The Arvada enterprise., 1922-02-23


Her odicers say shs u lucky to be anoat.
The West wiad steamed 1000 miles with her
6unkers anfe, the record shows drove within three
cable lengths ot The rocks after alnlght strus-
gte. whoa hee anchors dragged tn typhoon on
Newcastle, N. 8. w, clawed out Of Brisbane har-
Dor half IN hour shsad Of quarantine proclama-
tion for bubonlc plague and had to shift cargo In
aidPacinc to tinker her tail shaft All this. to
say naught Of being laid up two weeks for boiler
repairs at Panama.
An entry II the log dated August records that
the ship was Joined that day at Pulpit Point, sgd
ney. by one Sinbad. An elaboration Of this entry
reveals that 0iahad 10 Q tahby tom cat. formerly
sAlps mascot and supsrcargo Of the sb0otoa
freishter. Csnasteta. also dying the U. 3. I A.
Asuse DAG. which aysteriously vanished with all
hands between Sydney and We,ilngtoa the last
week In Juae.
The advsat ot this feline marine adventurer out
At q vast rcd mysterious void enshr0udng the
fate of 80 asa aad oahcen who constituted the
Cansstota's conpssnent. appeared to have been
considered an event Of rare Significance The crew
cay he's the luckiest cat ad0at. Hundreds Of good
aexmen are ashore In worlds ports because Of
hard times Ia the ocean carrying trade. but Sin.
bad, rover Of the 8eveu Seas. can sign on any
minute anywhere. All he's got to do ID walk
aboard.
Both the Canaststa and West Wind p.isd b.
tween New zsalanA aud New South Wales ports
carrying bensius for the Vacuum OIL company q
New Jersey Ths Canaseota had oOO0O cases
aboard when ~ lsft Sydney bound for Welline.
ton to take o. nsee csrse This vessal was spok.
- Of up ssd down the Australian and New Zea.
land coasts - 'the bsmb ship" Her commander
Captain A. W. Locke. . capable ofacer. was we'll
known In New Yefk. Montreal. Havre aad up the
Mercy. He ran tAe submarine blockade between
Montreal and French ports through the war;
The West Wind. probably In recognition Of has.
ards nseparable from the bensIne carrying trade
IL referred to alonxshOre In Sydney Newcastle
Wellington and Auckland ~ "the CONN box" Her
commander Captain Abbott. halls from New York
His home In At 0D0 simpson street. the Bronx
Amoag ofiicerx and Of the West Wind few
are without mcInentos such US burns and bruises
Of . terrific hurricane that kept the vessel steam.
Ing full sI'ecd ahead into her anchor chains during
q thrty-hOur fight to prevent plng up on the
"Nobbies" OF Stockton Blight. Newcastle. July "a
During that storm everything loose on deck went
oscrsidc. When day dawned the West Wind was
close enough to have tossed IL biscuit ashore with
only three fHthoms Of water under her keel The
typhoon had blown Itself out.
Since the CunustOtn slgnaled "All clear" on Svd.
ney hnrbor that June afternoon, no truce of her
has been found Whnt happened t. the vessel win
probably never he known. Australian sen LAWYERS
hold that benxine from puncturcd containers leaked
Into her bilge mixed with the water there form.
ing an explosive gus aud blew her sky high when
a lantern wnx carried into the hold by an oIler nj
worl on shaft bearlng II In sufficiently reason.
ablc hypothesis. hut TINT is all. Whatever hnr.
pencd must have taken the ships company un.
Swarcs because. although equipped with modern
wireless outfits, the CanastOtn sent no cnlIs for
aid. All nny one really knows IL that she van.
ishcd--spnrlos vcrxcnkt
E Far out at sca the West Wind picked up wire.
srss alarms cent out by Daigettys. Australian ship.
ping agents. and by Captain Williams director of
navigation at Sydney. Half dozen times a duy
the radio chattered: REPORT Csnaxtotn," vary.
Ing this Inter to "Report Canastota wreckuge" The
West Wind laid on her course and swung wide
vRlny seeking the missing vessel. Her disappear.
snce constitutes another deep mystery inscrut.
able as that surrounding the fate OF the United
States naval supply ship Cyclops. The West Wind
headed for Newcastle
It was three days later that Sinbad. the Canas-
toa's mascot. bounded up the gansplank at Pulpit
Point. william HodgSon. able seaman Of the West
Wind. spotted the old cat. having served ship
mates with hin aboard the Canastota. when shs
was knUwn % THE Falls Of Orkney" and sailed
Pvt Of . Bsitish port. Hodgson Instantly rrcus.
hlsed Binbsd's clader SCARED body The cats I'd.
vent was fo,lowe1 By serious discuxsons above and
oelow deckA
Why had SisbeA quit the Canastosaf ptain