The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-06-22

AA1SA&N4&&I95Ns Juno ~As~~sA A@tA@~
vide search Tor the missing crew Of
the schooner Carroll A. Deering. Of
Bath. Ne. which piled on the North
Carolina beach last January with eli
saiIs set but not a living soul aboard.
has been started by the state depart
merit through American c0neulz.
the mystery il being investigated
By the department Of justice and The
department Of commerce as Il also ths
unexplained disappearance - the.
American steel freighter Hewitt out
or Sabine Pass. Texas. for Bosthn
Thls craft disappeared about the sam
time that the Deering came ashore
The summary ~ the history OF the
DeerIag case a. sent % conauis BY the
state department discloses that when
the Daering passed Cape Lookout
Taghtshlp. y. g.. On Jan. 20, while
bound from Rio ae 1aneiro for Nor
folk. q man other than the master re-
ported that the vessei had lost both
anchors and asked 20 be reported -
It's owners.
Two days later the vessel was foun3
on the beach in which state depart
ment described IN such condition that
there Il every suspicion 81 foul play
having occurred.
The department summary also
says that a short time after the Deer
Ing passed the lightshin a steamer. the
name OF which was not ascertained. I
passed the light vessel and was asked
10 stop and take q message for fore +!
waraiuR but no response was received
10 the numerous attempts on ne part
Of the master Of the llghtship 20 at /
tract the vessels attention.
The departments summary then
says that on April II the following
message was picked up in a bottle (.
near Cape Hatteras:
fDeerinS captured BY OH burning I
boat something ike chaser. taking OF
everything. Handwriting crew. Crew
hiding All over ship, no chance 90
make escape Finder please notify
headquarters 81 Deering."
'rhe schooner carried a motor Ilfe-
boat and 8 dory." the state depart
menfs summary continues. but ncith- /
er OF them has been picked up. ana
no wreekage from them has been
found. Most Of tho provisions. cloth
ing and supplies Of the vessel had
been removed.
Government agencies investigating
the Hewitt and DeerinE cases say
they are baggieA and that thus Ear
they have not found a single clue that
might lead to a solution OF the mys.c-
ries. Equally as battling. they say.
are the eases Of the British steamer
Alhya and the Russian bark Yute
which disappeared last fan eff the
North Carolina coast.
The Allyn sailed from Norfolk last
October and never was heard from
again while the Yute. when OFF Capt
Hatteras sent a radio message asking
for ala but when steamers reached tho
position given IN the message an hour
later. no trace OF the vessel was
found. and. Il was said. she has never
been heard from since Reports 90
the government are that the weather
was perfectly calm.
After the Hewitt disappeared and
The Deering came ashore without
crew. 8 British insurance company
suggested that the two vessels prob /
ably had coilI8ed and the Daering's /
crew went down with the Hewitt An
investigation 81 the coast guard o. |
flcers. however. convinced them thar !
the Deerlng WAS not damaged susfl- I
eientiv 60 warrant q conclusion that
she had been in a collision with any
other craft
investigators here say that they 90
not take seriously suggestions 81 boil /
shevlk raiders Or deep sea pirates. bat
they add that enc guess il as good as /
another. They arc inclined 20 the /
opinion that the two eases viii ~ /
down "a history with other unsolvca
mysteries of the sea- the greatest az
which On record. they declare. is that
81 the American bark Marie Celeste. |
which Was found off the Azores three
months after she left Europe n 1879
with al sails set. undamaEcd in calm /
weather. but With the crew missing.
A boarding party from the ship
hitch aiEhted the bark found the Ia
bic set Tor dinner with hot coffee In
the pot and everything aboaraship IN
the same condition Il would have been !
bad TIE crew left only q few minutes
before. ON sewing machine was q
waist which the captains wife had
been making, while toys used by tie
captains son were on the floor. In
the fareeastie vas q table with playing
cards distributed around as though
members ur the crew bad leisurely lcf.
game 81 cards.
Besides the captain. his wife ana
agn. there were 10 men IN the ships /
crew. Tho vessel was towed d port
and again pat IN service but about slx
years later she disappeared completely
with her crew ana no word has ever
come from her