The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-06-24
ZEN VESSELS in ALL
VANISH ON PACIFIC
The Schooner Harvester Is the Latest
Vessel Posted Missing at Sea

AvAAoCAAAS "a wv
The clipper snip Florence. which
left the King st coal bunkers. Seat.
tie harbor. for Hawaii in 1901 or
two In the galley and five aft all
Seattle men. She stood out TO sea
In fine fettle and was never again
heard OF.
The coast steamer waria walla
left Seattle in 1908 or 1904 for San
Francisco with a fun crew and pas
sengcrs. She rounded the cape and
that was tho last seen OF her She
was lost with all hands. II was be-
lieved she ran against a French bark
and both ships went down. but this
could not be proved.
CENTENNIAL VANISHES
IN NID-PACIF1C
One of the deepest mysteries OF the
Pacific Is that OF the clipper ship
Centennial. which left Seattle for the
Orient in 1909 or 1908. Ship. crew.
passengers and cargo vanished in
nid-occan-
Ten years later, IN 1913. she ship.
sails set. was found frozen In an ice
berg off the coast OF Siberia The
government Investigated. but the
mystery of what happened was new
er cleared.
The collier Czarfns. a small steam
r, left Seattle for San Francisco in
1908 or 1904, rounded the Capc and
disappeared with all hands
BRITISH SLOOP
AND 2sa LOST
The British sloop-ofwcr Condor. in
January. 1900. left Royal Roads. u.
c. for Honolulu. In company with
the British battleship War Spy. The
War Spy. ordered to Europe. pro
ceedesi down the coast The Condor
babe tho battleship goodbye and
headed west. That was the last heard
OF her or her crew of 2s4 men. A
small dingy from the Condor was
picked up floating a, sea, long after
ward. and les now preserved In the
navy yard at Esquimault
4 nc Atltfic<ia bSIooh1 W hiAnh
A. Godfrey. Capt Johnson and a
Seattle crew. left this harbor for
South America She discharged her
cargo at South American ports and
started on her home voyage Moth
ing was ever heard OF her or Of q
man aboard her tho ships on the
run watched for wreckage for years.
TANKER GEORGE LOOMS
ONE OF MYSTERIES
The oil tanker George LOOMS in
1917 left San Francisco for Coos bay.
Oregon, with a crew OF IS men The
steamer Rainier. following her up
the coast. found oil floating on the
water south OF Coos Bay that was
from the Loomis-
In the fall Of 1910 css Schooner
Susie A. Plummer left Puget Sound
for San Pedro with lumber and a
crew OF rs or rs men. The drifting
Plummer was sighted a few hundred
miles south OF Cape Flattery. There
was no trace OF the crev.
SAYS FATE OF SOME
WON'T BE SOLVED.
There is usually some logical ex.
PLANTATION for these disappearance"
Explained James A. Moore. for years
seamon and member OF the san.
ors' Union Of the Pacific, to The Star
today.
But Some missing snip mysteries
VIII never be solved. This mystery
ship. the Carroll A. Decrfng. that
they found with sails an set and the
crew gone. on Cape Hattcras. for in.
stance. THAT'S real mystery"
WHY SOME SHIPS
ARE DESERTED
And nobody win ever solve the
mystery OF the ship found not long
ago floating In the Mediterranean,
crewfess The crew of passing
vessel thought she was acting queer.
ly and boarded her. They found not
a man aboard. but there was a mea
on the tables and the coffee was still
steaming. The crew was never
found.
Not infrequ-ntfy a crewiess ship
Is picked up in good condition. IL
happens this way: During a storm,
the captain, seeing his vessel driv.
inS for the rocks TO certain disaster,
orders his crew into the boats. Then,
suddenly, tho wind shifts. and the
ship. instead of going on the rocks,
IL driven out to sea. The crew, un-
able to get back aboard her. are
driven out to sea and lost Days
afterward the ship will be sighted.
riding the sea In good condition, and
towed to port. The disappearance OF
her crew becomes a mystery to all
but seafaring men.
I'm winter when a ship In ahan.
doned there In little chance for the
|. crew unless they are picked up in
two or three hours. The spray. fall.
ing, freezes on the small boats. They
become iced The ice becomes
thicker and the small boat loses
more and more freeboard: that is.
she sinks lower and lower until she
and the men In her disappear"
Find Faint Clue