Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-16
Yacht Paul Jones Goes Down with
All Hands,
SOCIETY PEOPLE ON BOARD.
The Vessel Had Not tsecn sighted III
the Guif OF Mexico for Ncari,
Two weeks.

I.nuisNtllci NY, jan ins--l h'if h'e"'9
10 be every reason to believe that the
Naphtha yacht Paul Jones. which left
Louisville December eth with a pleas
ure party OF prominent society people
bound for Pensacola. Fla. and other
PORTS In Southern waters. has gone
down In n gale In the dulf OF Mexico
viii, all on board. The party con-
sisted Of Col. II. G. Yocum and dnugh-
ter. Miss yocum. and q. NJ. Yocum. all
Of ~. Louis Miss Florence raggart
OF indianapolis. and Miss Margle
woodland OF Chicago. Dcckhand John
Barry and Engineer Badglcy were the
only two members Of the crew uf Tour
known In Louisville.
The last heard from the yacht was
when II left the mouth OF the MiAsih-
uippl on January ord IL was inc pian
OF Col luCum. under whose uift,tlVh
the yacht was sailing, To- coast along
the various ports between the MlsAls-
aippls' mouth and Pensacola, whcfe u
was the intention Of the party TO make
a considerable stay. According W
weather reports received at the loen'
bureau the yacht encountered storm
when three days out.
The relatives OF those on board are IN
q terrible pcrturbcd state OF mind ow
lng to lack of Information. Thty nave
becn tclcgruphing every port On the
uulf coast where II " Thought IN.
slightest chance ~ Information could
be obtained. No word Of the missing
craft has been learned up TO n late hour
tonight Tugs have put out tfom
number Of ports IN search OF her ana
some definite Information ought 10 u"
learned concerning the VESSELS tate TO-
morrow.
About midnight Mayor Targart re.
ccivCd the following IN Response 70
yuery wired from indianapolis as fol-
lows. --latest have N what Mt Law
renee Jones says, that they left the
lighthouse at the mouth OF thc ais
HiHsippi ON January 1rd for Pensacola,
since which time nothing has bcvh
heard.
tonight said. There are no new par
ticuinfH 60 be obtained regarding the
reported loss OF the Paul jones. TUGS
have been sent ont OF southern poriH
and all shipping people have been re-
quentcd to keep "a lookout for the miss.
Ing boat, but no tldingh have as yet
been received. Vessels arriving report
that severe gales have been blowing
for the last Few days On the Huh. Thgy
say the winds have been very strong for
several weeks Every means IN being
taken to md some trace Of the yacht.
Jones put In during the gale at point
along the coast whore there In no tclc-
graph office. hence no tidingr.
The Paul Jones' was ono OF the mn
est pleasure yachts OF her size niioat.
belns sixty feet In lcngth.tcn feet beam
and fivc feet draught. a twenty. horse
power gasoline angine IN the center OF
the boat furnished the power To turn
in- single screw propeller In the rear.
Fuel for i.aO0 miles were carried. the
Interior OF the four cosy cabins was
nnishcd In mahogany and plate glass
mirrors. and those Mcr" changed 10
stepping rooms much na n sleeping
IL changed from u coach 10 a Sleeper
nj night. The complete equipment ana
handsome decorations made u vcri.
table nontIng palace. The Tine lines or
the hull and unusually powerful engine
and screw made the yacht M speedy
nnd seaworthy as II was possible TO
construct.
When tho yacht left Louisville u
quick trip TO New orleans was expect i.
"a and would have been made had all
zone we'll. However, she sustained
number Of accidents which held hcf
up az various points along the way
M luck seemed TO follow her persistent
w. while the boat lay at Elizabeth.
town. M, one night firc broke out
IN the gasoline rooms about " O'Clock.
ssNite all were asleep. one Of the crew
was awakened by the smoke ana sue
ceeded In arousing all ON board. The
flames were only cxtingulrhed after u
hard fght. This detained her connid-
rrnbly over time.
A short distance below Memphis the
boats machinery became disabled and
she was forced To tie NJ quite lenklh
~ time. There was also one or Two
other minor accidents before the cren-
cent city WAS reached. In addition to
an this Col. Yocum had much trouble
with his pilots.