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Show " '" "i" ' i. ' " i ; ,,-. - ' ' B 1 Convict Ship Success, Built - I In 1790, Crosses the Atlantic I hZ $k$kA ' k4gw4f a htm Ufa iv iiftTti ., , r.ji- m T i 1 1 n 1 Photos by American Press Association A URIVING nt Boston recently, the convkt lilt Succors completed n my 6 age that is considered the most notvwotthy feat of scninatislilp since r Columbus snlled bis snllnnt HoPt In W The Stiewss U the oldest known ship afloat and is tho oldest whieti ever crossed the Atlantic ; ocean. She was built In 1700 by coolie labor In India She snlled from Glnsson " dock, Lancaster, England, on April 15 for the voyage Just ended under coin mand of Captain John Scott Tho Success Is built of tenkwood throughout After sailing In the splco trade for soTcrnl years she became n conrlct ship and as such the dwelling place of England's worst tunlefaotois There nre scores of colls below decks little, narrow, dark, damp cells which lock with o trig j bolt on the outside. On either sido or the lower deck are honor Ktrilriuu black j holes Into which refractory prisoners were placed The.se places are two feet ' olght Inches across, and air Is admitted through a few small holes In mi iron i plate. Tho ship la equipped with flogging posts and chains Tli Mill tllt carry the arrows, the English prison sign At the lower right ronu-i Is pit J ture of Captain Scott, while at tho left Is a view of frames to which ioum-Jh i were tied to be flogged. h - a |