Unsolved Mystery
HAVING, had for some time a vague and quite unfounded notion that History’s Unsolved Mysteries from 3ZB meant, Williamandmary and Who-killed-the-Red-King, I was more than pleasantly surprisad to find that "The Ship from Nowhere" was a rattling good mystery story which had nothing whatsoever to do with the text-books. It had facts and dates, certainly; good, solid, convincing ones. On April 6, 1901, the yacht Commodore, without a _ soul aboard her, sailed herself into New York Harbour; and no-one was found who had ever heard of her. Unlike those of the usual fictional mystery, subsequent events here-the finding of a cryptic message-in-a-tin was one-only make the whole, thing more baffling. More questions are asked, and no-one answers them: why did she claim Philadelphian registration? Where had she been? Was the message a fake, and incidentally, would paper only 40 years old, and sealed in a tin, crumble to pieces in one’s hands? Fact or fiction the story would have been a good one; and best of all, it was one that can be classed as a "real mystery," since it still remains unsolved. ‘ |
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 409, 24 April 1947, Page 11
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185Unsolved Mystery New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 409, 24 April 1947, Page 11
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