The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-03-01


In a single day, which exceeded by ~
miles the best days run made by u
steamship up to that time.
In 26 consecutive days, on this vow
age, the Flying Cloud sailed 5,91o
miles. an average of DOT miles q day, or
9la miles an hour. For -four days, when
she made her best speed, she averaged
314 miles a day, or 1919 knots an hour.
The ships exploit was celebrated IN
San Francisco with rejoicing. and the
news of 1t gave pleasure to every
American who heard of it.
The next year the ship Sovereign OF
the Seas-from the yard Of the same
builder, Donald Mckay Of East Bos-
ton-in the course of a voyage from
Honolulu to New York eycelled some
Of the daily ms of the Flying Cloud.
In four days in the South Pacific she
logged 1,47S miles. an average Of 37S
miles a day, or 15k miles an hour. In
IL days, between March 10 and 81, she
logged 1862 miles, a daily average of
$50 miles, and an hourly average of
13A miles. At times she sailed ut a
speed Of 10 miles an hour, which few
freight-carrying steamers today can at
tain. Her best days run was 424
miles, and showed an average speed of
II % miles an hour for "a hours.
The Sovereign of the Seas also had
the distinction Of having beaten Il
steamer on five continuous days of
sailing, while on the passage from
New York to Liverpool in 1853, and
also of making the unique run of
eve days from land to land, having
sighted Cape Race, Newfoundland. at
6 a. nj June "a and Cape Clear, Ire
land. ut 6 a. m. June 80.
Her best days u was 3A miles on
June %. In five days, June $3.50, the
ship outsailed the Cunard liner Can
ada, which was making the eastward
passage from Boston to Liverpool, a
total OF 1925 miles. The hest days run
Of the Canada was 3O6 miles.
Greatest Days Run.
The greatest days run ever made by
a vessel under sail was accomplished
by another ship Of Donald McKay's
build, the Lightning. on her maiden
voyage, from Boston to Liverpool, In
1854.
On the first day of March, when ap-
! preaching and rounding the north OF
Ireland, In q strong gale from the
south, the ship logged 1919 miles an
hour. Her lee rnil was under water
and her lib and f~ore-topsail, new,
strong sails, were blown In shreds
from their bolt ropes. Such an exhi-
bition of ~sail-carrying rarely has been
recorded as that on the Lightning that
day; and 1t was done prayerfully, for
her master, Captain Forbes, was q
strong c%hurchman.
At the end Of the "a hours the ships
log showed that she had made q days
, ihn with parallel, Of 436 sea miles, or
more than 500 land miles.
This entitled the Lightning to the
proud distinction Of being the fastest
ship that ever sailed the seas. There
was no steamship of her day that
could approach her record for a days
mileage by 100 miles, and % years
passed before a steamer was produced.
the Arizona, then rated as an ocean
greyhound, that equaled her maximum
speed per hour.
Best remembered today Of the Amer
lean clipper ships Is the Dread
nought. She was a packet ship, rum
ming on q regular schedule with pas
sengers between New York and Liver
pool. There Is a tradition that In 1859
she created a record of 8 days II hours
from Sandy Hook to Queenstown, but
the story has been decided to be myth
ical..