MYSTERY OF THE SEA.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1669, 8 February 1913, Page 5

MYSTERY OF THE SEA.

SHIP'S CREW VANISHED.

A STRANGE STORY.

By Telegraph—Frosa Association—Copyright ' New York, February 0. Captain Claridge, of the steamer Roumanian, reports tho loss of tho'Norwegian echoouer Eomittent, a vessol of 830 tons, ' built in 1897. :

Ho found tho Remittent with all sails est and undamaged in mid-Atlantio. /There was no trace of a singlo soul on board, although evidently tho vessol had only been vacated a few houra when found.

Captain Claridgo took tho Eoniittont in ■tow, but lost her during 1 a terrifio gale. It Is not known ifsho foundered.

Captain Claridge's rtory was disbelieved at first, but afterwards ho substantiated ft- • '-V.';:

Tho case recalls that of the Mario ICeloste.

. The Roumanian, whioh reports picking ■ tip tho schooner, la a vossel of 5000 tons, belonging to- tne Petroleum•' Steamship ' Co., Ltd., of London. The fate of tho . . passengers and crew-of the Marie Celeste was referred to recently in Tub Dominion. It is one of tho .most remarkable ocean •mysteries on ; record. On December 1, th'irty-eieht years ago, this ship was sighted in mid-Atlantio by: tho captain of tho Highlander, and reported all well. The two vessels saluted, and parted. She was ogam hailed only two days later by a different ship, but this time there was no ' icsponso. ' Sails' TOro set, ,and as everything tyas- in ordor,',the captain of the hailing vessel-v was considerably puzzled. • Ho altered his. course, aqdran his ship clo3e under the leo of the Marie Celeste, ,sending a 'hoarding. party ; :to investigate. - • Inexplicable astonishing was tho result. Neither above nor between decks was any living being to;be ifound. The ibbat was,perfectly seaworthy, tho cargo ■ .was well stowed and in)good condition, 'and ovoit th6/brasswork_appeare<l to have been only recently polished, lloreover, in tho ■ saloon was a cold luncheon set ■ ready'for Jho,passengers, and tho stew- • ards' pantry stowed . that, preparations for an. evening meal was well advanced. ; Evidently, too,-tho deserted boat had not ' encountered .' heavy weathor, for a phial ■ -of medicine: stood upright on the _cap- ■ tain's table. The. personal effects of , the . officers, men, and passengers wcrevundisturbed. Finally, it was noted, that not a • ■ single boat was missing, i . ■ , Thirty-eight years havb elapsed sinco - then, but of : the one hundred find odd , persons on board tho Mario ..Celeste on < December .4, and who - were -*a certainly i(not on her on December. 6, .no trace has ever been found. Their fate is an impenetrable mystery. ■ •■' . i *'■' ''■