The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-05-16
SHIPS UNIQUE TRIP.
Voyage, Just Completed, viii Sell
dom Be Duplicated.
With the Opening of Panama Canal
There Will Be Little Necessity
for Long and Dangerous Trip
Around the Horn.

Philadelphia.-The three-masted full
rugged ship Aryan, the last wooden
ship of her type to be constructed in
this country, and one Of the few at
present under the American flag, has
arrived here from Fort Blakely,
Wash, after a thrilling voyage of 80
days, in which she rounded Cape Horn.
The vessels arrival recalled the glori-
Gus 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 100000 feet OF
Oregon pine, the first to be received
here in Is years. The timber, some or
it 80 feet in length and nearly two
feet square, was packed solidly aboard
the ship. Nearly 10000 feet of it was
stacked on the deck.
Capt. James McLachin, the captain,
said the voyage was uneventful, but
Two winters and three summers were
met on the voyage, with four 'hurri-
canes thrown in for good measure.
Lightning played it's pranks on one oc-
casion. A mirage was seen, st. E!mo's
fire Illuminated the ship, and at times
she sailed through the lurid glare of
seas lit with phosphorescence. 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 Octo-
Der 20. 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 were &c days out.
1t came in the form Of mirage of a
beautiful tropical island. Everything
on it was plainly visible. Despite the
GOODNESS 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 hurricane. The wind from
the northwest was blowing rs miles an
hour Rain came down in sheets and
the crash Of thunder sounded like a
battery of heavy artillery in action.
Lightning flashed from the skies at
frequent intervals. One bolt struck
the main skysail yard and leaped in
bounds from 1t to the upper foresatl,
to the lower foresail and then to the
crossjack yard, which 1t snapped 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 smoking was broken off at the
stem by the lightning. Roses wood
en- leg was shattered and the tray of
food was tossed into the sea. A pine
log about IS feet In length and about
10 inches square was split in half as
though by a saw.
The last hurricane of the voyage, on
January 80, tore away every sail. The
vessel sprung leak just above the
water line.
The Aryan was constructed 20 years
ago at Phippsburg, Me. She will prob
ably 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.