CHAPTER XX.

SHIPS THAT “PASS BY ON THE OTHER SIDE.” Captains and Owners—Reasons for apparent Inhumanity—A Case in 261 Point—The Wreck of the _Northfleet_—Run down by the _Murillo_—A Noble Captain—The Vessel Lost, with a Hundred Ships near her—One within Three Hundred Yards—Official Inquiry—Loss of the _Schiller_—Two Hundred Drowned in one heavy Sea—Life-saving Apparatus of little use—Lessons of the Disaster—Wreck of the _Deutschland_—Harwich blamed unjustly—The good Tug-boat _Liverpool_ and her Work—Necessity of proper Communication with Light-houses and Light-ships—The new Signal Code and old Semaphores