The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-04-06
Mysteries Of
ohe SEAS
Ships Of Which Nothing Was Ever
Heard After They Sailed.

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There are few things which are so full
OF mystery, or which make such a power
full appeal TO the imagination, as the
stories of ships that sail gallantly out
to sea and of which nothing Is ever heard
or seen after the masts have dipped be-
low the horizon. At present the papers
are full of records OF these marine trag-
To-day 1t il the Claverdnle, which left
HongkOnE on Nov. % for Vladivostok
and OF which no trace has been found for
over two months; yesterday II was the
Royalist, which cleared few days. later
from Singapore to Hongkong. and has
never reached her destinations the day
before II was the Idum. from Norway
which has vaiished from human view
and so on, through the long list OF ships
that have sailed and disappeared.
What are the secrets of these mysterious
vanishings OF stately ships with their
crews and cargoes2 In nineteen cases out
Of twenty, says Tit-Bits. the secrets lie
With the ships many fathoms deep. ana
will perhaps never leap to light To this
City OF Glasgow, which set her sails so
CALAMITY In the Mersey half a century
and more ago boupd for Philadelphia, nor
was she seen again after the hills Of
Wales were lost TO view.
The Burvie Castle left London some
years ago on a long voyage 70 Australia.
She should have made final call at Ply
mouth. but she never come within sight Of
the Hoe. nor has human eye ever seen
her from the day she dropped down the
channel. II was on May 10 1854. that
the Lady Nugent spread her sails at
Madras Light Infantry and other pas
sengers on board. Her destination was
Rangoon. but half a century has gone
anu neither Rangoon nor any other port
has sighted her.
Nearly two years later the Collins liner
Pacific dropped down the Mersey with
$50 souls on board. She was accounted
af cfn nd cxrftfta al,
OF her time-R id so no doubt she was;
but she went the way the City of Glas-
gov had gone couple of years earlier,
and for fOrty-nine years has been lying
at the bottom of the sea-but where none
may know till all secrets are revealed
The training vessel Atalanta started a
quarter Of century ago for a short
cruise In Bermudan waters, and from tha
day TO this no one knows what became
Of her and the 250 souls she carried
On Jan. 2S. 1870. the City of Boston
l0l souls on board. She was an Inman
liner, fine ship, splendidiy equipped
and handled; but she too was destined
TO vanish from the face of the waters.
The victim Of another still remembered
ocean mystery was the President a fine
vessel, which was expected at Liverpool
In March. 1s41. March passed and Liv-
erpool saw nothing Of her. The long de-
and the widest rumors began to be circu-
lated. On April 13 news came that her
engines and rudder had been disabled in
heavy weather and that she had put into
Madeira for repairs, and there naturally
followed a reaction from gloomy fore
bodings TO transports of joy. The vessel
was expected at Liverpool on a certain
day, and her arrival was awaited by hum
dreds Of people who had friends aboard:
but she never came, and II was found
that the story Of her arrival at Madeira
was a heartless hoax. All the time the
Inflated vessel was at the bottom Of the
sea.
on Nov. 30. 1883, large vessel was seen
from the beach at Deal, sailing toward
the Goodwin Sands She was q fair pic
ture to look on, as she moved over the
waters with her stately spread OF sails.
But as the eyes of the watchers followed
her she was seen TO pause. and within a
few seconds she vanished from their
view. What caused this tragically sudden
disappearance Of a stately ship? That is
ocean has in its jealous keeping.-New
Y York Sun.