The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-02
DANGEROUS cREWLBss SHIPS.
DsMAsTED DERELICTs VOYAGES AROUND
CROSSED OCEANS.

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ported June "a. 1899, Travelled 1850 miles
In the interval at the rate of III knots
q day. Still another thrown into the sea
oeptehper, 1873, and reported fourteen
months after, had sailed $500 miles at the
rate of 1913 knots a day. The number
or bottles picked up and investigated In
creases each year.
The main feature indicated in the drifts
are that bottles thrown into the sea near
the equatorial and trade wind region tend
10 the westward and usually bring up in
the West Indies or on the Mexican coast,
as evidenced by the numerous bottles cast
adrift between Madeira and the iairway
or Cape San Rogue, off the east coast of
Brazil. Along the American coast and
north of the fortieth parallel these condi-
tons are reversed. Here the general set
OF the waters is to the northward and
eastward. and bottles put in the sea in
that region usually find their way to the
north coast of Ireland, or even farther
north. This is unqeStionably due to the
influence of the gulf stream, which takes
an eaSterly and northerly direction after
spreading out in midocean. Here, too,
the velocity is. much less than in the
equatorial regions
Between these two main drifts and oc-
crpying stretch of ocean extending in
latitude from rs degrees north to 40 de-
grees north, and in longitude from 80 de-
gfees west to 60 degrees west, lies a
cep&tabie region crossed by numerous
steamship and sailing routes, and within
Which bottles are in all probability as
NHNNiitiJ cast dQTlLl DIS Ill OlH6T Dor
lions of the sea. The recovery of such
bottles, however is rare the records of
the photographic office furnishing but six
since 1888. The average velocity daily Of
the seventy bottles which landed on the
coast OF Europe was five miles. The bot
Ties, which drifted entirely across the
ocean from west to east, unite in giving
an average somewhat higher than usual
the last two having Travelled ia miles
and $50 miles per day respectively. For
those thrown overheard in the north
equatorial drift the average was 1913 miles
udy' Whlle those travelling along the
north MOI coast of South America averaged
q ,mlies a day. chart of the North
Atiahtlc SHOWS hundreds of bottles drift
ing ABOUT the ocean. which NAV some
seas N
The influences which affect the courses
jamn Brooks:
The waters of the whole ocean-of all
the oceans, for that matter-fiow SLOWLY
pul surrey Though a grand system of cur
rents and counter currents The gulf
stoLean' with its river of warm, blue wa
ter, is only part of it. The sun shines
down and heats the air lying over the
trop!c seas; and the air, becoming there
Wy Hshter per cubic foot, rises to a high
81 leVeI Ihen the cool air from the
polar regions flows toward the equator To
take its place. But when Won stir vorr
cup or coffee in the morning, though if
al goes round together, you will notice
tnat the little bubbles in the center. re-
volVlng IN a smaller circle do NOT 90 so
last as the bubbles near the inside of the
cup 80 with the spinning earth The
ar that revotves with it near the noles
lrT,t pioqgnt 10 the greater circle OF the
the. game. The surface of the earth and
sea spins eastward much faster than if
Is gong The result is strong east wind
80 10 an around the opic zone, where there
rs nothing to obstruct them. we have
Slrohg, steady, easterly winds which Gail
ors cal the trades
NOW. II we come back to our IF e
Up AGAIN, ana permit ourselves the IL
dlgnlty Of blowing it to cool it, Ali the
niue bubbles and, the surface LIQUID w II
pe FORCED over to the side of the Gun To-
ward Which we blow. Just SO the CON
tlnuous east wind in the tropics. blowirg
DAY after day, finally gets the whole sI.r
race of the sea moving BE- fore if toward
the west When this great quantity Of
water reaches tie easternmost point of
south America it splits like snow on the
coWcatcher of an engine part going s)lt !
along the coast, part gong north and
pelng forced into the gulf of Mexico. Here
| the waters of the Mississippi mix the r
nne, 1ntinitesimal particles of silt wi h
it to give it its deep blue color (for ner-
Iectly clear deep waters are black; then
pushed on by the waters behind it flows
out again up our eastern coast ii it
meets the westerly trades of the tenn
perate zone (occasioned, probably by the
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easterly equatorial traGes), and. urd ar
their guidance, finds its way to Europe
and from here, what of it is not lost in
the Arctic turns south to begin the trip
all over again. The whole North At
lantic, therefore. is a gigantic, slow
| moving whirlpool with its still center
! west of the Azores.
Accordingly! If you seal up an empty
bottle and throw it overheard anywhere
south of the Grand Banks and Fran e,
and north of equator, it is pretty GER
tain to get into-the' great CYCLE AMI il yru
We're but to sit on a cliff on one of the
Windward islands of the Caribbean. you
would almost surely see it come by if
you only waited long enough.
What is true of bottle is unfortun-
ately true of derelicts, except that they
don't usually float so long. In otf e,
words, give at.derelict tine no mat e.
/ where she starts from within this area,
and she will twices cross the tracks O.
sailing vessels between England and the
, equator, twice those between New York
and the equator, and eventually nearly
all of the transatlantic summer routes.''
In 1SS4S the Annie Johnson, a graceful
iron-built bark, belonging to San Fran
cisco, lay in one of the Liverpool docks.
A gentleman commenting upon the fact
that America then owned very few iron
ships the captain stated that this vessel
originally belonged to Liverpool owners
and was then the Ada Iredale She was
abandoned in flames owing to the spon-
taneous combustion of her coal cargo on
the 18th Of October 1876. in IA degrees
south latitude and los degrees west longi-
tude, or about 1900 miles from the Mar
quesas islands which her crew reached
in open boats. The burning derelcs drift
ed westward to Tahiti, distance of over
2,4O0 miles, and was towed into port
/ by French warship on the 9th of June,
1877. nearly eight months after her aban-
donment. Her coal cargo continued
burning until May, 1875 when she was
repaired, renamed and placed under the
Stars and Stripes.
The Orihamme was abandoned under
similar circumstances in June. 1881 in