The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-06
CORN AND CLOVER CONVENTION PLAN 0F
AGR|CU[TU TURAL INSTRUCTION IS F0RCEFlN
WILL SEARCH FOR
LOST STEAMER
Rernittent May be Sailing
Wildly on Atlantic, Men
ace to Navigation.

newport News. Feb. 6.-The crsw OF
the Norwegian bark Remittent. found
on Azores On January 10. by the tank
steamer Rounania and later lost In
d d. gaze. may be safe on the steamer
Sflmrette. which sailed from Newpor,
Mews. ro January J. for Naples. The
enee - en- cutter Onongaga is preparing
mvstar, NJ pu. 20 sea IN an effort to solve the
mystery. na;. 1t is reported that the FIN.
reite. while passing Gibraltar on
January 19. signaled that she had
ABOARD the crew of the Remittan
despite this. the Onongdaga will 20 in
searcn OF the bark. which probably Is
still sailing wildly on the mid Atlantic
d Tsn menace &c t. navigation.
me STORY OF the Renlittent is one
OF the strangest sea mysteries ever re.
lated. The Roumanian sighted the
Hemittent in latitude 40 degrees IA
minutes and longitude % degrees "a
minutes. riding heavy swell without
nand to guide her before a freshen.
ing breeze. The big tank steame,
crows nest Immediately reported her
as ship out of control and Captain
Ciarldge set out in pursuit.
while the Roumanian was coming
up 70 ner the Remittent, with tilleI
banging to and fro, and blocks
aeruhonng on her decks. was run.
ning wild IN dashes and bounds. first
10 one point Of the compass and then
to another. The Roumanian lowered
boats to take line and captured the
bark after more than an hours Jockey.
ing, during which the Remittent sailed
IN swopps and dashes. now stopping
dead a-tremble in the eye Of the wind
and then bounding away to the crack.
ling OF what canvas was furled. The
pursuing small boat finally caught he1
coming around broadside on and
boarded her.
No Signs of Crew.
Her deck planks, once swabbed and
bore the marks Of many f.et, but
there was nothing to explain the 10.
cation Of her captain and crew. In
her cabin some odds and ends rolled
and cltnked in the corners with the
rolling of the ship; the lockfast place,
were undisturbed: her charts and pa.
pers were secure. In her breaker
there was a full supply of fresh cater
The Roumanian's borders bent a haw.
ser to their prize and took her in tow
A few hours later the pair ran into
gales which lost the tank her consort
but not until after tn i, valiant fight to
port here with the scars Of redrust
and salt Of rough experience to show
for her work.
Lost the Remittent.
The strand her salvage bowled Long
together in fairly favorably weather
for several days, and in the first blow,
which they met 100 miles off Cape
Henry Captain Claridge lost the Re-
mittent. At the end of the long
hawser the bark plunged along in the
gale. first rising up as IL she had been
stung and then lying down as If she
were about to Gle. and in one of her
flights she snapped the line and blew
away from her rescuer. Twice the
Rounmanian attempted to launch
boats to carry a new limo and each
time they were crushed against her
side by heavy seas. and their crews
narrowly escaped dro wning. Captain
Claridge finally gave 1t up and made
for port. leaving the Remitte. riding
out the gale No other ship has re-
ported her since.
The Remittent was commanded by
Captain Torgersen and she sailed from
Rio Grande de Sui on October 26 for
She WIS 351 ms a COM
small ship. and probably
carried in addition to her master a
crew Of five or six.