Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-28
IRISH STEAMSHIPS
The Third in Nearly Half a Century
Visits NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Irish Shippers
BY GEORGE NOX Mccain
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w There's nm irish slip in port.
It's only the third one that's come up the
river in thirty three years.
Her name is the Ramore Head and
she came in from Barrow-in- Furness,
England. with full cargo Of pig iron.
II seems ages ago since that other ia.
nous Irish steamship, the Bansore Head,
anchored in mid stream.
The latter ship was in her time one Of
tho leviathans of the Western Ocean In the
freight trade
-. She. alas! met her fate in the World
War.
She lies in the cradle Of the Mediterranean
somewhere between the Barbary States and
the southern Coast Of Europe.
All Of which facts conjure up memories
OF man whose name yet lives among the
few grizzled old salts who frequent at in.
tcrvals the waterside.
GEORGE +. SPROUIE. to the searchers
VI after maritime facts. Is, as have afore-
time remarked, "the shadow Of great rock
in weary land"
Perhaps, TO be more exnct In the vernacu-
lnr Of the seven seas. Mr. Snronle IL as
,thc blue shade Of palm tree on sleeping
islet.'
affecting this the second port IN the U. 8.
A.. that Is worth knowing.
And why shouldn't he?
For moro than forty years now he has Kept
weather eye on every event Of nny impor-
tance that hns happened on the coaat.
Hes the best informed authority on ships.
shipping and shlnmastcrs along 800 miles
Of shore line; If not on the Atlantic sea.
bonrd
Let me reproduce here what he save about
on" Of tho famous Irish shippers that were
once known and beloved among the deep
son sailormon.
" JAMES RUSSELL BRADY was the son
c Of distinguished surgeon IN the
north of Ireland. and man who was known
for his daring deeds along the entire Amer
ican "onst as well ns abroad" said Direc-
tor Sprrule
"At tho arc Of nineteen Brndy was matc
Of thNi famous Yankee clipper ship Donald
Mckay. "ud that fact alone. in years gone
ny, was : Il that wus necessary to cs'ab-
iish his ""rord ms n sailor.
'BradH's arrival in Philadelphia was the
signal for much iolIitcnt lion, and his rnrtes
@" board that shin lingcr in tho m"r2rv ~
'h"S" who wcr" privileged to attend thcm--
particularly in th"so dqys Of prohibitions
"Cant"in Brady was contemporan noors
with such men as John Kelly. of the Amer
icHn liner Hrtish King. and Lackey. Of the
british Crown, aftNrward author OF that
w"ll known hook cntitIcd 'Lackcy's Wrinkles
oN Prnctirnl Naviguton'
"AIi throc have gone aloft. Brady's end
.'"" MS career. WAS y stormy one. having
hH'n crowned by the torpPloing Of his ship
IN tho Mediterranean during the late war
"TT is said Of Brady that Re possessed
l. three qualifications seldom. If ever, CEN
tered in ShipmnStpr
III" was Hhly described ms thorough
g"n',"man. thorough sailor and a thor.
"HEh hr>'1oSs man, n type of seaman long
since extinct.
Once ho camo into Philadelphia with
SEQ Cas"S "t Irish WHISKY recorded on his
store list.
"When questioned by the customs
ao'hori'i"s, he stated it was all Cor per.
scnal usr.
'nurirv III" Russian-Iananose War he
>nrrcssf""} ran til" blockade. amassing con.
siderable money.
II: vas spent freely. and IN HIS declining
Years h" was forced hack to the sea.
AT ono tim" he was n large vessel owner.
and among til" ships h" built ore was named
tn" hn@hmI's after lis favor,tr brand Of
WHISKY.
"JlIE Ia'~ Of the Head Line pro among
L III" h.gho,' r,Hdr froighters in the
North Atlantic trade, and are manned
entirely by lrsh crows.
con their stuck & dispinycd tho coat W
arms Of lister the Rlo0dy Hand Of I'le.nr
hat is. hand with tho blood dropping
from i.
"N"nv or" 'ho s'ori"~ told o' rhia onco
iNmuNS Sklnnrr.
II" was an oN-aronnd man O wonderful
l,hvHque
"Onro 10 was sailing from Philadelphia
nnl required somc cichr or ten mon 10 fiji
o1' his crnw. Men woro scnrCo. md tho
~"'rt"G agent told him al he could gcr were
'r"u ~ American oirpnr shin vino had
".''.nioI Hud made nVch trouble cn the
Sord them on hoard,' said Ia" Irish
skipper, and I'll dr"ee them down before
V" e"' 70 the HreokWat"r 90 they'll not
hurt any ono.
when ono reads IN The papers those de- -
"' vessels rgttng into various ports with
~" thought cannot h" resisted that were
mnn Of BrHdr's type still at sen such
,'cr~-"nccs would hr rare.
As indicating his familiarity with Phil
r1Hlph'a. Brady oncc said tha' given his
h.ari"gS from ~" 'Kcc' then Iorcrnd ON
Hui'GtnGa 7nd thc~'nUt street, il" oud ind
rrs way without difficulty to any Tart Of tho
city.
".Nnd hnve no doubt he spoke the
truth, concluded Mr.. SrrouIo,
IIvIIEN ono reads Of the excava,'ons now
w going ur on the si'o Of anr.ri.' Garbage
thor" naturally arise visions u' desert
rcg0o0 wh"r" h''ai dceolatioN n Ipr7 and
whcro rbn splendid wreck Of a "ghfy civil
i2micn crops out In the way Of broken col
Umns and scattered stones.
Nothing Of the sort !
'h" site Of ancient Carthage Is = rose
GARDEN DOTTED with modern fash'onah,e
villas.
.}' l'as' T. WAS when ] was there Iast--
| visited Il twiCe--tCn years or 81 ago.
It is a suburb o, Tunis, one OF the most
wonderful cities Of North Afrira
m" wealthy natives and Europeans havc
made Carthage a fashionable sIhurb FOR
years.
Thrr" ar" brilliant flowers h'roaing In
gardens thai I!o ON the r"xt lo' To- what
resemble unfinished foundations of another
yilIa