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than that of the missing ship.- She leaves port: ject was avoided or was discussedpin nionotones lun
_ der the breath on the ua d tl ' 'l
some sunny morning well found and handled q YE ”~“ le 9*( '“U!¥@~`l~ AD
' ' idle story “out the rounds that the 1’re.~4idcnt had been
and is seen no more. She perishes in _the seen steering for Fayal under canvas, logging only
dark and, V _J,‘._ _ three knots-a myth that died a-borning. 'l‘he°next
dill the newspapers contained full lists ofthe passen-
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No black plume as a token _ '
of her passhig. She dies an unknown death; she is
hurled without funeral expenses. and she has the
grandest sepulehre in the world, _unfathomable and ni-
corruptlblo., But the manner of her end is the secret
ot the sea.. A » , -_
"Posted at Lloyds as missing." Probably no other
phrase has carried with it the weight of woe conveyed
in these few words, for every hope has been abun-
doncd then. The great marine underwriting house
of Lloyds has paid the insurance on the ship and she
has been rubbed oft’ their books forever. Some idea
of the meaning of tl1e phrase came with thc recent
adventures of the Nouru.\:thul, the yacht of Colonel
John J. Astor, but happily after a'lon;; suspense the
word, was not set down, and the Nourinuhal escaped
‘the fate of those recorded "'inissing."
Hundreds of persons tilled with ambitions, great and
small, and strong in the vigor and possibilities oi’ llrc,
gm away in the vessel and shout their words of farc-
well and endenrmcnt to the crowds ashore. The
weather is fine and thi- world has put ou its best attire.
How handsome sheloolis. the big ship. as she backs
oul. into 'the stream, turning: slowly with a conscious-
ness ot’ splendid power within her. as she heads for
the vast solltndcs that lic bcfore tier!
No thought of disaster entcrs thc mind as she dc-
parts,.thongh thc tcudcrhcnrted shed a i'ew tears as
the great hull glides suioothl_\‘ oti’. it is n liollllay
crowd, just entering upon thc lirst step ot’ its l§u.x‘o-
pean excunslon. and the air is tllled with laughter and
fluttering h:\ndlterchiet's, and voices call across tho
ever widening lane ol’ water that wpiiratcs the sllip
from the whairf. Swil’tl_v she tzailiers way as she tgocs.
and now she is across the bar and feels the drst brcath-
ing lift of the sc:i~the rlsc and fall ot' thc niighty
breast on which sbc rests. Thcn she fades into a
glilnuier on thc sca lille before she blends with the
mists oi' the horl'1.ou.
A fortnight passes without news ot' hor. Another
week and friends grow anxious. They gntiier in the
n;<ent‘s f},i1tce for ucws. ’l‘iicrc is a portcntous absence
of it. ii en think, but do not talk. Rumors, perhaps,
give encouragement. as somc clcw is followcd, llt’tin;7
believers up on the~iiini:il:|y:i of hopc, only to cus
them into the chains of <ic~'p:\lr next day, when tht
phantom dissolves and lcaircs them stranded will
their broken trust.
Then begins the gambling on ti‘c ship. and we her
that lifty per ccnt rciusurnucc is ot`i”crcd. Swiftly the
sum lnt:\'e:iscs till .ninety-tlvc per cent is reached.
Tlicrc is a long pause, to give thc ship her last tightini:
clntnce, \vhile crmvds iill the ,\'tcanisliip otiiccs. Thou
the axe falls and thr: dreaded builctiu is read, "'.L‘he
Quer-n` oi' the Seas bas/ been posted at Lloyds as'
missing."
What has' happened to her? ice, tire, collision.
storm? Almost anything is possible, but ut' one thing
there can be no doubt--the Sea has shouted his com-
nnlnd. and none may disolicy. l»`:1r away in the dull,
waste spaces, under al \viulr_v sky. the North Atlautict
has called with ringing voice and claimed anotherl
brldc. That is ull, for no one comes ashore and wa
will never know how lung she stru|.<;:lcd in the clasp-
ing arms. For the gray. :niclont Sea lies dumb and
brlms' with niyslcry und, brondllnx tlioutglits ns he
draws the dark cowl ot’ night across his face, and e\'cn~
the rising sun can wring no secret from him.
And so we ponder on the tate of this great vessel,
forever hidden i‘rornvus, snilttcn hy the sca. Shc went:
away; we watched hor vanish ou the distant skyline;
we waited and we wept. But thc sea is [tiled with
riddles, and one more or less will bc ol’ little moment
to him. for he alone can solve thcni. Pcrhaps ’twus
tire and ice-arch enemies till harne.-sed hy the sea~<
that bid upon her; pcrh:ips sonic lonely derelict op-
posed hcr in tho night, and both wont. locked, to death.
