The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-11-10
]. j. 5HIy SUNK,
OFFICER and 70
MEN Are MISS Nc
American Patrol Boat AIcedo
Torpedoed by Submarine
in War Zone.
CRAFT sinks IN Il MINUTES
Vessel Was One of the Most PaIatiaI
Private Yachts kfIoat--Owned
by G. C. Drexei Before War
Was Declared.

Washington, Nov. S.-An American
patrol vessel has been sunk in the dan
ger zone with the loss of one officer
and twenty men.
The navy department announced
that the converted yacht Alcedo was
torped0ed at 80 a. N. November 5.
The official announcement reads:
"One officer and twenty men are
missing. The ship sank within four
minutes after she was struck. Several
vessels were searching for possible
survivors at the time the report was
made. The Alcedo carried seven Off
GERS and So men,"
Was Formerly Owned by Drexel.
The Alcedo was one of the largest
and most palatial private yachts ahoat.
! She was built in 1895 ar Glasgow for
Baron Rothschild of Trieste, Austria,
at a cost of 100000, but was pur-
chased by George w. Childs Drexel of
Philadelphia.
The yacht was Pts feet over all
with Il graceful clipped bow and over
| hanging stern. Normally the AlcedO
required crew of 46 men.
Mr.. and Mrs. Drexel have taken the
Alcedo into all Of the seven seas. The
last long cruise they made aboard her
began in December, 1913 and ended
in June, 1914. This included visits to
Russian, Turkish, Grecian and north
ern African ports.
Names of the Missing.
| The missing are:
John T, Melvin, Lieutenant 81. CD;
father, Bishop Stewart Melvin, Church
ssg0stI AM slss.ss d saas
man. second class mother, Mrs. A. G.
Gozzett, 100 Vandeventer avenue, AS
toria, Il. I. James ]. Cleary seaman.
| second class; mother, Albertina
Cleary, 20 Green Ridge avenue White
Plains N. Y. r. Wesche, seaman, sec
and class mother, Mrs. e. Wesche,
1912 Jefferson avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
r. w. Riker, seaman, second class
mother, NJ RS. Harriet H. Riker, SIS
Franklin avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. W..
| W. IlOitSIy SCttlildllJ SCCOllu
; er, Mrs. K. Holler, TAO Bedford avenue,
Richmond Hill, N. Y. ]. w. Brunk-
hardt, seaman, second class mother,
Mrs. e. Brunkhardt, 314 VERIFIED
street, Brooklyn, N. Y, Luther 0. Wea-
yer, seaman; father, e. w. Weaver, 25
Jefferson avenue, Brooklyn, N Y. John
Winnie, Jr., seaman; wife, Mrs. John
J. Whine, 534 West One Hundred and
Twenty-fourth street, New York city.
z. Harrison, mess attendant; uncle,
Henry Pool, Tyler, Ala. Il. w. Fin
gerling, fireman, second class; mother.
Mrs. G. Temburin, 250 Pacific avenue,
Jersey City, n. J. Allen T. Edwards,
seaman, second class; mother, Lydia
M. Edwards, jackson, N. G. G. #.
Gaus, seaman, second class; mother
Mary Gaus, 65 Longfellow avenue, ia
maica, L. l. V. X. Harrington, seaman.
second Glass; mother, Mrs. Maud Har-
! rington, Ashland, Okla. w. U. Surratt,
seaman, second class mother, Mrs. w.
D. Witt, Norfolk, w. Va. ]. Towle,
seaman, second class; mother, Mrs.
Mary Derwall, 169 Union Hill street,
Jamaica, N. Y. ]. r. Daniel, seaman,
second class; father, J. A. Daniel, Dar-
lington, S. G. M. "a. Pacciano, boiler
maker; mother, Mrs. Teresa Pacciano,
300 Squiers avenue, Endicott, N. Y.
Frank w. Higgins, yeoman, second
class, q. S. N, reserve; mother, Ber-
tina A. Higgins, 987 Richmond turnpike,
Staten Island, N. Y. Robert McCray,
negro, seaman, second class, U. s. N.
reserve; father, Capus McCray, care
Harry Brown, Navy Yard, Charleston,
s. G. w. w. Smock, seaman, second
class father, D. r. Smock, 406 South
East Fifth street, Des Moines, la.
! Beyond the bare announcement that
the Alcedo had been sunk by SUBJ
marine with the loss Of probably 20
lives, the navy department was with
out further information.