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vanished though she 80.
had sailed over that horizon
line into some deep chasm q
Another fine boat ply 49,
ing between America and -
England that met fate
known to those alone who
shared it, was the Pres-
dent. She sailed from
New York in January, 1S41, with experienced
crew and large number of distinguished passengers
among them the son of the Duke of Richmond and
Tyrone Power the comedian She was expected in
Liverpool in March; but that month passed without
news from her On April - came the report that
her engines had been disabled and that she had put
into Madeira for repairs. She left that port with
all well on board and those in Liverpool prepared a
great celebration of welcome. Day after day, the
time drew for her arrival, crowd went to the
docks. Soon they became discouraged, soon anxious
and after little alarmed. Well they might be.
The President never reached another port after
leaving Madeira, unless it port of which men
know nothing.
The Erin of the National line has never been
sighted since she sailed in 1880 with seventy-two
people on board
Scarcely a year later, the Thanemore a Johnston
liner, with forty-three passengers, went the same
way
In the early COS the Naronc, a White Star boat
sailed with seventy board, and is still sailing,
for all anybody knows. She was a twin screw
steamer, ably differed and manned. Her disap-
pearance created profound impression.
About the same time the Burvie Castle sailed from
Liverpool for Australia. She should have made a
final call at Plymouth for extra cargo; but never
came within sight of the Hoe, and human eye has
never seen her from the day she dropped down the
Channel If wrecked. it must have been within sight
of land; but so much as bit of wood was
washed ashore.
On April g. 1905, the British ship Lord Spencer
left San Francisco in command of Captain 1eahy,
one of the best known shippers on the Pacific He
had with him picked of thirty men and
several passengers. He was bound round the Horn
with a cargo of grain for England The ship became
overdue, and San Francisco brokers began to specu
late on her. She was reinsured until the rate jumped
to over eighty per cent, and while the Englishmen
unloaded, the American underwriters took up the
risks, confident in the ability of the Captain. But
they lost. year more passed without news
from the ship, and she finally registered as
Lost; fate unknown
Queer Fate of the Lamorna
TT was recently 1904 that the ship Lamorna
sailed from Tacoma, Washington. with a cargo of
wheat for Queenstown fierce gale followed on
the heels of her departure. little later several
pieces of wreckage were found, and the report was
circulated that the Lamorna had been battered to
pieces on the rocks off Cape Flattery. little later
came another report; she had been seen badly
damaged but still afoat off Coos Bay The owners
and trends OF the sailors gained hope, and to
believe it true that she had weathered the gale and
was still sailing about somewhere. But where?
Week after week passed without further news.
1t was a long time after this that the German
ship Artemis sighted derelict far out at sea,
steering wildly, beating against head winds. and
though manifestly in bad way, with no display of
any kind OF signals. In consequence, little attention
was paid to her, as it thought she must be able