Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-06-24
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REPORTED LOST
World Wide Search for Missing
Crew Of Schooner Deering Re-
veaIS Other Losses.
SEA MYSTERY DEEPENS
Whether Loss Of Vessels is Due TO-
Pirates, to Mines Carried by Ocean
Current or to Some Sea Monster
is Problem to be Solved.

WaS0lngLOn-lue mystery OF the sea
deepened and assumed more serious
proportions as worldwide search by
five government departments for the
missing crew of the Schooner Carroll
A. Deering and for the lost steel
freighter Hewitt revealed that nine,
other ships are in the missing column.
Whether their loss be due to some
mysterious raider of the seas, to mines
carried by ocean currents far from
their fields, to some gigantic monster
of the deep, or to cause not yet
imagined, the fact remains that all the
ships involved have disappeared in a.
manner inexplicable to the government,
officials investigating.
Missing ships are not uncommon en-
tries in marine registeries, but as point
ed out by Secretary Hoover, the evil
dence which first called attention to
the mystery is all opposed to any
theory of ordinary loss.
Check Shows New Losses.
Checking the lists of vessels which
since the first of the year have been
solemnly tolled out on the marine
grave yard" bell of the marine in
surers as missing without trace" the
bureau of navigation of the department
of commerce found eleven craft which
are believed to have fallen victim to
the unknown" fate.
Nearly all were in the waters ada
cent to Cape Hatteras when last heard
from, and as the only evidence in the
possession of government investigators.
centers around this spot, the fate of:
the other vessels is believed to have
been settled there. .
New Names on Missing List.
The list as now enlarged from two
vessels first mentioned by the bureau
of navigation includes these names:
! The Italian auxiliary bark "Merio-
nek'' bound from Genoa to Norfolk.
Russian bark "Albyn," Norfolk to
Gothenberg.
Spanish steamer "Yute," bound for
Dunk1rk, France.
Italian steamer Monte San Mi.
chele," New York to Gibraltar.
Brazilian steamer "Cabedello," Nor
folk to European ports.
Italian steamer "Esperanza De La
runga," Norfolk to Reggie.
Norwegian bark "Svartskog," New
port News to La Plata.
British tank steamer "OttaWa' Port
Lobas via Norfolk to Manchester
British tanker "Gymeric," Thamas
Haven to New Orleans.
Included in the list also are the
American steamer Hewitt" and the
American schooner Deering whose
mysterious fate was responsible for the
investigation begun. The plea of Miss
Luly Wormwell, 24-year-old daughter
of Captain w. B. Wormwell, skipper of
the Deering, to Senator Hale, of Maine,
and then to the five government de.
partments, started the official investi.
cation.
Suspicion Of Foul Play.
The State department made public
information in it's files concerning the
disappearance of the crew of the Deer
ing. The departments statement de-
clared there is every suspicion of foul
play having occurred"
Detailing the finding of the schooner
ashore on Diamond Shoals with all
sails set and the crew missing without
apparent cause for their departure
from the vessel, the department for the
first time give the exact text of the
message which later was picked up in
bottle near Cape Hatteras. The
handwriting has been verified as athat
of the first mate of the Deering The
message read:
"Deering captured by oil burning
boat something like chaser, taking off
everything Handwriting crew hiding all
over ship no chance to make escape
finder please notify headquarters Deer
ing.'