The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-06-07

quickly settled The heavy cargo OF
manganese might have shifted her
cargo and hindered the vessel from
righting after a severe list.
Moreover, vessels, which return to
Atlantic ports about the time the
Cyclops was due, reported that un-
usually stormy weather had been en-
oountered in Southern waters.
The theory that the Cyclpos sud-
denly went down in a storm is about
the only theory that adequately
would explain her failure to wireless
in case of dander The fact that no
radio calls ever came from the ves-
sells is one phase that characterizes
the Disappearance of the ship as one
of the most mysterious in modern sea
annals.
Leaving the West India harbor on
March 4. the Cyclops was expected to
touch at an Atlantic port on March
IS. When attention was called to
the fact that she was a few days over
due no anxiety was felt because it
was known she had one engine out of
commission. However. when a week
passed and there was even no news
that she had been sighted,a feeling of
graf apprehension swept over the
Navy Department. Every effort was
made to find her, but on April IA the
department gave permission to pub
lish the facts, which long had been
Still Clings To Hope.
Secretary Daniels stills clings to
he hope that the mystery will be
feared, but there are not many in the |
department. who share his view. The |
all of blue water always has stirred |
md will stir the blood of men. But |
ust as much as in romance, the seven
cas- abound in tragedy.
The ocean has taken its annual
eavy toll of human life from the
ime of the modern ocean liner and
Dating steel fortress, back to the
avs of the ancient Phoenecians who !
raved the wild seas of the Med
.erranean in their frail craft and
licked their way even to far-off Eng
md to barter for cornwall tin.
The loss of merchant shipping ever
as been great-particularly in these
avs of the ruthless undersea rover
ut fortunately the United States
avy has carried Americas flag over
lie worlds waters for nearly a CEN
Try and half without particularly
we're losses, due to the elements.
From the records of the Navy De-
irtment there has been compiled {
lief list of naval vessels which sailed
I'd then went down in the oceans
aw without leaving a soul to tell the /
DRY.
The Saratoga, a ship of eighteen
ms, commanded by Capt John
Dung, was lost at sea with all on
'ard On March 1881.
A few years later, the General Il
ltes, also a ship of eighteen guns,
tilt in 1777, or 1873, was lost with y
t trace.
The Pickering, brig of fourteen =
ms, weighing 1877 tons and carrying I
crew of ninety men, sailed from l.
wcastle, Del, on August 20, 1900,
command of Lieut.. B. Hillar. II
Iund for the Gaudaloupe station,
e never was heard from that date, u
being believed that she fioundered II
an equinoxtial gale in September u
at same year "
The Insurgent, which had been cap 10
red from the French in 1879 by the VI
S. S. Constellation, sailed from
mptOn Roads on August s, 1900, -
a cruise in the West Indies. She ~
j. ,,,,o5 .. Lo 600 .o,,,, I'll
ID Is DelIeNtu " nave SOhe uON II
III her crew of $40 men in one of !"
, equinoxtial gales that caused the ~
,kering to go under. ~
The Wasp, with lao men under "
nmand of Commander Johnston ~
ikely, engaged and captured on -
)tember /, 1914, the British brig,
anta. A Swedish brig reported y,
wing spoken to her three weeks
er that date, but no futher news ="
,r was had about her. She is sup ="
ied to have fioundered in a gale. -
The Hamilton, one of Commodore 90
auncey's squadron on Lake On -
10. capsi2ed on the night of August "
1913, while trying to weather the y
emys squadron. "All hands" says So
official chronicle are supposed to
We been at quarters.
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