For ourselves, we only know that the august ship is
.fone with all her peoplo.
i O 0 O C U O
Since ocean steam shipping bc-can few vessels in the
North Atlantic trade created in the human breast more
lingering hope than the iainous old i’rc>aldcnt ere she
was wrltten oil' the he ills at l.|o_vds. She was a gen-
eral favorite with thc iruvcllinpr public, niuny innlous
men and women electing to travel in her rather than
in any other ship between Sandy lluoli and tho Ohan-
nel. Tyrone Power, the sllstiiigtilshotl actor, always
chose her as the vehicle ot’ his p<rregrIuation>|. und the
only sentence or word or ch-w oi' any sort that cainc
from the fated Presitlcut' was wrlttcn by his hand.
For Tyrone Power was ainoiig hcr passengers when
she left New York tor Liverpool lu .\i:n'ch. 1841, and
toward the end ot' .\ia_v, or vtwo months latcr, when :ill
hope had been surrendered, u bottle was picked up at
Sea containing a frairlncnt. oi’ papcr on which was rc-
corded the simple fact that the l’re>‘ident was sink-
ing, the signature at the botlvni being that of the cele-
brated player Tyrone l’.nver.
YVhen disaster overtaken vessels in the Atlantic it in
llcnernliy the casc that they :irc iveslwurd bound at
the time bc~cau.~u~ the ivestrniy sales are the wildest
and the most ditllcult to wcrulicr out, But the Prest-
dent faded out ot' lnunan sight bound to thc eastward.
There were 120 pcrsoiis on lmartl all -told when Nile
passed out by Sandy iiook that afternoon, and she
was due in Liverpool tn twclvn- or fourlcen days. ac-
cording to the weutlicr. .\nd a nooll dt-ul still “lic-
pends on the weather" ln the western nccuu in spite
of 40.000 tons dlsplaccni-:nt and 70,000 horse power.
and twenty knots nftcn clwlndli-\to ten when the surly
old fellow gets his back up, ‘
A fortnight passed without ‘any tidiu;;s from the
President. No one \vo|nh-retl,,thou;.:h, for it had bccn
I territic winter in the North Atlantic and coinun-rue
had been held up hy thc elements almost for months.
Aa the spring approuclicd, ton. izrcnt quantities of ice
had been reported ln the irndr- routes. and it was
thought that the l’rcsltlcnl. was (ivda_vf.-tl hccnusc ot lt.
As the days passed. tln>u;zh, without. news u~I~2r:\u1s
Rnd items in the press cautiously and hrleily called ll!-
Kentlon to the fact that thc big steamer--for she was
\ sort of greyhound lu those tar od' days-wus DOW
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_ ,_ ____ #mu iIsu\!i'i~abouq,another-crack stesmsblp, the
V! EC N ,Q 5; _ ~ Bri ia, which had then been'at sea an unusually
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. _'_ _ ~ - royal mall steamer ever had been before and some
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of comfort was afforded b th th ht th t both -l
_ . the ,_   i had been detained by lhe esan;7:giieavyaweathgreE?iLnd
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Mfnd Tragedies Of,  I* Sea in _` indeed n comforting thought tliataocongcilryt is sponding
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f  d _ _ e w, s ng seas un snowy gales
_ave ra -_W ar on H ____0D _-‘\{Ji‘il?__the_2rpgeus, which had left America two
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had encountered a gale of unusual ferocity even for,
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hen anfshed from  Face the season and locality. This gale ot' wind kindled
gopitin the breasts of many, and for some time little
f ou was entertained that the President-‘valiant
0    A4 an old ship-was making a heroic tight of it out then
‘mder 3 Shl'1l‘klD|_¢ sky and was steering for the
_ Ohaunel with disabled engine . Then the Britannia
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VENSONO - wharf to welcome her, for apprehension had mounted
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wore nuidc rclaiire to the br>at’s construction. and
tlmrc were those who could recall unluy t`uuiL>‘ and
lesions lu hcr hull, fancied or rc:\l. l~`|'ieuds were
wurncd to hope no longer, out to multc their minds up
to the .melancholy belief that in thc two days' storm
reported by thc Urphcus the l’|‘c:\ldcut had flnnidcrcd
ncnr the 1u»\'ll`.~a iilow liolc. in 45 North, -i.'» West.
lint ou April iii a lettcr rcnchcll London which pro-
fluccd nn electrical ci‘l`ect. lt was iultirosscd to the
family of one of the passengers. stating that thc Presl-
dent had sustulucd serious damage to hcr stcl-rim:
gear and engines and had been sightcd wvcr tnwurti
Itiudclra. The news was hailed with denionstratlve
joy, which the following day turned into :1 public
dc|non.~'trution when the irish packets rcpnrlcd :\
large black stcaincl' walling outside for high wntcr.
