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direction. A sunfish (mola mola) was observed. At 6 p. m. arrived 

 alongside a derelict capsized schooner, with stern out of water and 

 bow submer^^'d, in hit. 41° 11', long. 48° 47'. If this is the derelict 

 reported bv the President Van Bnren on June 3 in lat. 40° 38', long. 

 59° 50', Avhich seems likely, it has drifted in the past 30 days 87°, true, 

 500 miles. Guncotton mines were secured under the stem of the 

 wreck and explotled. l^nfortunately darkness, accompanied bj^ a 

 dense fog. closed in a few minutes before the explosion, and it could 

 not be determined definitely whether or not the wreck was completely 

 destroyed, but it Avas believed to have ceased to be a menace to 

 navigation. The name of the derelict was well under water and could 

 not be read distinctly. It appeared to be F. IF. Luiiden, home port 

 not deciphered, or it may have been Lunenherg, N. S., and name not 

 decipherable. The cargo was small planking. During the night the 

 vessel drifted to leeward in a dense fog. 



July 4: Light E. airs and NE. breezes, with fog over the colder 

 water and clear weather over tlie warm. An intensive search Avas 

 made for the wreck of last night. Visibility poor. Some inconse- 

 (juential flotsam was sighted, but nothing that constituted a menace 

 to navigation. At 11.15 a. m. the search was abandoned and vessel 

 headed to the southward. By noon we had reached warm water and 

 clear, pleasant weather, after which search to the westward was 

 prosecuted for the berg reported by the Esthoriia on June 30. At daik 

 we stopped and drifted for the night. 



July 5: Calm, followed by W. airs increasing to fresh SW. breeze. 

 Partly dear to overcast and cloudy. Barometer falling. Searched 

 possible ice areas to the westward. Received the following radiogram 

 from the steamship West Calumh: ''Lat. 40-38, long. 46-05, passed 

 bottom part of wreck about 160 feet long awash at 7.05 G. M. T." 

 This was believed to*be the derelict that we had attempted to destroy 

 on tlie night of the 3d and were imable to relocate on the morning of 

 the 4th because of thick weather. We headed for the position given 

 in the latest report, for the purpose of finding it and again attempting 

 its destruction. Special ice inforination was furnished the steamship 

 Bremcrfon. 



July 6: Moderate to liglil hreczcs, beginning WSW., backing to 

 SSW.. and ending W., with passing rain s(|ualls at night. Partly 

 cloudy with very good visibility during daylight. In the midwatch 

 a brilliant meteor, having a long, fiery tail, was observed to the 

 southward and vivid liglitning to the westward. We stood to the 

 eastward to seairch for the wreckage reported yesterday. Special ice 

 information was furnished the steamship Falirica. 



July 7: Light airs and breezes, mostly westerly, witii partly ch'ar 

 to ha/,y wTatlu-r. X'essel searching for wreckage rt'])orted on the 

 5th. With the assistance of the steamship Fji'jfJt'iU. \vhi(!i reporter! 



