The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-04-10
THE LAST ROUND-THE-HORN.
A Voyage Which Will Have Few Dupli-
Gates in Future-The Passing of Type.

[From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
The three masted full rugged ship
Aryan, the last WOODEN ship of her type
TO be construed in this country, and one
of the few at present under the Ameri-
can flag, has arrived here from Port
Blakeiy, WASH, after a thrilling voyage
of $50 days, in which she rounded Cape
Horn. The vessels arrival recalled the
glorious days of the clipper ship, when
The fearless American skipper and his
crews made the Stars and Stripes su-
preme on the seven seas.
More than ordinary interest was at
tached to the vessels arrival, because OF
these features and because she carried a
cargo of 1000, 600 feet of Oregon pine,
the first to be received here in fifteen
years. The timber, some of 1t ninety
1eet in length and nearly two feet
square, was packed solialy aboard the
snip. Nearly 1870, 900 feet of it was
stacked on the deck
Captain James McLachen, the captain,
SAID the voyage Was uneventful, but the
log book told different story. Two
winters and three summers We're met on
the voyage, with four hurricanes thrown
in for good measure. Lightning played
its pranks on one occasion. A mirage
was seen, st. Elmo fire Illuminated the
ship, and at times she sailed throug h the
lurid glare of seas lit with phosphores-
cence. A young shark was captured and
his tail was attached to the bowsprit for
good luck.
The vessel began her long trip at eight
O'Clock on the morning of Oct. 10th.
About twelve hours later she struck a
gale, which tore off the outer bobstays.
On the next day the fore upper topsail
was carried away.
Nature sent the crew a Christmas
present when they We're siXty-six days
out 1t came in the form of a mirage of
beautiful tropical island. Everything on
it was plainly visible Despite the cool
ness of the weather at the time, some Of
the seamen say they even felt the warm
wind that must have been blowing over
the spot
The strangest part of the voyage was
experienced on New Years Day. The
vessel was roaring along on the edge of
q hurricane. The wind from the north
west was blowing seventytive miles an
hour. Rain came down in sheets and the
crash of thunder sounded like battery
of heavy artillery in action. Lightning
flashed from the skies at frequent inter-
walls. One bolt struck the main skysail
yard and leaped in bounds from it to the
upper foresail, to the lower foresail and
then to the crossjack yard. which it snap
ped off.
Second mate William Swater was
standing beneath the mainmast. Near
by stood Augustus Rose, and cabin boy
Fred Hart was passing with a tray of
food. The pipe which Swater was smok-
ing was broken off at the stem by the
lightning. Roses wooden leg was shat
tered and the tray of food was tossed in
to the sea. A pine log about eighty
five feet in length and about eighteen
inches square was split in half as though
by saw.
The last hurricane of the voyage, on
January 30th tore away every sail. The
vessel sprung aleak just above the
waterline.
The Aryan was constructed twenty
years ago at Phippsburg, Me. She will
probably be the last ship from this port
to make the voyage around the Horn. as
the opening of the Panama Canal will
sound the deathknell of such trips.