The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-16
Prom Shipping illustrated

10 full rigged sailing ship that sailed the seas
fdh her stateness could deserve the cpthet of harpy
~ fbe deep, however sordid and abJect were her
S-f life Nothing could deprive her of her pristine
Of slender spars and snowy royals, and the mind
~ can follow her across the Trades hccng slightly
,,he balmy wind makes love to her
out that valiant old full rigger the Success falls as
rly under the ban of opprobrium as an old time
'at hammer possibly can The Success may visit
- shores of the United States during the coming
sinner and if she does she will furnish persons with
rratulatory thoughts that they did not live in the
s that brought (a but dishonor the brave old
ii Indiaman.
And East Indiaman she veritaby is in more WAYS
In one for not alone did she tread the China seas
,fhe earning of her daily bread, but she was built
@fhe famous seaport Of Moulmein, where the old
ioda looks eastward to The sea and the Burmah
Us arc supposed to be always thinking of you But
her midfe the Success turned aside from her
lsant trade in tea and spices, and for year year
.t given TO the harboring of convcts Austria
q And she sank low from her high estate and
1T in the midst Of clamor and riot. prison ship
5sc massive wooden walls echoed with the i'm
..sations of tortured unfortunates.
nc hundred and twenty years have passed since
plslout old ship left the ways in the Moumcin yard
Almost wonderful specimen Of naval architecture
NJ proba bly, ever spread her canvas TO the breeze.
tctua size she is not great, ships go in these
81, measuring only $50 gross tons But she was
like ship of the line and her sides al the biInes
mi two feet SIX inches thick Thirty inches of solid
irdefylng eastern teak. and her breast hooks were
thc trunks of tho redwoods. On her quarter gal.
Il were spread exquisite carvings, the fruits of the
iues Of Burmese artists, and gilded shields and
I'D fields of chisellcd wonders shone along her
q arks The golden balls that crowned her cks
inped IN the troplc and the igurebead of
cs}n smiled down at the blue sea.
many years this wonderful ship transported tea
n CHINA TO the British Isles, and the Eastern
ass were IN those days infested with pirates OF the
9 bloodthIrsty sort, tho Success was pierced for
IN heavy guns, the evidences Of which still NAV
fatlnd about her decks 1t called for stout hearts
.ufil those turquoise that suddenly would
m with Malay miscreauts and many a running
rsthey old Success endured, with wctted sails
peDurted tho sluggish monsoon breeze.
tut were eastern pirates the only foes the vessel
,dL for her hull 10 this day holds shot marks from
III inch prlVateer IN the Bay of Bengal i'm 1915 while
ron Duke surveyed the slow destruction of Napo-
.Wnlle great dent IN the mainmast-thc original
-TpearS witness to the workmanship of the gun.
OF fort William az Calcutta. There was a mutipy
crew and confusion of signals and in the little
ardment from the fort one man was killed and
-a were wounded.
Disgrace Comes to Her
seems 10 have marked the beginning Of her
e OF HE for in 1899 the Success was Chartered
e British Admiralty TO carry settlers to Western
-Slia' very different livelihood from the convey
: iea ana nutmeg and other grateful condiments
Hne oplce Is lands. Shortly afterward though She
Stcd ber regular trading, but in 1917 she reverted
M passenger traihc and carried cmigrants from
E britain to Port Adelaide Australia This Iifn
cE Eer so well that she descended further and car
sfonNlcts from the dreaded Botany. Bay IN rras.
u ~ 1872 the days of California gold siam
fnen Shn sallcd 10 England, only TO return once
INC old. wild Ilte of Australia; and when she