l\lcs.~'enp:er~i darted about, crowds tlockcfl to th-\ ri\'or»
slllc and the ting of thc lonsignce \v:|s lloisted to uc-
clailn thc l’rc.~ildcnt's arrival.
l°`rlcinls and families wcrr- cc|'t:\iu new that this
uiust lic their ship that had conic in from the beating
storlns. E:\'clt¢-incnt rose nhovc restraint and Livcr-
pool wcut :lhnost nnld with joy. .\iutuai cou;rrrtlu|a-
tions tillml thc air and every one hung on tii~ smoke
and hazc that brnodi-cl ovcr thc rivcr and tlu- oil'ln|_'.
and when it finally lhiuucd away and pcoplc .-uw th-it
thc hull l»c_von1i wats lint thc l'l‘cs|\lcnt`s thc public
irrlci' was dccpcr than their previous joy. 'l`lic s:\nu~
clay It was dlscovcrcfl that thc icllcr nu~nti~»niug
Mndcirrl was nnthlm.: but it i\urlin\'ous :ind brntfil hrrlx.
Drowning men will grasp at straws. tlloliilli, and _vct
oncc :|;::\in public hope slll';:ctl high when on April iii
n Loudon incrclmnt |°cct\i\'crl a lcttcr hi-airing thc Bris-
tol pu.~iti|u\rk usscrtiuir that a vcsscl had ltrrl\'cd at
,Waterford reuortluiz that she had left the President
repairing at Bermuda. This lt4fcr was :uidr<~~\scd to
thc brotlier-lu-law oi’ Captain Roberts, the l‘residcut's
coniinandcr, and the city was greatly agitated. Mon
inet each other with the happy greeting, “\Vcll. have
_von in-ard that the old i’rcsldo.-nt is safe aftcr ull? ln
iicrinuda, you know. Another mistake? No, not this
tllnc." And it was several days before the people
lcarucd that once more they had been cheated with
the malice of the devil. ` » -
As late ns the middle ot May there were still those
to be found \vho believed in the 1’resident`s sai`¢~‘._v, and
a lent’ from the logbook of a Portuguese vessel was
puhllshcri, stathu: that she had passed a large dis-
abled vessel. Then cuuic the tinal nuuouncclncut of
thc bottle uiessage from Tyrone Power, whicli in itself
possibly muy have been u merry jest, and nflcr that
came nothin'g. No further tidings from the North .-\t-
lantic, which had _clapped its tigcr's paw upon the
stcanisiiip and swallowed- her nt a single gulp.
'fhlrteen years lutcr the City of Glasgow, ` screw
stenuisliip. lcft liic dense-_v for l’hlludclphla on March
1. the year being 1854. She also was n large vessel,
and every berth was tiilcd. '1`||cre were ou board lil
iirst class pnsseu;;crs_ 293 in the sleeragc and 'id tn the
crcw, footing up a grand total 480 pcr.~lons. nr exact.
ly quadruple the number ot’ those who lr't New York
in thc l’rf-stdout. Shc was not so wcll known n vessel.
but that is soincthlniz that the grim old follow that sits
gray mul pondering out tin-re on the horizon does not
consider, for
The slialnbllng Sen is a scxion old,
And wcll his work is done, -
#Nth an equal grave for .ord and _‘Ave
He burlesthem every one,
Hut she was a tine, (,`l_vcle-hi. /t vessel, thc <‘lt_v' oi'
tilasgow, and bcr cotimnnniing .intncs .\loi'rlsou, was
un cxpericnced and able seauulu, wcll versed ln the
lcniperiuncutul vagaries of ttc Atlantic: and -you have
to try to overcome thcm as best you may b_v faiiiillar-
izlng yoursclt with his bud hunters. At nn‘_v :atc it
was |.:eu\-rally thought; that no bi-tier .~lilp|ui\sicr
ever conxd his vessel .cross the wcstcrn .u-can ln
those da than L.‘upi`uin Morrison, and uudoubtclily
every precaution as to the proximity of ice and dere-
licts was taken by this prudent man. though the oldest
of all sailor phrases tells us that "any old thing can
happen at any time at sea."
_ So no anxiety was shown over the (‘il_v of Glnrcoiv
when it few llltys more than the usual limit hnfi passed
by and she was not reported. Somc years, though, the
ice breaks up very early in Bniiiu Bay ald thc glsnr.
bf-rgs float down the current and stop many a tight
ship ln their path. Many
An errant princess of the North,
A virgin, snowy white,
Sails adowu the sununer seas
'1‘o realms ot’ burning light.
