The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-08-15
PASSED IN THE NIGHT.
SHIPS THAT HAVE FAILED TO
RETURN.
Unknown Fate of the Atom Cefni,
Senegal and Tardenskj old-Other
Missing Vessels.

c lmrades beneath the waves.
What q volume Of meaning there is in
these words: "Overdue ~ "Missing r.
Only the mariner can fully appreciate
the weight of their significance.
Where is the Atom Cefni? Where are
the Senegal and the Tardensk iold. One
hundred and twenty Euglishmen,
Scotchmen, Americans and men of all
nations were among those who manned
these vessels and all have been oblite-
rated from the records of life.
The sea has no doubt claimed its
dead in the matter of those three crafts.
The first mentioned, the Atom Cefni,
sailed from Swansea on the 18th of Jan.
uary, 1892, with BIAS tons of coal and
6S tons of brick for San Francisco. She
carried crew of thirty eight officers
and men. Among the latter were
several sons of wealthy English land
owners.
About one of the apprentice boys
pretty story is told. He was fair
haired lad who had never been to sea
before, but was Il natural lover Of the
great deep and an adventurous spirit
withal. His parent was nobleman,
residing near Swansea. who died during
the absence of the Cefni and bequeathed
all of his wealth to his son. The family
solicitor and relatives of the boy have
been waiting and watching for his re
turn for nearly two years now to inform
him of his inheritance. but the Cefni
has never returned nor never will, for
1t is admitted that she went down in a
gale off the English coast, and all
hands finding tomb in the ship.
All that could ever be saved of the
Cefni drifted ashore at different dates
along the French and English coasts. On
January 81, 1892, life buoy marked
with the ships name hoated to the
beach at Sicily, and on February 14th of
the same year another part OF buoy
was picked up at the Lizard. Still later
on March 18th, more wreckage from the
missing craft came ashore at Sussex.
The Cefni was new ship. She had
only been completed by Stephens & Sons
OF Glasgow the year before she was char
tered to load coal for California. There
was nothing peculiar about her, nor was
she considered at all Cranky" tie
Lloyds surveyor pronouncing her Fan
exceptionally fine construction"
There were several theories advanced
as to the cause of her loss, but none
seemed more plausible than that of a
British captain who declared that she
must have been dsmasted, then sunk by
being capsized when in that unman.
ageable condition. The GENTS loss cost
the insurance men about $3.50, 200.
Mary strange and interesting stories
have clustered about the Norwegian
bark Tordensk jold, that left Port Natal
for Rangoon over ten months ago. The
marine insurance men have refused TO
dicker with her reinsurance, and have
posted her as missing.
There is something rather interesting
about this ships sudden disappearance.
Before she sailed her first officer de-
clared that he felt it in his bones that
something awful was going to happen
before the vessel reached her port of
destination. How true was his fore
boding can be judged when it is taken
into consideration that there is not the
slightest possible chance of her ever
coming into port again.
Forty three men constituted the bark's
crew, and they all found death in the
same foaming waters that buried their
marine home.
Coming nearer home we find that a
large percentage of the 100 lost souls
went down close to the California coast.
Thirty-nine human beings have sur
rendered their lives to the demon of the
sea somewhere between San Diego and
Tacoma.
Had disabled ship been driven on
the rocks near our harbor bar and thir-
ty-nine lives sacrificed to the pillows,
fancy the sensation that the event
would have created.
Still, there is no room to doubt now
but that the British ship Senegal, from
San Diego for the Sound ia ballast, has
sunk forever, carrying with her two
score OF hardy sons OF the sea.
The Senegal is now out over 100 days,
and the insurance spectators have
ceased to speculate on her. Her name
has been added to the list of sea mys.
teries that are kept in the Lloyds
records.
TIE eight or more men who sailed
withIthe ship Blair Athole and Moray
shire have not been included in the
list of the 100. These unfortunates
have almost been forgotten, and the
words "lost, no hope" placed opposite
their names on the shipping list Of
India.
The hull of the Morayshire has been
discovered ashore On the reef near
Warren Hastings Island off the north
east coast of Java, but the Blair Athole
foundered in midocean and the log OF
her voyage to death must only be read
ON the day OF judgment.
Many nautical persons feel confident
that the vessels mentioned comprise the
complete list of mysterious dl appear
ances" for the pas twenty-four months
but the wise old salt looks knowingly al
the ofiing and questions: "What has
become Of the Colintraive, the Laomene
Alex Black and Sierra MadroneP"
The Colintraive and Laomene are
both overdue at San Francisco and in
terest naturally centers upon them.
The Colintraive is out nearly forty
days too long, with coal from New