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GHOST AT SEA. >
GLASGOW SHIP;®;.ADVENTURE.
.'■.. THE SERPENT-TERRORIf - ••
; More like a chapter from a h:ai'sntior.u.]
novel than an incident- in real.' lifts ore'
tils .adventures of the. British,trninp i’tc.t
imir Strathspey,, which arrived at'- New
.York after' a - remarkable voyage oh llil)
days from Glasgow to the Fdr East, via
tho Capo of. Goixi Hope, 'and' babk'*to Now
York by way of-the SuezCstuln Of her
'coinpleiiKut'of -3B oillcci'B .and men only
eight are whites, the remainder ■ being
Chinese, Arabs and Tjasriirs, bays the
“ Central Neivs“ iii an nocount of the
.voyage. Olt t’urt Natal a Oliliiose etcher
was killed by falling into- theJiold, and
..for three 'days, hitenvards the atehm-.r
merely drifted,-tile other 'stokers refutf
•ing to work c-ji the, ground that-the
■ghost of the dead man ■ was prmvljng
about. the- stokeho'd. In . ,tlio ''.Canton
Jliver ouo of-the Chinese cooliesWorking
tho cargo iviis' knocked on thc.kcud by u
heavy, chain;.and Instantly...killed. Olf
Miilta;- .tho chief,' engineer, James
hCMnrryi' jumped overboard, , and no
thing was scon of.'him again, althomdi
a -.prolong;cV. seiirdl, was nilido. ■ °.
But thu most remarkable adventure of.
tho voyago'toccorrcd ptt. tho coast-of
Borneo. . According tp statements' made
to ths-New York - uewapaper,. reporters,
Mohammed Singh, an Arab tailor, fd)
overboard from ono of tho bonts he wns
cleaning. Singh, a powerful swimmer,
•was noonug the lifeboat, when a com
motion aroco in his wake, and- the orew
of-tho boat saw a great green sea ecr
P’.-nt rarso its iicad several.'feet above the
waves as ;,if about to seize the Arab
sailor .in its spacious maw. Singh heard
the Iloilo,- and felt the hot blast from
the monslods lungs on the bid: of his
bronzo neck. Do turned half round, nnd
then with a cry or “Allan Kerim ” ho
made a treuieadous elfort to reach tho
boat before tho ,e;a serpent*could seize
Tho Arab sailers on the boat bent
their backs donblo on the oars, and gave
n mighty pill 1„v.rlu6)i'vcjinbled ^.SiiXghj'to
; be hivuk’d ikbourd brfcuthleBB ,jhst "ns
f-crpwi^ 'cpitied*Hs • in6uth-. to>grh)>’ imn.>
Findinghe was put <if,reach,, the,mouhtbr ,’ .
' hit. tlioi'Ull<l-?2i iai :fcliq,/.l}int * »>] ,its - ni&e.'
Ch'ipwctv r • L-bl 1,. iwh-o^ns. stcinuiig'ijat .^Jio
tjnis, 44M < hi. rv ifaint froin,. Qfig’jjc.if .The .
bout V;nV‘ «teebed •:li Hfck alprt g8 jtle tlio
.steamer ‘,'vv.^U one of ^the ‘oilrs’ qvet "thei
%teiin4..‘4t|(ejt.sen“t'R ai: peftt ’?.yjdeutiy ' hjuA* ■*.
Jb«f: scared'; off,\fi>p. bp;; n^BicpivJh tl/o
distance,steering due’ bast at tlic rate 'of y
60. kiiqta an hdiij. ' ‘ L ,:L # \v .
After‘the Strathspey left Pert. Said],pa
Jjiup' 18,' for. .^V w.Yoyk V.Ut' was \ uotiqtd, ’
tjiat Jamja.M'Muriy;;; whd~wrt**,.:<3v<fr4ptiO, >4
vea-tis; old'.'r'Was \ very., hi'claiichpiy, 'plus
walked. about' the -dbcKB it g^od 'deal.; die .
wm vpry'FtTml. of the parrot,’ an‘d *ufbijr.
talking to' lihn ,'ort5’ morni-rifr wheh -tfio
steamer, was Mdlta he fell-overboard.'.
Tho parrot;* Toko,','' shrieked...11 Eight '
bills*,*' until, tlie chief- officer ,-heard ■liitn
aud, caw . thb chief engineer's coat fthd
.vest and chp by' thfl rail;-. t Then-ho tea
.-Used . wiint ] hiid{:' happened;.;, Capfairi
.Tdnxrfl lind* thoj slii^ ‘.stopped; QpcV went
back -14* miles,4,but - could-not aseVjvny- . •;
‘thing- cf'the,old bipu; ..The ‘Strathspey..}*
rrsieehscrew Mchhior'of 4432‘tons, built !
'by- thb '.]'Grnngemnnth : and; - -Givenbck ]•
Dockyrird Crttnpnny* in •,*19$G; - and; owned-,•
by., thpj. 'Stratliapey • C.S.* Co.,,'Ftd.1
(Messrs; BurreUvaiid^Sori), >' \ ;;-v .;
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