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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
Beautiful Mirage of North 
Shore Seen 60 Miles at Sea. 
The officers and crew of the 
steamer Bethania from Hamburg, 
which arrived at Boston last week, 
had the extremely unique experi- 
ence of seeing a clear and distinct 
mirage of this section of the North 
Shore, when the ship was many 
miles out at sea. The Bethania was 
60 miles out at sea when the phe- 
nomenon was’ observed, and not 
only was Gloucester clearly  dis- 
cerned, but the twin lights on 
Thatcher’s Island, Magnolia and 
the town of Manchester were also 
shown in the marvelous picture 
drawn by nature. 
The mirage was noticed on Tues- 
day afternoon. At that time the 
weather was of the best and the 
Bethania was running along at full 
speed, the officers believing that 
they need give no thought to the 
dangers of the coast or slow up be- 
cause of shallow water until they 
had proceeded many miles further. 
Suddenly the watch officer who 
had been gazing at the horizon 
ahead, gave a shout and ran_ into 
the chart house with the warning 
exclamation, ““‘We are out of our 
course, the coast is just dead 
ahead.” 
All on board looked ahead and 
sure enough there was the brown 
line of the coast, apparently not 
many miles distant. As the ship’s 
company watched, cities appeared 
to grow up at the water’s edge with 
church spires and buildings and 
then the twin light houses on 
Thatcher’s Island were seen. The 
places were made out as Rockport, 
Gloucester and Manchester further 
up the coast. But soon the real 
nature of the apparition was seen. 
The picture grew clearer and then 
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it was seen that all the buildings 
and churches, the light house and 
the line of the shore were inverted 
like the reflection of objects in the 
water. 
It was a mirage, painted by na- 
ture upon the sky, tle. conditions 
of cloud and sun making a natural 
camera. After a few moments the 
mirage faded from view, and _ half 
an hour later the ship had reached 
the spot where the mirage had been, 
but there was nothing to be seen 
but blue water, and Cape Ann was 
still many miles away. 
A mirage of such plainness of de- 
tail is quite unusual in these north- 
ern waters. 
Alumni Election. 
The Story High School Alumni 
association took the lead in Man- 
chester for the San Francisco relief 
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fund, and at the annual meeting 
Monday evening, at the home of 
Mrs. Dr. Blaisdell, voted to sub- 
scribe $50. The officers elected for 
the year were: Bernard L. Boyle, 
president; Miss Edith L. Wheaton, 
vice president; Mrs. A. C. Need- 
ham, secretary, and Mrs. G. W. 
Blaisdell, treasurer. It was de- 
cided to hold the reunion on June 
8, in the Town hall. The next meet- 
ing of the association will be with 
Miss Gertrude Goldsmith, on Mon- 
day evening, May 6. 
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