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taatlc Incident* of the *e*.DOWN AMONG TWK DEAD WIN |.In 1800 Captain Brighton and the , crew ol the whaler -Hope, heard with ; alarm a aeries of detonating reports from the nearby Ice barrier, which . split before their eyes with a reverber- ■ a ting roar. The -Hope berseU far enough away to be safe from the splitting towering cUfls but as thousands of tons of Ice crashed down into . the eta. a horrilying spectacle met the men's eyes.A ghost ship! Held Arm in claw* of ice. she lay there, white, silent and , ghastly.The men shouted out in their fear as the Ghoat Ship drifted towards them, and it was Indeed a blood-curdling sight. The deck and hull were crushed and broken, the sails, ripped and hanging in frozen Immobility. But worst of all. the terrified men on the -Hope saw seven dead men lying frozen on the battered deck.Captain Brighton wiped the cold sweat of fear away from his own forehead and to allay the terror of his crew, he cried. -Man me a ship. I will board the Qhoat Ship and inspect her for myself.He shuddered horribly as he stepped on the death-strewn deck of the Ghost Ship—but there was a bigger shock in store. He opened the door of a cabin, and there. leaning back in a chair, with his pen In his hand, was the Ghost Ship’s captain.Wh-a-a-t la your name? asked the staunch Captain conquering his desire ' to turn tail. And your ship? What | has happened?But answer came there none. Captain Brighton was addressing a dead man.The captain leant over and read the last entry in the Ghost Ship’s log book. It waa dated 91 year* previously:May 4. 1823. No food for 11 days.I am the only one left alive I The ship was the Bnglish schooner Jenny” which had sailed out of Lima.,
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Proserpine Guardian
Proserpine, Queensland, AU
Fri, Jan 09, 1948
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