Milford chronicle., 1925-11-06
W. G. TAYLOR AND E. R.
PUSEY MISSING AFTER
AN ACCIDENT AT SEA
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the boat was last seen. OluSI Suldll
boats are aiding in the search.
Took Fuel at South Port
The yacht was re-fueled at South
Port on the afternoon of October %
and a store of provisions bought, ii
is stated by J. w. Thompson OF
South Port. Mr.. Thompson said he
had allowed Mr.. Pusey to tie his
craft to his wharf and that he met
! the men through a mutual friend
who knew Mr.. Taylor. He dined
aboard the vessel that day and was
; told of plans the party had to pro-
ceed to Florida by the inland route,
However, this route is through the
open sea from South Port to George
town and the vessel left early the
following day, taking to sea IN
clear weather. Before leaving Mr..
Taylor mailed a card to his wife, the
last word she has had from him, II
was stated. Mr.. Thompson said for
three days he had been trying to To-
cate the vessel.
Women Witnessed Fire
No trace of the men has been OBJ
tanned since, but reports from Myr-
tie Beach, S. c., were to the eHect
that a small vessel had burned 10
the waters edge off the coast there
following what appeared to be an
explosion. Women who saw the &c-
cident did not see any survivors
leave the craft. Customs headquar-
ters at GEORGETOWN, S. c., have re-
ceived a report that a vessel WIN
the number "M-1014" was burned to
the waters edge off Murrells IN
let on or about October 26.
A telegram was received on Tues
dav bv H. T. Springer, of the Eqult-
able Trust Company, of Wilmington
from a friend in the South saying
the boat had been burned. The tele-
gram follows:
"a report signed in writing by D.
L. Davis. of the gas escrew Mary d
share was left last Monday at the
office of the Georgetown Deputy Col
lector. He reported having seen a
souare stern cruiser thirty to thirty
five feet long. open cockpit, appar-
emily web canopy aft, M-lU1f-!eC-
ters in gilt above the numbers ne
nassed it five to ten miles south Oh
MnrrePs Inlet, two and one-halL
miles off shore. When last slShteo
if was burning, about three-torty-nVe
p M. The report stated that a
search was made for bodies LOT haiL
an hour. Letter to w. G. AinsWortn
following. Fishermen along beach at
ali times. J. E. AinswOrth."
The number M-1O14 was connIn-
ed at the Wilmington Custom House
by Joseph NJ. Pusey, brother oI
one of the missing men, and found
to he the number of Bunny IL, III
Pusey's boat.
A report from Newport News, Viz
ginia. saws that T. S. Phillips, OF that
citv. who is now on yachting TRIP
to Florida, has written his wlIe
from Beaufort, N. c., that the Bunny
II had burned at sea and that all
on board had perished.
Senator I. D. Short, Of Milford
sOn-in-law of Mr.. Taylor, on we'd
nesdav received a telegram from a
friend in North Carolina in which he !
was informed that all indications |
nointed to the loss of all on board |
the ill-fated boat.
While search by the Federal gov !
ernment. State agencies and friends |
continues unremittingly for the |
three missing men, relatives ana |
friends throughout the State con
tinue to cling to the hope that
through a pickup by an outward
hound vessel, or through landing
made on some little frequented
stretch of the sixty-mile seacoast,
the men are still alive.
Despite this, an undeniable pail Oh
gloom sensing the worst hangs
heavy upon the entire State. Hun
dreds of calls, personal telegraph
and telephone from friends ana
others interested, have been recelv-
ed by the Governor, the newspapers
and relatives.
Mrs. Edward R. Pusey, at her home
in Wilmington, is holding up WelI
under the ordeal, continuing to hope
that the three men will be found un-
harmed. Mrs. Taylor, wife OF Sec
retary Taylor, who is staying with
her daughter, Mrs. I. D. Short, at
has given way somewhat 10
the strain and is confined to her
room.
Governor Robinson has been con-
in touch with the Navy De-
partment at Washington. Although
greatly worried over. the situation
he still holds out some hope. He
has received word from Washington
Senator Bayard's office, that
The Navy Department would con-
tinue it's search for the men or their
bodies for several days yet.
Timothy ]. Mooney, secretary 10 :
Senator Bayard, received message
from the district headquarters for
he Coast Guard at Norfolk, Va, IN
licating that the yacht Bunny IL
lad been burned near the mouth ot
he Cape Fear River and that the
Oak Island station there had been s
directed to search for bodies. !
Mr.. Taylor served four years as t
member of Wilmington CITY Coun-
Ill from the Seventh Ward and Two Y
years as president of Council. lie
vas elected Mayor of Wilmington IN '
-une, 1918, for the two-year term I
1t various times he has been secre- /
ary and treasurer of the Delaware
Association, treasurer OF {
he Republican County Committee, !
ice-president of the Delaware Title l
insurance Company, the United Tire {
nd Rubber Company and the Keen i
insurance Agency.
He is a member of the Recon- h
truction Commission for the State l
f Delaware, and at times was a S
irector of the Y. NJ C. A, presi-
ent of the Kiwanis Club and b
lember of several social and fra s
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