The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-01-26
PARI OF PAUL JONES FOUyD
OF "reckass Show, the Mann.
IN" Tank Exploded. Tearing tn,
Vessel to Pisc.a


,nen' steamcT Pansy touched at Ei'ovi
-"'sA' fridSy afternoon and rcro~..1
mining on Breton island a part of tho
sVerh OF the naptha launch Pa,,f Love-.
also yawl boat. with bo,y .,,..,.o5
ana other small articles from ,bo
launch. The condition or the vro.,,-
age tends to show that the nar.h,
'an'' blew up and tore the boat -
pieces III" Pansy met the Maud WIN
Jones and Taggart on board. Tho iat.
Ter visited the wrecl1age and Identified
1t as part Of the Paul Jones NoLas
los were found.
w. ?. Fremont and party left Scran-
ton Friday forenoon in the salir,
yacht Adclaine, Of very Hob. drof,
and will visit every nook to the west,
ward The expedition is provision cd
for ten days.
The launch had the following ,,lcos-
ure-Scekcrs on board; Joseph Brink.
man. Louisville; Miss Florence Tar
CART daughter Of Mayor Taooart In
dlanapolis; Miss Margcric Woodland
daughter Of George Woodland vico
president Prairie STATE bank. Chjcoro.
COL Harry c. Yocum, ST. Louis: Miss
Florence Yocum, his daughter. The
crew consisted of three men. whose
names arc unknown.
The launch, which was owned bv
Lawrence Jones, a Louisville distiuor
was loaned by him to Mr.. Yocum. and
Ieit Louisville, December S. for q trim
to Florida. She left New Orleans for
PENSACOLA January 3. Since that time
nothing definite had been heard from
her until Friday, although her loss
had been rumored since last SUNDAY.
News confirming her loss has been
brought by oyster fishermen who bave
known OF 1t for more than week, .
The launch exploded they saw on or q
about January 8 near Bird island. and ,
everything goes to show that all on
BOARD were killed at once or drowned
oon after The boat was operated bv =
gasoline engine. and it is now recall.
d that she met with several accidents
rom fire on her way down the river.
IS regarded as certain that this en- "
inc exploded, but from what cause d
I'll probably never be known. The j.
orce was such that it not only blew I
II the pilot house but split the yacht b.
! two. cl
The men who brought this definite ci
ews are engaged in the oyster fisher as
s Oft the east Louisiana coast. Last ~
riday they visited Bird island and OF
'und lumber schooner ashore also a
easure yacht near the island. The Ii
tier they say, was split in two by an bc
ternal explosion. The men boarded as
c yacht and explored her cabin,
eaking open the trunks and taking tn
ON them a lot Of fine female apparel. hc
ID keys and whatever othor property be
ey discovered on board. dc
Although their discovery occurred a ha
'ck ago, the men did NOT come TO co
nice, the nearest settlement. until It's
iday, when they had to do so to lay III
supply of provisions. In Venice u
'y turned the keys over to store no
eper, by whom these facts were made
own.
The keys bear u tag inscribed
letcher & Co., Indianapolis.' The
thing taken from the trunk by the BIC
II is that of Miss Taggart IN
70 bodies were seen by the men on ke(
near Bird island, but there is no soil
'e of any one having escaped from vn'
wreck am
he Paul Jones had two boats. One OF
ly stove in was picked up by the ter
rie Louise, of Mobile. The other, a
h paul Jones" painted on her, was h'
nd by the Pansy, of Biloxi. IN
he three relief expeditions ought sol'
reach Bird island Saturday Two WI
from New Orleans the Xcta and Sho
llet, and one from Mobile. the PRIV
ld. Bird island is merely sandy TING
covered by coarse sea grass. Lou