New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-15
THEY ARE TNTTRING UANDERERS.
prErLIcTs WHICH SAIL AINLEssLY OF THE
ATLANTIC.

DTErLICT7 WHICH SAIL MnfESSLY or THE
ATLANTIC.
Rowing idly over Tie ocean. freed from Their human
rnns'crs aud obDyiug Willingly tn" commands OF
breeze and current tho derlics which are reported
from tine 10 time furnit much Of the romance Of Ia"
scas nowadays. OF them all none has lad such a
vovnqc rs the wreck 81 IA" American schooner Wyer
g. sargent which has broken all previous records Tor
holding together and for the number Of miles covered
The Wycr q. Sargent Is was an American schooner.
hniIt I'm s,dewick Me-. I'm 1ss3. She was considered
one Of the stanchos vessels afoat AT the time. and
She has proved II by her remarkable record Of
drifting In March. 1901 the Wyer G.. Sargent. with
a load OF mahogany worth 10000 on board, sailed
from Tagiina Mexico. for New York. When of III"
ryer-vcxt Bcrmoothcs" she was dl>mascd and ron
dcrcd helpless hv 81 the furious and sudden squalls
common to those waters and on March ~. 1891.
her crew was taken Off by the American schooner
II T. Thompson Then began u wonderful and
itrgngc Journey without captain or crew.
When the Wycr G.. Sargent was abandoned she was
I'm latitude - - north longitude - 10 west That
was about 600 miles east y south from llatteras. ana
little nearer 70 Bermuda than to the American
shore For several months sh" driftd northeast and
on June 10, 1901 sighted about l0O miles east OF
IIattoras. The news excited some people enough 10
cause them 10 send big tug ont after the
valuable dcrcllc for 500 600 is not often found drift
Ing around the without an owner. But the tug
did not sncccrd IN finding her. As II the dcrclict
were being navlgatcd by some COLLINS OF the sea- she
clndcd the pursu"rs and began travelling northeast M
, r,nid rate In three days she made sixty miles
being sighted that distance northeast Of her last DRIFT
Ing place. and Jun" 10 she was reported 40 niles
further 10 the northeast. Then. caught by some
syft and mysterious current, she turned east by north
and started FOR Europe steering course parallel with
the casbond steamer track and about goo miles south
Of f.. until July =, when she was sighted on the
rorticth parallel Of latitude. the that PhIa
dclphla Is on. She was then over 1000 miles ut sea
ON the dav that She sighted. July =. either n
sudden shift Of wind current caught her aud the
wreck began drifting 10 thc southeast. heading straight
for that naval graveyard and marine hospital. the
,zorc group Of Islands In thirteen days the wreck
drlltod over 800 miles: then the maSioTlcsS craft
headed due sontb and was sighted on Jnlv % almost
on the parallel Of lIatteras. but far away from the
american shore being within 500 miles Of the Azores
ON July - she was seen few miles due east: by
August . she had wandered southeast few miles,
and on August 90 she WAS seen sixty miles northwest
81 where She was on August .. She then headed
southeast again. and by september II had travelled
over 900 miles IN that direction. Then sh" stccrcd
.outhwcst and WAS seen on September 20 many miles
distant ON September % sh" was seen In almost
the same place IA" was on september H. ana then
she began curious voyage. ending ultimately just
where She started and describing between september
% 1901 and July >, 1892, the figure OF II pcniaSOn
almost perfect In outline
During that time the dcrcct drftcd around Within
IN area OF about Geo miles the centre OF the pcntngon
being alomt 700 miles southeast Of the Azores Al
one time The wreck as far north ms Norfolk. Va.
It another It as far south rs ST. Augustine. Fla
ON July .. 1692. she WIS sighted again almost In the
anne spot In which She WAS on September -. 1901
when she began the "pentag)nal" drift 1t was sap
used for months that She had driftcd into the
u keen her for
yer Hut October Il, Is03. the steamship Asatlc
,riucr sighted the dcrclic again. She was then In
latitude 3. 80 NORTH longitude ~ -" west. about
600 miles du" east Of Bermuda and over 400 miles
,nn;hwest Of the spot where She WAS on July :.
Now that sh" has started on voyage To IL" west
ward again he may the tulf stream once more
and ultimately make shore in America When Sh"
vas seen by the Asialic Prince she was apparently
good for many months of ocean wandering. She
showed no signs OF breaking up, and even The
anchor still hung from her deserted bow. Tbs now
lannon's dor.lict has been sighted hiriytwO times IN
all and has driftcd 5000 miles.
No other dereilct OF which there Is record has re-