The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-22
Vessel Seen by Steamer
q Captain Believed to
Be Yacht.
WIRELESS STATES BOAT
WAS NOT AT SAN JUAN
Revenue Cutter Is Immediately
Rushed to Location of SUBJ
merged Craft.

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dispatches from San Domingo today
state that Colonel John Jacob Astor's
yacht, Nourmahal, sailed from that
port on November IL, during the hurri-
care. The captain of a European
steamer arriving at San Domingo to-
day, reports that he saw the wreck of
steamer lying between the islands of
Catalina and Soana. These islands lie
in the path of vessels proceeding east
from here for Porto Rico
Upon receipt of the dispatches at
Washington revenue cutter was or
dered to sail Immediately for the scene
Of the wreck
Another dispatch from Tampa, Fla.
states that in a direct wireless message
from San Juan it was stated that
Astor's yacht was not there.
The San Juan, Porto Rico, wireless
station ofs the government continued
communication with the naval wire.
less station at Key West up to late
hour today, but no confirmation of the
presence of the steam yacht .Nour-
mahal with the New York millionaire
ana party of friends on board. was
had.
The operator at the Porto Rican sta
tion conversed some time with Key
West, and reported nothing of the
Nourmahals arrival there. The naval
wireless men here declare that If the
Nourmalal mad been at San Juan the
wireless men there undoubtedly would
have spoken of it.
The revenue cutter service officials at
Washington were much surprised to
find that the latest advices from San
Juan tailed to verify the. report that
the Astor yacht was seen IN that har-
Dor. The Yninacraw, which had been
dispatched under hurry orders to Ja-
a1lafcav and thence to follow the prob
abba course of the Nourmahal to Porto
Rican waters, is already returning to
Jupiter Inlet under the orders she re-
ceived following the report of the pres
ence Of the yacht at San Juan. The
Yamacraw was caught about 300 miles
out on her search. Unless the situation
is speedily clarified the Yamacraw
probably will be directed by wireless
to resume the quest of the missing
yacht.
The previous dispatch from Curacao
to the effect that the yacht had been
seen in San Juan was joyous news to
Colonel Astor's relatives and friends
1t was the frst really reassuring news
of the yacht. since she left Kingston,
jam, on November 5, and steamed to
the eastward Into the Caribbean just
before the hurricane. San Juan Is 800
miles from Kingston.
Douglas Robinson and Nicholas Bid
dles trustees of the Astor estate. at
cnce filed telegraphic messages to men,
bers of the Astor family and their
friends, and William A. Dobbyn,
Colonel Astor's secretary, sat at a tele-
, phone in New York for two hours
spreading the good news
Thu first message Mr.. Bi6dle sent was
q. wireless to Mrs. Astor, who is aboard
the Lusitania, due in Queenstown to-
day.
The report was not sufficient, how
ever, to ailay all fear as to the safety
of the Noirmaha and those aboard
After hearing it Mr.. Robinson wrote
cut several cable messages to be sent
as soon as the cables are repaired to
every West Indian island that has
been isolated since the storm. The
main cable from Jamaica to Porto Rico,
which was broken off Holland bay.
breaking communication with the Lee
ward and Windward islands, as well as
with Porto Rico, had not been repaired
The Western Union officials said they
expected to hear any minute that the
line was in working order.
The sending of the wireless appeal
for news of the yacht to very station
and ship south of Hatteras was rot
stopped either.
Mr.. Dobbyn remained In his office in
New York last night hoping to receive
a message from Colonel Astor direct.
TheS wireless station on the Waldorf
astoria roof was also kept open for
news of the yacht.
Many members of the families of the
crew of forty men who sailed on the
Nourmahal anxiously inquired for
news and seemed greatly relieved when
they heard of the message from
Curacao.
Among those known to have sailed
on the yacht are f. s. McMurray, first
oficer, who was formerly on Morton
f. Plants $ Iolanda Henry c. Farnhem.
chief engineer. of Bay Ridge: w. c.
Rust. first assistant engineer, of SOL
Fifty-hrst street. Brooklyn; John IT,.
Starstrom, engineer of lit Eighth
street, Brooklyn. and Charles H. Bas-
sett, electrician, Of 513 West 18th
street, New York.
NEW YORK. Nov 22.-Cable dis
patches received in New York today
from Havana set forth that the Cuban
steamer Maria Herrera, of the Herrera
line. is missing and may have been
lost in the hurricane that swept over
the West Indies fortnight ago. The
Maria Herrera sailed from. Santiago.
Cuba. November Sfor Ponce, P. r.. and
has not been heard from since.
If the Maria Herrera has been
wrecked hers may be the wreckage re-
ported from San Domingo as lying be-
tween the islands of Catalina and
saona, about seventy-five miles east of