The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-22
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pie stores. The log showed that she
had met excellent weather all the

pie stores. The log showed that she
had met excellent weather all the
way across.
In the cabin a half finished meal
was on the table. with the chairs
slightly pushed back. The captain had
evidently just knocked the top off a
boiled egg when he suddenly left the
room forever.
A night gown for the little girl was
or the sewing machine. with the
sleeve h~alf-sewn. The crews quarters
showed no sign of a struggle either,
only Of a departure so swift that ev-
erybody had left the ship In the
clothes he had stood up in.
The problem has been the talk of
deep-sea sailors ever since. What
possible. situation or incident could
have made those on board the Marie
Celeste leave her so suddenly? And
how did they leave at all? For all
the boats were still on board. The
above his bunk, so that the tragedy.
whatever it was. must have happened
just before the ship was found.
Piracy cannot be the explanation.
for the ships money box was found
to be untouched. as we'll as the valua-
bile cargo. iewelry and loose cash
which We're lying about. There was no
starvation. There cannot have been
any mysterious infectious disease. for
the medicine chest had been hardly
touched at all. Besides, the cabin
table showed that all the disappear
ances must AVE been simultaneous.
The idea that some member of the
crew developed homioidal mania and
hurled the others overheard and then
committed suicide is also out Of the
question. for there We're no signs Of
violence anywhere. The ship, too. was
as tight as a barrel when found. and
with not a rope cut of place.
At first it was rumored that blood
had been found on the ships side,
and on the captains cutlass. But why
anyone who used a. cutlass should
hang it up again neatly on its nail was
not explained. And scientific evidence
proved the stains to he only rust.
Another strange ease was that Of
the Strathmore. a steamer which was
mourned as missing for months. She
and her of thirty-eight. with If
rial services were held for them. A
year later half Of them turned up.
They were found on a desert island
in the Straits Of Magellan. where they
had been cast up with nothing but q
few knives and forks and some para
soils. These %parasols. curious as 1t
may seem, came in very handy. The
ironwork was used as needles for sew
ing skins n clothes.
But when old salts talk Of the
strathmore case they shake their
heads gravely over the name. as tt ~
do over the fact that the people on
the Marie Celeste numbered thirteen.
A Strathmore is regarded as doomed
from the day she Aeavs the shipbuild-
ing yard. There have been at least
six steamers of that name. and every
one has had a career of repeated dis
aster ending in shipwreck.
Another "unlucky' ship was the
Daphne, which on the day she was
launched at Glasgow turned turtle and
drowned 124 people. After several
more disasters she was sold under
another name. Still bad luck pursued
her. and finally she was posted miss
ing in the eastern Mediterranean. 1t
is on record that several steamers
positively refused to go and look for
her.