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Show \ MISSING l\USSING l USSING SHIPS AND MEN . Lots Lo "S S < " s of life I1fe byaccident by accident accident or through througha a general disaster is somehow moreshocking more moreshock1ng moreshocking ofthe of ofthe olthe shock1ng shocking to relatives and friends fncnds the victims than death fiom flam from diseaseThis disease diseaseThIs diseaseThis ThIs is due perhaps to the suddenness suddennessof suddennessI I of the bereavement , , for which those thoseleft thoseleft left behind are unpreparedMost unprepared unpreparedMost Most terrible of all is the mental mentalagony mentalagony agony of those " whose "hose hose those 10\ 10 loved 10cd loicd \ cd ones dIs- dIs dIsappear disappear dis disappear - appear without leaving behind bclull1 any- any anything anything any anything - thing to indicate L'1dIcate L1dIcate ' their exact fate Thehistory The Thehistory Thehistory history of the sea Is filled with sucll such suchoccuriences suclloccuncnce suchoccunences occuncnce occuriences < ; , in many of which mhich hundreds hund hund- hundreds hundreds - reds of lives 11es litres 11\ 11 \ es "el el " weie sere e lost In a single sl11g1e disaster dis- dis disaster dis disaster - asterrJ aster rJ One of the earliest earhest cases after thedevelopment the thedevelopment thedevelopment development of laige lalge large vessels was that thatof thatof thatof of the City of Glasgow Ghsgow Glgsgow , bound fLiverpool f " ' " , 1Liverpool LIverpool to Philadelphia . in M M-1 M 1 r , " - 1 " > 'i i 'i,1854 i1854 ' 1 , 1854 , and was novel nevel never heal heaid heard d of after aftersailing aftersailing : aftersailing sailing . She carried 450 passengers . . Other vessels ve-csels ve csels - ; carrying carrymg 150 or more morepersons morepersons morepersons persons which wIDch likewise disappeared disappearedwIthout disappearedwithout disappearedwithout wIthout leaving o a trace beliind behind include includethe Includethe includethe the Tempest In 1857 , , the City of Bos Bos- Boston Boston Boston - ton In 1870 , , the British training trairung ship shipAtlanta shipAtlanta shipAtlanta Atlanta In 1880 , the llnei linel liner Naronic lost loston < ( lost loston loston on her maiden voyage ) in 1893 , the theWaratah theWaratah theWaratah Waratah m In 1909Perhaps 1909Perhaps 1909 1909Perhaps Perhaps the most mysterious disap dlSllp- dlSllp disap- dlSllppearance disappearance disappearance - pearance at sea was that of the United'States UnitedStates United UnitedStates 'States States ' Navy colllei colIlel Cyclops , , of 19,360 19360 19,360tons 19,360tons 19360tons , ! tons displacement and carrying carrymg 293 293men 293men 293men men , which left Bal Baibadoes Barhadoes hadoes , West WestIndles WestIndies WestIndies Indles Indies , on March 4 , 1918 , never to be beseen beseen beseen seen again During the remainder of ofthe ofthe ofthe the war it was thought that her crewmight crew crewmight crewmight might have b ben bPen -en en - captured and im- im imprisoned imprisoned Im Imprisoned - prisoned by the Germans , but at its itsclose itsclose itsclose close they declared that their war warships warships warships- warships warshipshad ships- ships shipshad - - had never seen the CyclopsThe CyclopsThe Cyclops CyclopsThe The anxiety amClety , , the hopes and fears fear feara . : > of ofrelatives ofrelatives ofrelatives relatives of these 293 men can bebetter be bebetter bebetter better imagined than described The Thesea I , Isea sea still keeps its secret I |
