Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-11-20
Astor Yacht Said to Have
Gone to Barbadoes- Letter
from One OF Crew.
BRITISH CRUISER HAS
JOINED IN SEARCH
Liners Coming in from the
West Indies Bring No
News of Party.

New York. Nov. Anxiety for the
safety Of Colonel John Jacob Astor
and his steam yacht NourmahaI is
still very keen but there Is faint
hope that they may be at either Bar
BADGES, the farthest east Of the Wind
ward Islands, or at Ponce, Forto Rico.
Communication with neither Of these
islands has been established.
William A. Dobbyn, secretary to
Colonel Astor, says that Colonel Astor
planned to visit the islands during his
cruise. William Bassett, father OF =
member Of the Nourmahals crew,
called at the Office Of the Astor estates
and said he had received a letter from
his son, Charles Henry Bassett, in
which the boy said the yacht was to
sail In a few hours for either Barba-
does or Ponce, Porto Rico. He did
not know which. The letter was
mailed at Kingston, jamaica. Nov. 5.
the day the Nourmahal left there and
was last heard from.
Meant to Put Tutor Ashore.
One reason that strengthens the Bar
BADGES theory is that Colonel Astor
had planned to put Hans Won Kalten-
born, Vincent Astors tutor, ashore
there.
The Nourmahal usually averaged IA
knots under ordinary conditions, and
unless held back by storm she could
have left Kingston Nov and reached
Ponce Nov, or Barbados Nov. 0.
The only port In the West indies
which the Western Union Telegraph
company has been able to reach by ca
BILE is Kingston. The Postal Telegraph
company IL In communication with
Cuba, Santo Domingo, Haiti and Ja-
maica. No news Of Astor's yacht has
been received from any Of these
points, although urgent messages Of
inquiry have been sent broadcast.
Two Governments Aid Search.
Secretary Macyeagh has ordered all
the government wireless stations to
sweep the north aud south Atlantic
for news Of the Nouripahal. This
wireless net has now been stretched to
Central aud South America, and the
search is being kept up unabated by
all the land operators and those aboard
ships.
The revenue cutter Yamacraw Is hur,
rylng to the West Indies. the British
cruiser Scylla has Joined in the search,
and steamer has been dispatched
from Grand Turk, on Turks island. to
the Calcos Islands. The Calcos bank
is southeast Of San Salvador and north
of Haiti. 1t is In the very heart OF
the reef section
The United Fruit company has sent
word to all fits wireless equipped
steamers to keep on the lookout for
the Astor yacht. The Admiral Dewey
left Kingston on Tuesday and Is due
at Philadelphia on Monday. She must
have passed San Salvador on Wednes-
day night. The Admiral Farragut left
Philadelphia on Thursday and is due
ut Port Antonio ON Monday. The Ad-
mlrHl Schley left this city on Wednes-
day and is also due at Port Antonio
ON Monday.
In From Porto Riee; No News,
Hopes were entertained that the
steamship Maraeaibo Of the Red ID
line, which left Porto Cabello, Vene-
zuela on Nov. and touched at San
Juan, Porto Rico, on Nov. ~. would
bring tidings Of the Nourmahal, but
such hopes were doomed to dIsappoint-
ment.
The Maramalbo arrived here today,
five days late, after encounterina
tempestuous weather all the way from
San Juan. She saw no sign Of the
Nourinahal She was much battered
by the gale.