Show THE SHIP ATALANTA here is ie an item about the lost ship shio atalanta which loft bermuda homeward bound ou on the of january 1880 and never reached port she had onboard inboard on board young sailors and officer oer before sailing bailing on tier her last voyage she ahe had bad been tooted and was found over weighted in her spare so BO that she ebe rolled iu in a dangerous manner one ot of the sailors left at bermuda state J that her captain was always afrati t tj leave the dock deck for fear the vessel wo ild tip over her masts were large enough for a vessel twice the size for several years I 1 looked at the news paper shipping list and was impressed with a particular wreck that was wa reported in nearly all the papers when first sighted she was keel upwards the bright copper bottom being visible vl elble each time when seen she was in 1 n the same locality finally this vessel righted showing her main mast ten feet above water and covered with barnacles barnacled barn acles she bhe gradually sank lower the mast going to six feet then to four feet then to three feet and when last seen was nearly under water she was reported as an u unknown ves vea eel on november 16 1891 the tug george reported at philadelphia Philadel ohia as having passed on october 26 in latitude 83 deg 48 ruin min north aud and longitude 18 west about a dayd daya steaming from now new york a sunken square rigged vessel with only a spar alove the water the yardarms yar darms with sails attached were still under the water in 22 fathoms lam satisfied this vessel ve so Is the lost training ship atalanta just J bet before the tug tag mentioned had pained a ship hip crossed right over t the to wrea and the captain reported it t the tb 4 same as described respectfully JOHN MATTINSON formerly and aad bill poster at the salt like lake theater utah feb 8 1892 |