The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-12-16

TWO year cruise, plotted only by the
uroDzog and currents. the Sargent wat
soon md reported hirty.four umos
Another celebrated dCrcllct with, n
'g believed, more victims 10 her credit
or dIgcrcdit-than any other sea
rho.t OF record. was the bark Count
COS OF Dunorln She was nrst report
cd 10 the photographic once on Dec
81. 1891. md botwoon that limo and
April O. 1892 whom sho was last re-
ported she had como into collision
with eleven vessels This ~ partially
explained by tho fact that the ~
omcncd Countess had been shorn Of
every spar and biz Of rigging 80 that
only her solid hull remained. half
fllcd with water and floating some
four feet above water In calm.
II being impossible for tho sharpost
eyes TO see her whom the sea and wind
wnlizcd ever no lightly. the Countess
~ Dunorln soon became a terror 10
all mariners on the ocean highways
Within period Of ninety days this
famous derollct travelled 1850 miles
before disappearing
Another derollct immortalized in thu
sea logs OF the world was the AmerlN
can schooner W. /. White. Her
cruise came 10 close Jan. 20. 1859.
when she stranded and went down on
one Of the islands OF tho Hebrldcs.
Tho White Ghost. az the derollct
schooner came TO be known. was one
OF many vessels that met disaster and
was abandoned In the memorable hur.
rlcane OF 1855. when 40 many lives
were lost on sea and ashore.
Reaching tho Gulf Stream she
yecrcd 20 tho eastward. aud began her
remarkable cruise toward Europe. dl.
rcctly In the path of thousands OF YES.
sells engaged In transatlantic trade.
drifting about NJ the within uf the wind
and the mighty stream or river which
lOws poradoNlcilly through tho A..
lantlc. Guided not at nll or misruid.
cd at best. shc sped north northeast az
the rate Of tbIrtytwo miles a day until
she reached latitude a degrees north.
longitude 80 degrees west. when she
hogan n remarkable zgzag perform.
luco which lasted from tho begin.
ming OF May TO the ldes OF October
Whom she quiclod down she was IN
latitude 81 degrees north longitude a
degrees west. whence she moved east
and northeast 1850 miles In eighty.
four days. or Mt the rate OF about
fifteen miles a day. A strange feature
ol this derClct was that at a distance
/, she seemed 10 be wellmastcd and
wcll,manned vessel Only when she
was approached closely could the look.
out watch Of some passing ship oh.
serve how peculiarly she was naylgat.
ed.
During her extraordinary cruise she
was reported by thlrty,slN vessels and
had travcrsod upward OF 5000 miles
when, on the Hebr.des. she was seen
for the last time and boarded. A
boarding otncer and crew found her
hold nearly full OF water. she having
evidently struck on some reef. and
she was In imminent danger OF going
down. Soon after being abandoned by
her last visitors she plunged beneath
the waves. Her sinking with all sails
set. In calm sea. was described by
those who saw II as a weird and I'M.
canny sight None OF her crew was
ever reported found
The case OF the dcrclIct English
/ bark Slddartha was an example Of A
dcrelIct getting too cocksure and
familiar and being caught mapping
| The Slddlrtha sailed from jackson.
vile and was abandoned by her CROW
whom she was nearly q month ont
Then that blessed bark began cayort.
Ing In tho lane OF transatlantic com.
mcrco much as the white Ghost had
done being seen FIRST iu one place apJ
then a hundred miles away In ina
most surprising manner She was IA
ported no less than Aity tmes. Nm,
managed 20 circumvout an royerr.
ment vessels sent out especially g.,
dynamite her Finally ono day cot.
ting saucy to the point OF foolharl,
ness. so 10 say, she went merrily saU.
Ing up the Irish coast This was ne,
concluding exploit, Tor a British man.
ofwar went out and towod her into
port where she was broken up.
A very curious case OF derclj,,