The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-23

Iu'kle,H hui IVES never seen again. Prior
70 "" IAiuOrna'z sailing, diBcOrd lad
sWunk up between the crew and Officer7,
ahu ~ WAS vaguely limited that nutiny
n'sultlnB IN tie death OF all on boa 3D. WAn
we unhappy fate Of the III starred crew
and ship.
Inc pliiles- sea provided another tale u
Rruespme interest ~ the cass OF the three
master Forest Queen. which spread canvas
~ ltcoHla Oh March {, 1877 Her destua-
non was san Pedro but eight long years
nave now passed, and neither San Pedro
nor any other port has sighted her Being
accounted one uf the stOutest aud fastest
vessels Of her class, and handled by the
abe capt. Basely, the Forest Queens dis
appearance created a profound impression
along the coast, and many were 10th 70 give
her uD a. lost.
Some sixteen months after her name was
given at Lloyds a. missing. the upturned
nun ot big schooner was sighted floating
on 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
ither and thither by the angry waves
toy for their careless strength and a menace
TO the safety Of craft plying between San
Francisco and Puget Sound.
Many mariners had caught sight Of the
lonely wreck and had turned their wheels
70 allow IL a wide berth For few days
IL iiOated aimlessly about, and then seemed
TO be swallowed up by the pillows and WAS
seen no more. Built at Port Ludlow in
1860 at cost OF SIS co.. the Forest Queen
had the reputation Of being the fastest
sailing vessel on the Pacific Coast. and
held an unbroken record for the quickest
round voyage between Puget Sound and
San Francisco ever made under sail. The
crew was never heard from. and the mel
anChOly ruin Of shipcraft vanished from the
face Of the waters with the seal Of mystery
unbTOken.
To this day no one knows what became
OF the gallant City Of Philadelphia, which
set sail for this port from Sandy Hook on
Feb. 25 1890 Capt, johnson was in charge,
and with him a crew Of twenty-five men,
his wife and family and few paRsen gers.
The ships arrival was awaited with great
interest but March and April passed away
without tidings.
Then came grave rumors Of wreckage
found along the coast, and the widest
stories were soon In circulation. hot
water tank, such as il used for the bath,
labeled with a San Francisco firms name,
was cast up on the shore near Port Stanley,
and this was at once Identified "a part of
the merchandise carried by the vessel.
This seemed TO decide her fate However,
counter Tumors were Ia ter received telling
Of her appearance in the South Seas, and
the ultimate fate Of ship and crew ID to-day
one Of the most perpleNing OF marine
tragedies.
The schooner American Girl left Port
Gamble for California in October. 1899,
and from that day 70 this no one knows
what became Of her or the sailor souls that
waved fond adieu TO mothers and sweet
hearts as she faded from view on the fatal
voyage, Rough weather accompanied her
going, and when the three masts OF the
baldheaded schooner dipped below the
horizon OF tape FlatteTy she was loet
forever TO human eye Probably In the
unequal struggle with the raging storm
she filed and buried her secret fathoms
deep. And what a hollow mockery must
the name Pacific have seemed TO those
veteran mariners as they watched the
spiteful waves dashing and grinding into
very atoms the naked hulk Of what was
once the proudest Of deep sea craft.
On April %, 1892, the British ship Ben
Douran sailed from this port for England
with cargo of barley and number Of
passengers She was fine four masted
vessel, splendidly equipped and handled.
but she, too, was destined to go the way OF
the long list Of ships that have sailed and
disappeared. She was never seen or heard
after the Golden Gate was lost TO view.
Ia the same year the Gowanburn, British
bark, put out from Newcastle for this port,
and was never heard from. Wreckage
known TO belong 10 the missing vessel was
recovered some months later, but nothing
definite was learned OF her sad ending.
Still another Of the countless secrets that
Neptune has in his keeping Is the ultimate
end OF the steam whAler Nevarob, which
sailed for cruise IN the Arctic early IN
Cape Smith, II degrees north latitude, she
was caught in an immense ice noe and carried
rapidly to the northwest, beyond the reach
OF possible assistance
Finding that they were drifting further
and further into the cherries waste, Capt.
A. c. Whtesides, with his wife and small
party, determined TO venture across the
pack for land. A long, tedious journey
followed, and for days the little group
trudged over the jagged hummocS OF Toe
ia search Of terra fiTma,
One Of the band, the ships engineer,
found a sepulcher on a floating mass Of ice.
He was little IN advance Of the party when
the cake OF Joe on which he had taken q
position suddenly snapped from the main
mass and darted OF with the current for
the open sea. Eddies that swirled up around
the ice cake caught and carried u away.
For a whole day he was in sight OF his com
panions, and his frantic appeals for assist
ance that could not be given were pitisble
During the night a snow squat swept over
the sea and he was seen no more
The rest Of the party were at last picked
up by the revenue cutter Bear and TAKEN
10 St Michael. Part Of the crew had re-
fused TO abandon the old ship, and their
ending Is an addition 20 the list OF mys-
teries. None Of the Nevarchs wreckage
was ever found, and IL is possible that she
was swept away by the foe into polar
regions and may still be prey 10 the waters
that slap at her time worntimbers.
Inc Tuhn 70 lne Bolu lelus VI hAeS Ao N
memorable for the weird tales OF the sea
which are associated with the movement,
and at least four ocean carriers are thought
10 have found for themselves and their dar-
ing argonauts a graveyard beneath the
fierce northern waters. Memorable In
these "a es is the fate Of the thirty gold
seekers who started for the fields with the
passenger vessel Lincoln on March /, 1898.
on a somewhat primitive style OF naval
architecture. the schooner was viewed with
a superstitious awe by the men Of the water
front, and the prospective passengers were
warned TO forego the voyage with the COT
I'm ship. But ambition was not TO be
thwarted by superstition, and the vessel
cleared with high hopes Three months
later the long overdue craft was given up
as lost, and her fate is now numbered in the
list Of the sad unknowns.