New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-25

vessel raised ending his strange captivity.
which lasted twelve weary days and eleven nights.
The sea does queer things 70 the coal and Iun-
Der laden vessels which ply I'D and down the coast
and even make foreign voyages Most OF the ders-
lets ahCat IN the Atlantic to-day are coal or
Der hulks- The coal huks sooner OF later feel the
effects OF gravity and either sink TO the bottom or
turn somerset. which dumps their cargo int
the sea and permits them 20 float Keel upperrnose
Tor months or years. perhaps. constant danger
10 navigation Lumber huIks float upright, but
me Danger from them to navigation Is equally
great
Some wonderful drifting STUNTS have been
done by coal vessels There was tho Annie John
SON. OF san Francisco. formerly a Britisher from
Liverpool ana known as the Ada Ireland n me
iaIi OF $50 she was abandoned IN flames owing 20
the spontaneous combustion IN her cargo OF coal
she was few hundred miles from Aarquesas
Islands. which her crew reached after twenty-nvs
days with the loss OF only man The Gs-elict
0rIted westward to Tahiti. a distance OF $50
miles and was lowed into port By a French nan
of-Tar eight months after her abandonment For
year her cargo continued 70 burn Then Il o.
CURED 70 some one 70 extinguish the flames and
repair the vessel. which was done successfully.
Inc derehct record for long distance drifts 4.
doubtless held BY the schooner Fannie z Wo!,ton
"hlen was left lonely in October 1891 Sns rnads q
oour around the Atlantis. and was last seen IN
May. ISL not many miles from the geographical
Pos-sion whence she began her lonely drift voyage
lasting two years and months
Just why officers and crews abandon come OF the
vessels they do Is a mystery Time and again
the vessel 3 sighted derelict. lowed into
port and saved sometimes. while the crew s never
heard rom A case in point Is the Villa. which
sailed from Egypt few years ago with cargo
OF bones. said to have been picked Up the
battleAelds- She was picked Up derslicr BY the
Norwegian steamship Breidablik and towed into
this port where she brought 500 Whas
became OF her master and crew Is absolutely nos
known.
The difficulty OF sinking vessel at has
spoiled the plans OF more than one conspiracy to
defraud the insurance underwriters The bark
l. h Cam was picked % in 1SS2 and towsd
United States port. In Grydocx fifteen holes
bored from the inside found IN hull
According 70 every known law OF ths she
should have gone down. and that the fntsn-
ton OF the master who had shipped a bogus cargo.
Among the many ships caught IN the terrible
Indian Ocean cyclones OF 1855 was the Sir Lance
lot. Captain Brebner. a tea clipper. which found
herself in front OF advancing revolving storm.
about one hundred and eighty niles from MAu-
ritius.
Mountainous ssas were rolling when the captain
found he the southwest margin OF The
storm. and also IN the dangerous quadrant r
considered 1t time 10 act quickly and Seriously
he writes Having fast ship, decided to take
my chances and across the tract into the
navigable quadrant The two lower topsails were
then set, and. with the aid OF oil Says she ran
comfortably, though the dreadful
behold"
ne TOOK IN MS lowest tOpSa1 when II became
dark but determined TO sacrifice the n1atnUopsaI
in the across tho storms path At 10 O'Clock
the Uaintopsail was torn 70 ribbons and the Sir
LanceIot scudded under bare poles Only the
speed OF the ship and the nerve OF the captain in
putting her to the trial saved her from sure
destruction. Indeed she found il q few months
later. while sailing from AiusSat for Calcutta IN
der an Arab captain who did not know how 70
race with a cyclone.
Waterspouts have sent many a good ship
Al mt and rHe--
fully weathered than The ship Crest OF tbs
Wave. Captain John Steel. carrying war sup
plies TO the Cr1nea in 1855. when overtaken with
waterspout The were taking IN sails and
had the Jfb half furIed. when the waterspOut.
carrying its lofty head IN the clouds is agftated
base spread over large circular OF whits
foam and biting spray. struck the ship on her
port bow II zigZagged the length OF the deck.
whirled around the poop and passed over the
stern. throwing water into the stern ports. Thu
ship quivered and shook for many minutes. but
covered in time 70 fight the squan which followed
In 1891 the American schooner Baltic was left a
battered wreck by waters2out IN the Atlantic
and In 1888 the schooner AHce was torn TO bits
Then cite the miraculous escape OF the
bark Lillian Norris n the South Atlantic. Her
captain. Sharp. tried dodge. bit the watsrsDous
boarded without ceremony. II knocked her
beam ends and tore away every rag OF canvas
The captain on the poop was knocked down. blown
washed around ike bit CT paper a shaving
IN whirlpool. and narrowly escaped going over
board He thus describes the watcrsoout: tn
base from four hundred TO five hundred fsss
IN diameter The clouds into winch It discharged
hung but few feet above the surface OF the aS1-
tatsd sea II roared something terrible and was
followed By a severe gale
Many have been the exciting experiences OF The
daring mariners who have sailed the ocean alone
IN small craft. Captain SlOcum. having sails4
around the world In a dory. holds the record. buo
others have had more excrtins times. A cross At
lanttc race between Captain Lawl0r N the twenty
fO0tsr Sea Serpent. and Captain ". A Anderson
IN the Mermaid. full OF excitement SIX tines
the Sea Serpent turned Completely ever. and
every time LAWYER managed 10 get out he found
ne could right the boat by jumping her keel,
and finally the
So could continue for columns writing OF tho
miracles OF the There steamers which
have survived desperate collisions. can
plain how Others have slipped OF reefs whsro
they seemed nOpeles5ly anchored In Alaskan
waters there many stories OF tina iron stearres
Cleveland. unlucNy craft ever managed
keep afoat- She abandoned the rocks OF
Vancouver Island at one time. The Indians Of the
| rugged coast we're preparing 70 strip her. sud-
denly she Sid Of into deep water and without q
soul board made the Straits OF Fuca. for which
her pilot had been heading when be lost his bear
ngs the fog No end OF miracles from the
lips OF whaIers who return from the land OF the
Midnight SUn-ships that slip 70 the surface vhs9
the ice pack closes in ard drop back unt1tured
when the crush Is and the Cac< moves away
Every ocean its stories and every year ad5A
the list OF unprecedented happenings.