The Republican journal., 1910-10-06
Strange o'o-. s.,,,.,, -.
IL Ms'sN :, Marie Celeste.

Grounding the Sailing YES
''''' eel Marie Celeste.
IN or conjectured fate Of
loknoMN aronic, says a New York
sing m among countless strange
reca .ss sea the mystery of the
Of a ,n a sailing vessel managed
-eiss a',,,ed by Capt. James Win
gely former 5r Eastporter, that one
r rS ago, left the port OF New
YEAR, aT Celeste came back as
IaF4 ALTAR a but her people, thir-
e a ?iUucluiing the wife and little
all ',aster were never seen af-
4 .s tbe tale of The Ancient
~ snnernatural. apparently, as
t5e imaginative creation of
nutehman, as unaccountable
lS ,,sr invented about phantom
..s Story of the Marie Celeste.
-,.,' as sworn to by the crew of
'I bark and recorded in the
t.si ,t,nent in Washington, were
. a. ~ fction or drama by some
FL Thor Incredible, preposter-
'. .ars " would be the verdict of
- ,- l,., reader or listener.
.aS Celeste. which sailed from
iai'' 7.~7 for Villefranche. on
.renegn. had valuable cargo
.# lent time had elapsed for
complete her voyage a Brit
.;-5te8 lhe Marie Celeste about
f.s rI,es west Of Gibraltar.
W. vas received from the signal
.@5 The astonished Britisher
luaa the vessel and with
close examination of her
SON of life was there. A
y. ,1.ssiuess came over the sail
HI o crew of courageous men the
.-r,i d boat lowered, and pull
serted ship. When alongside
Ear those on board, but re-
,,s.mse All was silent as the
.m e,w 10 stern of the phantom
A... y0tr some of her sails set
~, arftuE before the wind.
-... -lIp vessel, but there was
.a. -l..nte. A thorough search
vHng about the Marie
.. proper shape and in its
1Ty one thing belonging
was lacking, and that
WIS. rpartant thing of all
.- hung the weekly wash of
~ 5u the davits hung all
. aer appropriate places.
m very spar was in its
q rsrling spike was gone.
f compass was intact. De-
f1r- hatchway the captain
..- found half-eaten meal up
table. In the masters
--mans of an Interrupted
.a discovered. In one cor
. es.a was a sewing machine,
ts garment still under the
rouan's thimble lay on the
tie machine. The money chest
...a In its accustomed place
4s.ers chronometer. The
-r.ss We're in their staterooms.
r- eas in perfect order aboard
rrm ship that was sailing on
w-a no man at the wheel, no
rs4 q rope. All the thirteen
disappeared as completely and
as if removed by some SUI
% agency
hook, dated forty-two hours
British bark had signalled,
IT.. voyage had been prosper
There were no traces of piracy
Neither were such SUPPOSE
s There were no signs of a
~ vaiuables were missing.
.a eleste was lowed to Vile
After her cargo had been safe
erred she was taken back to her
New York, and soon sold.
ro The State Department all
states representatives abroad
luasted to inform foreign Gov
. # the facts. In this way, in
.stom House in the world, every
As lone to have the mystery of
u- Celeste" cleared, but it re-
Insolved,
arie Celeste at last came to an
end, representatives of the
F4rtment say, as if she were an
raft, too mysterious and too
cared To be allowed longer to
.os waves. Only crews with
80 the usual stock of courage
rs0 the usual stock of sailors
.m could, after her strange adj
yo induced to ship on her.
rs Employed in the trading SER
r.n New York and Cuba. In
her owner, it is said in
., assured her heavily, loaded
~n'- of water and a few hogs
r asses, Of which commodity
supposed to be composed,
DOWN to the Cuban coast.
e ~.- her ashore and she was
- "a. rla trial of her owner for
b followed the next year,
81 lo the story of the unaccount-
,rlOr NJ the Marie Celeste at