By Janet Corimer
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THE RESENTFUL TAX COLLECTOR In 1857, Richard Turner, an American businessman, visited Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in London. He was very impressed. “I’ve got a great idea,” he thought. ” Because of the gold rush, hundreds of newcomers were pouring into town every day. A wax museum would surely be very popular. The centerpiece of his new show was a scene from the French Revolution. Posed near the infamous guillotine were several wax figures. They represented actual people who’d been beheaded during the Revolution.
In 1881, a young midshipman wrote in the ship’s log about seeing The Flying Dutchman. That young man was a prince who later became King George V of England. In 1939, there was another sighting. Dozens of people enjoying the beach on the coast of South Africa said they saw the ghost ship. Their vividly detailed descriptions of the ghostly ship were reported in local newspapers. During World War II, sailors on a German submarine also claimed to have seen The Flying Dutchman. And in 1959, the crew of a freighter reported a near 47 collision with the ghost ship.
On May 20, 1937, she and Noonan took off from California to fly around the world. Everything went well until July 2. That morning Earhart and Noonan left New Guinea. Their destination was tiny Howland Island in the middle of the Pacific. Near Howland Island, a Coast 58 Mysterious Disappearances Guard cutter was waiting to send homing signals to the small plane. But Amelia’s plane never made it! Some people were sure she’d crashed at sea. Others were certain she’d been forced down on a small coral island.