New-York tribune., 1908-07-12

pz1 Of phantc-r fleet manned by over ten thou
sznd souls The a-e the ships that sailed from
POI and never -e---ned- 4 bit of wreckage would
nave made Of these dsappearances an every day
disaster al sea r-- when the result IS utter a1lTll-
lalon. often III a calm. the thing IS uncanny.
from time 10 ---.- fishermen catch glIrnpses OF
slps thar from ..- movements they know to be
Sal,ng without ..~srnan Possibly some OF these
mysteries might re been cleared up had they
dared venture nearer but sailors are superstItlous.
and 50 they ha-a .-,ssed themselves. content TO
"4tch the ghosrI-a hulk drift from sight.
Where Is the Lady Nueent
was On Ma 1870. that the Lady Nugent
spread her sa-l- - Madras with three hundred and
szy-seven Of the --h Madras Light Infantry on
board bound for ugoon With the regimental
aa1a PLAYING. VIZ host Of friends on shore shout
Eg farewell. with ear sky above and a calm sea
.eoT She lefr Those crowding the wharf
-sened 10 the 10 melody Of the musicians,
waved Their ham chiefs back TO the fiiCker1ng
Ee-kS Of white or ard the disappearing ship, and
" tuned 10 Their mes TO await the news OF safe
arval
Win no h;n- he awful fate TO which this
s,e1ch boat wit .- stalvvart men was doomed.
.tj We're at FIR .--. 1ruratient when the letters
'varne several o.erdue These heightened
-lo week and -r.. INTO a month Questions were
s 70 all ships err. --r he port 4 few had sighted
-E LADY Auger- .. hundred miles of the Madras
5.-r and then had been seen no mere 40
-.'-aS We're rer,.--ed and several had made the
s passage II -.e meanwhile with perfect com
- omppIng urged 70 be on the lookout Tor
-' missing craft .r-r although within SIX months
..T-y nile Of tfs- course was covered by passing
ss ss-@S no trace w.. .lnd Of the Lady Nugent- The
- We're Seare-sl for wreckage. Nothing was
s. 4 year l.--ed. TWO years, and since theh
- sven years have come and gone, only TO
i. t9I Ine Inys-er. Il what became Of this good
- Where was .e lost, How was she lost IL
,z-lg seem possible that over four hundred
~ could disappear of the face Of the earth
s-e III leaving q -Hgle clue. 1t was as though
'd up and dragged boat and al into the depths
Nv, oome Historic Disappearances
" - y u The hs1ar arc dlsappearances at sea, because
q- "a l1e size Of rle ship and the number OF passen-
Sc - vas that ot he City Of Glasgow This Vessei
po-I HIst lnman boat and ran between Ne"
gz1er y 0iasgo" She was a Clyde built craft OF
C F- hundred tons and was thought al that time
e be e ol the stan. best boats afoat In addition
a rnnes1 1sllies She s bark rigged and could carry
ey.-,- lse spread oi canvas Her crew numbered
She ~, 80 ana when she left port on March 1, 1884
Tat ~ louT hundred and eighty passengers
lad n me last Of her II was as though She never
Dg-n -, Not 50 much a d broken spar has ever
The Gu Gu 70 hlnt as 10 how she met her fate
1girs f'9 oi Boston is stll discussed on stormy
0a7 ua captains, the length of the Eastern
Asasy ~ ~ January 20 1870 she sailed from
fae r4r-I Lll24and. with one hundred and ninety
lie sbf OA board. She was an lnman Inner,
aSaTreP perfectly equipped. The secret OF her
Tie me- IenalI 10 the end Of time That IS all
ttlthers r q that group Of fathers, mothers
Ag her eiS and sWeethearts on the pier watCh-
Gown ia Ia" smaller against the horizon line nave
ana died, and the City Of Boston has