The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-20

and steamed away An awful scene en-
sued, in which the few bravo ones who
endeayored to stem the flood OF panic,
lost their lives, indeed only the merest
handful OF them were saved And the
agonizinS part OF IL all was that when
daylight came there were the three tall
masts towering above the water to a
height of hundred feet. for the ship
had been at anchor In less than sixty feet
OF water and had settled straight down,
standing erect upon the bottom. So that
nearly, II not quite all Of tho drowned
might have been saved had they possessed
this little bit OF elementary knowledge
and climbed up out OF death. There Is
a trltiing amount of satisfaction in tho
afterward caught and conflscated.
In the Roaring Forties.
That terrible enemy fire is never more
terrible than when IT gets the upper hand
al sea, and the last century afforded some
narrowing examples OF it's destructive
power Chief among these was the case
OF the Cospatrlck. Ane emigrant ship
sailing along that gigantic void OF the
Southern ocean on her way to the Aus
tremendous stress even for the best
equipped sailing ships, the roaring
courage to take advantage OF the great
gales which blow almost continually In
order 10 make passage. But when sud
denly from the bowels OF the flying ship
already straining every item of her CON
strUction TO meet the demands made upon
her by the elements. there bursts the long
scriptive power can eXaggerate the ira gic
potcntialities OF the situation The
gigantic seas rolling up preclude the idea
OF being saved by the boats, the awful
loneliness OF that vnst ocean renders the
possibility OF being succored by a
passing ship almost entirely out OF, the
question, while the state OF the weather
forbids that maneuvcring which In Tight
ING fire In n sailing shin 10
senual. All these hindrances combined
TO render tho disaster to the Cospatrick
complete, and yet by some miracle flve
or six persons did escape from that aw-
full calamity and We're picked up alive
by passing chip. But OF tho details of
that terrible conflict we are ignorant, ex,
combination tire and gale and sea and
night and perfect isolation could produce
1t would, however, be too cruel to dwell
upon It,
The Unsinkable Ship In Sight.
Far more grateful is 1t to record how
In spite of what those who should know
better lament az the decay OF the ro-
mantle side OF seafaring. the tale of
sea tragedies grows ever smaller and
smaller. Many causes contribute to this
educated officer has put into his capable
hands scientific aids to safe NAVIGATION
which makes his arduous task not per
haps easier. but far less liable to disaster
tho seafarlng ability of his crew, In
the great majority OF cases only needing
what he almost invariably receives. tho
loyal support of men who handle Goals
and engines far below. And the ships Of
today. of whatever class. are built with
such mechanical skill and such amazing
fidelity on the part OF the workmen thai
II really appears as II wo were within
reach OF the unsuitable ship. AS to fire
getting the upper hand. that owing In
improved mechanical appliances. has al
most been releSated TO the ignoblc DO
sition Of an almost impossible ldea q,
course until the sailing ships are gone
tragedies of the sea will still occa
furnish forth narrowing readine
owing to their many disabilities In the
strife OF the ocean. But q glance q,
Lloyd's register OF wrecks during the
last twenty-five years will show at
glance that by leaps and bounds we ara
approe ching the time when scafarine
shall have become as safe as any otba55
calling, although, OF course, that does nor
mean that we shall ever be without
tragedy at sea u'