The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-07
U. S. ship SUNK;
OFFICER and 20
men ARE MISS NG
American Patrol Boat AIcedo
Torpedoed by Submarine
in War Zone.
CRAFT SINKS IN "a MINUTES
Vessel Was One of the Most PaIatial
Private Yachts tAfioat-Owned
by G. c. Drexel Before War
Was Declared.

Washington, Nov. 7.-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
torpedOed at l 30 a. III. 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 S5 men,"
Was Formerly Owned by Drexel.
The Alcedo was one of the largest
and most palatiai private yachts afioat
She was built In 1895 at Glasgow for
Baron Rothschild of Trieste, Austria,
at cost of 100000, but was pur-
chased by George w. Childs Drexer of
Philadelphia.
The yacht was 275 feet over all
with 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 L. Melvin, Lieutenant q. Co.
father, Bishop Stewart Melvin, Church
street, Selma, Ala. E. r. Gozzett, sea-
man, second class; mother, Mrs. A. 6.
Gozzett, 100 Vandeventer avenue, AS
toria, l.. l. James J. Cleary, seaman,
second class; mother, Albertina
Cleary, % Green Ridge avenue, White
Plains, n. Y. r. Wesche, seaman, sec
and class mother, Mrs E. Wesche,
12l2 Jefferson avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
K. w. Riker, seaman, second class
mother, Nj rs. Harriet II. Riker, 57S
Franklin avenue, Brooklyn, n. Y. w.
X. Holler, seaman, second class moth
er, Mrs. X. Holler, 74O Bedford avenue,
Richmond Hill, n. Y. ]. w. Brunk-
hardt, seaman, second class; mother.
Mrs. E. Brunkhardt, 314 VERIFIED
street, Brooklyn. n. Y. Luther o. Wea-
yer, seaman; father, e. W. Weaver, 25
Jefferson avenue, Brooklyn, n Y. John
Whine, Jr., seaman; wife, Mrs. John
]. Winnie, 534 West One Hundred and
Twenty-fOurth street, New York city.
K. Harrison, mess attendant; uncle,
Henry Pool, Tyler, Ala. F. w. Fin
gerling. fireman, second class mother,
Mrs. G. Temburin, 25O Pacific avenue,
Jersey City, N. ]. Allen I. Edwards,
seaman, second class; mother, Lydia
NJ. Edwards, Jackson, N. G. C. F.
Gaus, seaman, second class; mother
Mary Gaus. IS Longfellow avenue, Ja-
maica, l.. 1. v. X. Harrington, seaman
second class; mother, Mrs. Maud Har-
rington, Ashland, Okla. w. U. Surratt,
seaman, second class another, Mrs. w.
D. Witt, Norfolk, w. Va J. Towle
seaman, second class; mother, Mrs
Mary Derwall, 16S Union Hill street
Jamaica, N. Y. J. X. Daniel, seaman,
second class; father, j. A. Daniel, OAR
lington, S. G. M. A. Pacciano, boiler
maker; mother, Mrs. Teresa Pacciano
800 Squiers avenue. Endicott, N. Y.
Frank w. Higgins, yeoman, second
class, U. S. N. reserve; mother, Ber-
tina A. Higgins 9S7 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. C. w. w. SmOck, seaman, second
class; father, D. r. Smock, 400 South
East Fifth street. Des Moines, Ia.
Beyond the bare announcement that
the Alcedo had been sunk by sub
marine with the loss of probably 20
kves, the navy department was with
out further information