The Algitha

The Algitha, a British steamer of about 2,000 tons, having on board a valuable cargo of grain, was on a voyage from New Orleans via Sydney,- Cape Breton, to Antwerp, Belgium, when she became disabled in her motive power by the breaking of her propeller shaft on September 3, 1882, in latitude 30 deg. 42 min. N., longitude 78 deg. 20 min. W. Her sails were sufficient to navigate her, and she had drifted with the gulf stream two to three miles an hour, until she was in latitude 32 deg. 15 min. N., longitude 77 deg. 45 min. W., on the eastern edge of the gulf stream, about 150 miles from…