. Lady Bowen, Rosie Sprague and the whaler Shooting Star also ended their careers there, and so did the old warship Cyane.
 Captain Boudrow has been located at California City about five years, and for 10 years before that heran the crematory at Tlburon. It was ill the Tiburon yard that the mail steamers Montana, Arizona and Constitution were crcmated, and the torch was applied to the John L. Stevens, ,Orihamme, Great Western, Bue- na Vista, Maria Murana and Colorado.
 Seven of Uncle Sam's old fighting ships, the Nyack, Saco. Tuscarora, Naragan- Sett, Alaska, Benecia and the old mon ltor Monadnock-ended their careers and yielded up tine vast amount of iron and copper in their hulls in the Tiburon yard, and they made grand bonfire.
 The Monadnock, 3eing constructed al- most entirely of iron. was of course hreproof and had t. be broken to pieces with dynamite.-San Francisco Chroni- cle