Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-06-22
MISSING CREW
Of SCHOONER IS
SOUGHT BY j. 6.
Vessel Was BeaChed Last
January on the North
Carolina Shore Without
a Living Soul Aboard.


Washington, June 21.-A world
wide search for the missing crew
Of the Schooner Carroll A. Deering,
Of Bath. Maine, which piled on the
North Carolina beach last January
with all sails set, but not a living
soul aboard, has been started by
the state department through
American consuls.
The mystery is being investigat-
ed by the department Of justice
and the department OF commerce,
as is also the unexplained disap-
pearance of the American steel
freighter Hewitt, out Of Sabine
Pass, Texas, for Boston. This
craft disappeared at about the
same time that the Deering came
ashore.
History OF Case.
The summary OF the history Of
the Deering case, as sent to con-
suls by the state department, dis
closes that when the Deering
passed the Cape Lookout light ship,
North Carolina, on January 20,
when bound from Rio de Janeiro
for Norfolk, man other than the
master reported that the vessel
had lost both anchors and asked
to be reported to it's owners.
Five days later the vessel was
found on the beach in what the
state department describes as "in
such condition that there is every
suspicion OF foul play having oc-
Cured"
The departments summary also
says that a short time after the
Deering passed the lightship, a
steamer, the name of which has not
been ascertained, passed the light
vessel and was asked to stop and
take message for forwarding but
no response was received to the
Numerous attempts on the part
Of the master of the lightship to at
tract the vessels attention"
Message Picked Up.
The departments summary then
says that on April II the follow
ing message was picked up in a
bottle near Cape Hatteras:
"Deering captured by oil burning
boat something like chaser, taking
off everything, Handwriting crew.
| Crew hiding all over the ship. No
chance to make escape. Finder
please notify owners Of Deering."
"The schooner carried a motor
life boat and dory," the state de-
partment's summary continued,
but neither of them has been
picked up and no wreckage from
them has been found. Most of the
provisions, clothing and supplies
of the vessel had been removed"
| SIcuths Are Baffled.
Government agents investigating
the Hewitt and Deering cases say
Ithey are baffled and that thus far
they have not found single clue
| that might lead to 4 solution of the
mysteries. Equally as battling,
they say, are the cases of the Brit
ish steamer Albyn and the Russian
bark Yute, which disappeared last
fall off the North Carolina coast.
! The Alhyn sailed from Norfolk
last October and never was heard
of again. The Yute, when off Cape
Hatteras sent a radio message for
aid, but when steamers reached
the position given in the message
an hour later no trace Of the YES
sci was found and 1t Is said she
has never been heard of since. Re-
ports to the government are that
tine weather was perfectly calm.
I One Guess AS Good As Another.
! Investigators here say that they
do not take seriously suggestions
of bolshevik raiders or deep sea
ljrates, but they add that one
guess is as good as another.
They are inclined to the opinion
that the two cases will go down In
! history with other unsolved mys-
teries of the sea, the greatest OF
which on record, they declare, Is
that of the American bark Marie
Celeste, which was found off the
Azores three months after she
loft Europe in 1872, with all sails
set, undamaged, in calm weather,
but the crew missing.
Table Set For Dinner.
A boarding party from the ship
which sighted the bark found the
table set for dinner with hot cof-
fee in the, pot and everything
aboard the ship in the same condi-
tion it would have been had the
crew left only few minutes be-
fore. On a sewing machine was a
waist which the captains wife had
lbeen making. while toys used by
the captains son were on the floor,
In the forecastle was a table with
playing cards distributed around as
Though members of the crew had
leisurely left game OF cards.
Besides the captain, his wife AMI
son, there were ten men in the
ships crew. The vessel was taken
to port and again put in service,
but about six years later she dis
lanDeared comnleteIv with her crew