But suilorulcu do --ot regard these gleaming wan-
derers as roslly as poets do, and \vhcn the City of Han#
chester reached Liverpool, having left' Philadelphia
about the same time that the City of ()lasgo\v li-ft the
iuttcr port-_ and reported that the ice th-ids oh' New-
founrlhuid were hreaklnir up. iucn shook their iimids
and made nocomment. That the :cak»up ot the tie-his
was a good thing ln itself was true, but it was equally
true that it meant thc stri-wing oi' the oc:-au with
ienvv 1. -- which vessels. however powerful. lu thu-Je
- (nys mizht meet in inorm, -trifc.
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l. mu. (mul m»ut'|»|'l imlvmll '|`hc captain of the
\\'i-stt.~.<»rl land. \-,hich hail ini-i-i-ded the Glasgow by
l»ul_v an i'\~\v liars, lucutilincri that he lay imbedded il
ilu- ti~|c\- lm' I ve days and nights, and testltled that
this c\il';|m‘lli| :try irc iiiiiswa <~.\t\-utlcd in one direction
for Ill'r‘| niili-~_ < luio~t compact and sown with bergs of
euo\'m~u»= si/.c rising from two to three hundred foe!
abo\e thc sch.
\‘\'bel!u,-l the (lity ot’ Glasgow llicd by the frigid
haull ol' one or the-se occun ramblers lies in mystery
as u\ist_\' as those chilly sous thl'ou;:lx wliich she sought
to force hcl' way. \\'as she nippcd bei\\'c\-n [wo-bc|'lta
that ci':iclictl'lu-i' like a nut? llld she blindly charge
slnne lc) lm-ti'~-ss in the 4la|‘k? Alai did hcr people die
oi' slow .sliirvatlou camped on the windy ice plains
with the to); blinks for :\ lilnulicl.'.'
lu the early part of the last titties tin-re was no
more popular ~'ll~ailu.\'lil|» liuc nut ot` New York to Liv-
erpool llliau llc- <’|»ilins. The \'\~.~',~'cls of this greet
c»»|npnu_v will- ilu- .~.|c~-»-ssllll ri\.\l.~ for a long While
oi’ tln~ t`uii.ll\l ships, anti, li_\'iu; ilu- Alucrlcun dug and
mulnln|ni1~-,: a high .~tnn:i:|i|l ot etlicicncy in every
ilctall, thu-_v 1-l>|nl.ie¢i und in-lil thc cron uf tha
Alncrlcain pn~~'l»n:.cr lrriilc. tml- of the bed? ships of
the linr. the l'a~iil<-, was particularly favored, and
when she li~t`t |.i\l-r|n><»l t<»\vn|'d ilu- close ni’ January,
lH.`itl, sllc c:tll'ic<l hcl' usual coinplciuent of first class
pa~'.~‘c||g\-|'.\', lln-rc in-ing ull told lhll pei'snr1s on board.
She was- slclilcll in .\‘\_ \lcorgc`.- t'hanucl a few hours
-llttcr :intl llleu dlppcd bcluw the llurlzvu for i_:oud~»illl-
other .-ulcrliicc on lin- lclupcsluous altar of thc North
Atlailiiir. Culikr the other lil-l'ciiic.< ot’ the dei-p whose
fair uuuics inline l'{uninr cpl alive for weeks, the
Pat-itic was never rl-ported, and lhcrc was _no mention
of her as a phantom ship, dl.~'ul»l<~il_ bearing up for im-
possible poi'i.~'. llcr wcll luniwn ligiirc, that had lung
bccu fauious on tin- \\llfl Ailuniii-_ just faded into the
pcr.~'pccli\'c 0( time \\illi--ut ilu- bla:-t of heralds beill
on nii.~‘ci\ict’, .\'n|ncwin~\'l- in thi- \\`i-stern Ocean some-
thing; liappcumi and wln-||'tlu- storm was spent or the
crg had lraimpcd by a vacant :wa laid b1H‘¢ li-5 UBS*
lgigttiisn tollii-~'l1u
i`b¢-. t`ilv of ilnsttni in |870 was :lddi-il to the rnll of
inis.-ning ships, ‘hw griniuu-st register in all thc world:
for when u ~'tnfel_v ship inns l-cased to nnsvrcr “Here’
a huudrerl ti-uni-iilc.- in unc combine to shock thc mind.
A tmp-l|i||;_~ i-||cn:n.~atauce connected with the (`ity Of
Boston tlii-mv.~' out ln clear rcllcf thc unqucuchahle
hope that lnurncll in one wiiose sou did not return. She
was n widow living lu ltctrnlt. nod. with a curious
fnncv that the .lesion papers would tlrst contain the
news of her only sou'.~x r~-turn, she subscribed for one
und read it diliccnlly. l~`or forty _ve-ur.; his plate wan
always lnld at the table and her explanation always
followed--"l have _a_u_t heard from Jill yet, but I hell
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