Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-05-09

outward bound. Studying closely he
observed that her steering was incon-
slant. and that at times she seemed to
have no real objective. She would
lay I'D to the wind, then change her
course, come in and around under the
stern OF the Artemis, and then re-
sumo her original course.
When within few hundred yards OF
the ship the master of the Artemis set
signals of inquiry, but received, no re-
sponse. For several hours the spec
ter bark remained within sight, but
neither siren blast nor rocket signal
could provoke an answer. once the
glass was able to obtain full search
of the dismantled deck Of the crazy
hulk, but not living soul was to be
seen anywhere on board. 1t was
ship without a crew running at Its
own free will.
Suddenly, as II mindful Of the hid
den rocks that threatened from the
shore. the ponderous hulk veered In
her course, quivered for a moment and
then plunged to sea and was lost for
ever. What the fate Of the crew?
What the end Of the noble ship?
None ever returned to tell the
tale, and the luckless hull was
never seen again. Prior to the
Lamorna's sailing, discord had sprung
it was vaguely hinted that mutiny, re-
90 oil
was the unhappy fate Of the ill-tarred
crew and ship.
The pitiless sea provided another
tale of grue, me interest In the case
of the three-master Forest Queen
which spread canvas at Tacoma on
March 4, 1897. Her destination was
San Pedro, but eight long years have
now passed, and neither San Pedro nor
any other port has sighted her. Be-
ing accounted one of the stoutest and
fastest vessels Of her class, and hand
led by the able Captain Basely, the
Forest Queens disappearance created
profound impression along the coast,
and many were 10th to give her up at
| last
Some sixteen months after her name
was given at Lloyd's as missing, the
upturned hull Of big schooner was
sighted floating of Coos Bay. and the
-ocean skeleton was declared to be the
remains of the Forest Queen. Shorn
of its rigging and broken by the
waves, the distressed hulk was tossed
hither and thither by the angry
waves, a toy for their careless strength
and q menace to the safety OF craft
plying between San Francisco and
Puget Sound. f-''
Many mariners had caught sight OF
the lonely wreck and had turned their
wheels to allow 1t wide berth. For
a few days 1t fioated aimlessly about,
and then seemed to be swallowed UP
by the billows and was seen no more.
Built at Port Ludlow in 1859, at a
cost of $55.OOO, the Forest Queen had
the reputation of being the fastest
sailing vessel on Ethe Pacific coast
and held an unbroken record for the
| Quickest round voyage between Puget
Sound nd San Francisco ever made
under sail. The crew was never heard
from, and the melancholy ruin OIL
shipcraft vanished from the face OF
the waters with the seal Of mystery
iunbroken.
i To this day no one knows what be-
came of the gallant City Of Philadel-
phia, which set sail for this port from
Sandy Hook on Feb. 25, 1896. Captain
Johnson was in charge and with him
a crew Of twenty-five men, his wife
and family and few passengers
The ships arrival was awaited with
great interest, but March and April
passed without tidings.
| Then came grave rumors OF wreck
age from along the coast, and the
widest stories were soon In circula'
ton. A hot water tank, such as IL
used for the bath, labeled with a Sar
Francisco firms name, was cast up or
the shore near Port Stanley. and this
was at once identified as part OF the
merchandise carried by the vessel
This seemed to decide her fate. How
ever, counter rumors were later re-
ceived telling Of her appearance In th'
South Seas, and the ultimate fate o.
ship and crew is today one OF the
most perplexing Of marine tragedies.
II The schooner American Girl lef
Port Gamble for California In Octo'
ber, 1899, and from that day to this M
one knows what became Of her or tnt
, sailor souls that waved fond adiet
to mothers and sweethearts as She
faded from view on the fatal voyage
, Rough weather accompanied her 60
ing. and when the three masts OF th'
baldheaded schooner dipped below TIT
, horizon off Cape Flaherty she wa
, lost forever to human eye. Probabl!
, in the unequal struggle with the rag
, ing storm she filled and buried her Sc
cret fathoms deep. And what a mol
low mockery must the name Pacin'
have been to those veteran mariner
as they watched the spiteful wave!
, dashing and grinding into very atoms
the naked hulk Of what was once th'
? proudest Of deep sea craft.
On April %. 1892, the British shil
, Ben Douran sailed from this port 10
, England with cargo Of barley and
number of passengers. She was a NM
four masted vessel, splendidly equip
ned and handled, but she, too, wa
destined to go the way of the long lis
, of ships that have sailed and disap
? peared. She was never seen or hear'
, of after the Golden Gate was lost Il
view.
In the same year the Gowanburn,
3 British bark, put out from Newcastl
Z for this port, and was never hear
, from. Wreckage known to belong t
Z the missing vessel was recovere'
2 some months later, but nothing def
: mite was learned of her sad ending.
Still another Of the countless Sc
: crets that Neptune has In his keepinI
e is the ultimate end Of the steam whal
er Nevarch, which sailed for crius
!, in the Arctic early in 1897. Will
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