The Republican journal., 1911-03-02

mand Of Cantairi Hugh Campbell. She
was never snoken nor heard from again.
More than forty men were lost with each:
But change Of name did not work i'll
for the Loeb Rannoch. Formerly the
Clan Ranald, she had peaceful career
for thirty-four years, and, in 1907 was
sold in Norway, to be used as whaler.
In 1909 she was broken up for her timber.
The Cairo snd the Great Queensland,
two steamers converted into sailing
ships, under charter to the line, were
never reported after they sailed from
Glasgow in 1876 for this port. In each
case more than thirty persons were
drowned. One of the few ships which
survived the gales Of years is the Loeb
Garry, which recently was in this port.
She is one of those to be sold.
The Loeb Vennachar had many tenn
pestuous voyage, and her sturdiness
earned for one Of her shippers, Captain
Benz EFT, Lloyd's medal, the Victoria
Cross of the sea. In June, 1892, Captain
Bennett took her through a three-day
hurricane off the Cape of Good Hope,
and reached port safely, though with all
masts gone. But thirteen years later, in
September, 1905, the Loeb Vennachar
went down, with all hands, in the South
Pacific. Captain Hawkins, formerly of
the Loeb Ness, was in command, having
relieved Captain Bennett for that trip.
In her also persisted son of Tom
Pearce, hero of the Loeb Ard.
The years 1875 and 1876 and 1877 saw
the Loeb fleet increased by the Lochs
Sunart, Fyne, Shiel. Sloy, Long, Ryan
and Etive. The Sunart's life was less
than seven months She started from
Glasgow on June Z, 1878, and after visit
ing this port rounded Cape Horn and
reached Melbourne, Australia, safely.
On her way home she was lost, with all
hands, including Captain Weir, on Janu-
airy II, 1879, on the Skulmartin Rock.
After six years service the Fyne sail
ed for London on May IA, 1883, from New
Zealand, and never was seen again. With
her were lost Captain 7. H. Martin, his
wife and three children. The Loeb Shiel
foundered en- January 30, 1894, off Mil
ford Haven, England, but her crew was
saved.
The Loeb Sloy started her last voyage
on January Is, 1899, from Glasgow. She
carried a crew of Twenty-Five and six
passengers, and a cargo valued at $780,
600. She was lost on Kangaroo Island,
Australia, just before reaching Adelaide.
Of the thirty-five on board, thirty-two
OF her passengers and crew persisted.
With Captain Strachan and his crew
of thirty-two the Loeb Long was lost in
a storm near the Chatham Islands early
in 1903. The Loeb Ryan now serves as
a trading ship for the Government of
Victoria, Australia, having been pur-
chased in 1909 from the line she served
so well. The Loeb Etive also is still
ploughing the sea. In her first thirty
one years of service she had only two
shippers. Captain Stuart sailed her for
seventeen years and died at sea in 1894.
He was succeeded by Captain Fishwick,
who had been chief officer of the Loeb
Garry. He sailed in her until 1909.
The next new ships of the line, the
Loeb Moidart and Loeb Torridon, were
built in 1881. They We're freight carriers
principally, and had less passenger ac-
commodation. They We're so successful
that in 1885 the Loeb Carron and Loeb
Broom were built along similar lines.
The Moidart went to her last rest on
January q, 1890, while going from Iqui-
que South America, to Hamburg. With
her twenty-seven of her crew were
drowned.
The Loeb Carron on August 80, 1904,
off the Irish coast, sank the steel bark
Inverkip, twenty-seven of whose crew
were drowned and only two saved.
Among those lost on the Inverkip were
Captain Jones and his wife. She was
seen kneeling in prayer on the deck. and
he was on the bridge as the Inverkip
sank. The Loeb Torridon has had many
narrow escapes from wreck, and has
been dismasted three times, but she is
still in service.
Thus has passed the greatest fleet of
sailing ships ever assembled, not even
excepting the Sewall fleet, and those
which wait in the harbor of lost ships
have added much to the stories of the
sea that are told in every port where
sailors call.