Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-23
kSTOR YACHT SAFE
ON LAST WEDNESDAY
Positive News That She Was
= in San Juan HarbOr
After Big Storm.
WAS PLANNING THEN
TO SAIL FOR PONCE
News Brought to New York by
Steamer Harry Luckenbach.
WAS WAITING FOR A FRIEND
All on Board Well November II.
Wireless Not Yet in Working
Order and Direct News
Unattainable.

NEW YORK, November 23-The steam
yacht Nourmahal, with Col. John Jacot
Astor on board, arrived at San Juan
Porto Rico, from Mayaguez, Sunday, No
vember IA. and was still there on the
evening of November Ii. All were well
o0 board and the Nourmahal was plan.
ming to leave soon for Ponce and from
there to some Cuban port before her de-
parture north.
These tidings of the Nourmahars safety
were brought here by the insular line
steamer Harry Luckenbach, which ar
rived this afternoon from Porto Rican
ports Capt. Dalton of the Luckenbach.
on his arrival at quarantine, said that it
was reported in San Juan that the yacht
Nourmahal was waiting there for friend
OF Col. Astor who was on his way there
from New York as a passenger on a
steamer of the New York and Porto Rico
Company.
Capt. Dalton had no further information
concerning the NourmahaI.
The news brought here by the Lucken-
back makes 1t positive that no harm came
To the yacht in the storm earlier in the
month The Nourmahal has by this time
probably proceeded to Ponce where she
would have been reported had cable COM
munication been re-established to that
point.
Wireless Not Working.
TAMPA, Fla, November 23.-Contin-
nous efforts for two days to confirm by
wireless telegraph whether or not the
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'er John Jacob Astor his son and a
party of friends aboard. is safe at San
Juan, Porto Rico, have proved fruit
less All during last night calls were sent
out from both the Tampa and Key West
wireless stations for the San Juan station,
but efforts to establish communication
fG lied.
At O'clock this morning the CONNER
cial station here and the naval wireless
station at Key West gave up for the day
their attempts to raise San Juan. No
more efforts will be made today, owing to
the inability, which has been demon
strated heretofore, to obtain communica-
tion during daylight hours.
A rumor was afioat this morning that
Col. Astor had gone to his shooting pre-
serves in Lake county. Florida. but little
credence is placed in this report.
Believe Wreck Is Nourmahal.
Capt. Schlaikier of the German steamer
VIVA WHO dlStoNeTtu TIE Submerged
wreck on the north coast of Cuba is
among those converted to the idea that
the wreck he saw was that of Mr.. Astor S
yacht. Capt Schlaikier reiterated last
night that he is positive that the masts
he saw protruding above the water were
those of yacht. not a schooner. When
informed that the Nourmahal has three
masts he slapped his knee and said
We'll, that's the yacht | believe
No report has been received at Key
West from tugs which went out to inves-
tigate the submerged wreck. Whether o,
not the derelict had been washed into
deeper water and sunk out of sight is a
matter of conjecture. So far as can be
ascertained at Key West no arrangements
have been made by New York relatives
or friends of Col. Astor to have the sub.
merged wreck investigated, the tugs
which went out from there going merely
as salvage scouts.
No Signs of Wreck.
SANTO DOMINGO, Santo Domingo No
Vember 23.-The revenue cutter dispatched
yesterday to investigate the reported
wreck between the islands of Catalina and
Saona returned today and reported that
no wreck was found.