The Raymer enterprise., 1912-11-28


Superstition has It that the appearance OF the
phantom ship leads to certain and swift msfor.
tune.
Old sailors Will tell Of the ship OF the Flying
Dutchman bowling along In the very teeth OF
the wind. and OF her oyer;aking their own ship
which was beating to wndward Some OF them
say they have seen her sail clean through their
ship the swlrng films OF her sails and rigging
leaving a cold clammy feeling like the touch OF
death
Cornwall In the old days was remarkable for
It's wreckers. and its rock bound coast was the
scene OF many evil deeds. The Priests Cove
wreCker during his evil life lured many vessels
TO their doom upon the cruel shore By means OF
a false light hung round the neck OF hobbed
horse TO this day the good Cornish folk will
tell YOU OF the phantom OF the wrecker seen when
the winds howl and the seas rage high carried
clIngng to a log OF wood upon the crests OF the
breaking seas and how It Is sent crashing upon
the rocks. where In the seething foam It disap.
pears from sight
The wide stretching sand d,choked estuary OF
the Solway has many a ghost story and moro
than one phantom ship.
The Spectral Shallop" is the ghost OF a ferry.
boat which was wrecked by rival ferryman while
carrying bridal party across the bay The
ghostly boat Is rowed by the skeleton OF the
cruel ferryman, and such ships az are 80 un.
lucky as to encounter this ghastly pilot arc
usually doomed TO be wrecked upon the sands
No money would terpt the Solway fishermen
to 20 out to meet the two Danish searoyers
whose ships, upon clear nights are seen gliding
up one or the narrow channels which thread the
driedout sands, the highcurved prows and rows
OF shields along the gunwale glltterng In the
moonlight These two plratical ships It seems
ran into the Solway and dropped anchor there.
when sudden furious storm came up and the
ships, which were heavily laden with plunder,
sank at their moorings with all the villains
which composed their crews
Among the rocks upon the rugged coast OF
Kerry was found one Writer morning. early In
the eighteenth centur. a large galleon. mastless
and deserted. The Kerry wreckers crowded
aboard, and wild was their Joy. for the ship was
laden with insots OF silver from the Spanish
Main They gradually filled their boats until tho
guhwales were almost down to the waters edge
and hastily they pulled to the shore in order that
they might return for further ingots before the
tide rose and hoated the ship away Nearing the
shore huge tidal wave broke over boats and
ship and when the wavr had passed the horri.
fled women watching on shore saw no sign re-
naming OF boats. men or ship
Wild horses would not get a Kerry ashermor
to visit the scene OF this disaster upon the ami.
versary OF the day the grim tragedy took nl,co
for only bad luck has come to those who have
seen the re'enactment OF the affair which Kerry
FOLK believe takes place upon that day.
Tho Newhavcn ghost ship sgnined her own
doom. ship built at Newhaven in January
1917. having sailed away upon her maiden vov
age, was thought to have been lost at sea when
one evening In June. during a furious thunder.
storm, the wellknown ship was sighted sailing
Into the river mou,h-but straight into the eve
OF the wlnd-untIl she neared the town, when
slowly she faded from the sight OF the people
who crowded on shore to watch her. The ap