The Glenwood post., 1914-02-21

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aBsaice. noattAS - low y tAs waAsr .
- - almost lsvsl viii - waves. IL.
q course. Q very great aAAeee - nsvi-
satioa. especially In fe0gy weaahsr.
rhs majority ef dsrsatets are calling
sAips laden with tinhss. They Day
have bsea Aisnasted anl readereA ab-
solutely helpless in storms. partly de-
molished by Are. BY collision With an
iceberg, or by the mere force Of the
waves themselves. The crew, unable
to make their ship seaworthy. may
have abandoned 1t In the boats, or
have been rescued by some passing
forsaken ship. II laden with wood, re-
mains practically unsuitable and Is
driven hither and thither over the
ocean. at the mercy Of tie winds and
currents.
In course of time the swelling Of the
wood cargo may burst tie hull ssun-
der. but until this happens. or until
the vessel 10 driven ashses aad broken
iAto nAtchwooA against soOs iroasAo1
coast. 1t viii remain . terror - Dass-
iAg ships-
Nov and again . steamer nay b
rs.AsreA helpless owing = its M.
eAiosry becoming disableA By shortage
q coal. by Ars or By tho loss Of it,
rsdSes or propeller in heavy weather.
Its crew may decide 70 abandon it and
take to the boats. but u they neglect
to open the seacocks o. their Aepar-
tnrs their ship nay Aoat for many .
long day. The erratic novements Of
soo% Ssrelicts are aloost uncaaay.
Not % very Ioas ago . Norwegian sail.
Ing ship called the Grown left Nova
0ootia for . South An0stean port. 1t
vas ladsn with timber. 80 whils still
II ths North Atlantic ocean vas over.
taksa By . terrible storm. which ~
Dsstsd snA lsft 1t . hatAaeoA wreck.
Ths crew. realisins II vas useless 10
rs0aia on bsard. ahaSADosd II and
teok 70 The boats. Devee - BE haaFd
ee again, but thsir sAie. althosgh It
vanisAsd completely Soe - less tAAa
tAroe months. was sighte1 1t ths sad
Of this time On tAs eA0s q the 6arens-
% 50, . good 100 nilos away from
where disaster overlook 4. sooa ait.
tsrward 1t was sighted q BermsAa,
but then disapDearsA aGain. and nAy
still Be drifting about Tie ocean.
Another sailing ship was abanAooed
OF Cape May. The crew endeaversd
to destroy 1t by Are ON tAsir departure,
bat although It blazed fariovsly. TIE
Golden. wateriogsed cargo eventually
extinsuished the flames. A few weeks
later the hulk was Oh the English
coast and 1t was thought 1t would be
dashed to pieces on the shore. but,
altering its course. 1t proceeded to the
southwark along the French coast and
was next seen near the Asoroo. Hav.
ing got thus Tar. 1t proceeded 70 cross
tie Atlantic. anA after covering fslly
5000 miles In it, wandsrtnes, AAally
drtftsd ashore Dsar Panama.
Deroliets are sometimes oalv>A snd
bring IN Large sam II salvage 0ooey
. ~ crsws Il tAs ahips Who ~
tAs0 iAto Dert o. soS eoou6ea q
ADesteaa stsa0sf boanl fer LvaRpee,
WITH . cargo oe cotton m out e esel
- ~ DeetA esast Of lrolaaA. IN
- vne. rusainS high. siGnals of -
trsss were na1s y DassaAg stsoose,
Which Dasss1 . tew rops - H. hel,.
Sees 4eAi0. Bat ~ towing vlso soaoQol
an1 - crow vsss seooeAiaoay taksa
- beara tAs nsweonsr. vAilb ~ ~
ahse1 vessel Was left to arifH.
A Liverpool ting heard Of ths a3air;
and being doubtless aware Of the srsat
value Of the cotton cargo, determined
to md the derelict and to TOW It into
harbor. After . protracteA search II
came upon 1t and eventually took n
into Belfast, little worse for its buffet.
Ing. The enterprising tug netted no
less than E7.S60 for its share in the
proceedings. By an act of parliament,
passed in 1896, the master of any Brit.
ish ship sighting derelict is bound
to report the fact to the nearest
Lloyds agent, so that If the abandoned
ship is in the track of ships a man-of
war may be sent out to destroy OF
bring 1t into port.