Show GONE TO THE BOTTOM i Probable Fate of the American Ship Samaria S OLD VOYAGERS IDEAS J WAS BOUND FROIC SEATTLE TO SAN PRANCISCO I Other Vessels Which Started in CornS Corn-S party With the Samaria Made the Voyage in Eleven or Twelve Days and the Samaria Has Already Been Twentythree Days Out She Is an Old Vessel San Francisco April 12 The general opinion in shipping circles is that some dire calamity has befallen the American Amer-ican ship Samaria 23 days out from Seattle for San Francisco coal laden Several captains who started from Seattle at the same time are firmly convinced that the Samaria is at the bottom of the sea The master Captain McRae had onboard on-board his wife and two children The other vessels which started In company with the Samaria made the trip in 11 or 12 days It is known that several days after the Samaria sailed she was caught in a severe gale which Captain Ryder of the Elwell declares was the worst he ever encountered S The Samaria was an old vessel built in 1876 and It is said she was under the disadvantage of having poor shifting shift-ing boards |