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Domestic News
November 13, 1899
The Evening Bulletin
Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky
What is this article about?
In Yuma, A.T., Captain Alfonso D. Smith and O. F. Brant report no trace of four missing railroad surveyors—Colonel Stoke, Dave Unruh, Manuel Martinez, and Charles Tyson—whose boat was carried to sea by a gale while moving camp on the Gulf of California.
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Carried to Sea.
Yuma, A. T., Nov. 13.—Captain Alfonso D. Smith, president, and O. F. Brant, vice president, of the Yuma and Gulf of California Railroad company have arrived from the gulf, and report that no trace can be found of Colonel Stoke, chief engineer, Dave Unruh, assistant engineer; Manuel Martinez and Charles Tyson, members of a railroad surveying party, who were reported a few days ago to have been drowned in the gulf. A party of 11 men were engaged surveying a railroad from Yuma to the gulf. The four above named got into a small boat with the intention of moving camp 10 miles down the gulf. A gale came up and the boat was carried to sea.
Yuma, A. T., Nov. 13.—Captain Alfonso D. Smith, president, and O. F. Brant, vice president, of the Yuma and Gulf of California Railroad company have arrived from the gulf, and report that no trace can be found of Colonel Stoke, chief engineer, Dave Unruh, assistant engineer; Manuel Martinez and Charles Tyson, members of a railroad surveying party, who were reported a few days ago to have been drowned in the gulf. A party of 11 men were engaged surveying a railroad from Yuma to the gulf. The four above named got into a small boat with the intention of moving camp 10 miles down the gulf. A gale came up and the boat was carried to sea.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
Accident
Shipping
What keywords are associated?
Yuma
Gulf Of California
Railroad Surveying
Missing Surveyors
Gale
Boat To Sea
What entities or persons were involved?
Captain Alfonso D. Smith
O. F. Brant
Colonel Stoke
Dave Unruh
Manuel Martinez
Charles Tyson
Where did it happen?
Yuma, A. T.
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Yuma, A. T.
Event Date
A Few Days Ago (Reported Nov. 13)
Key Persons
Captain Alfonso D. Smith
O. F. Brant
Colonel Stoke
Dave Unruh
Manuel Martinez
Charles Tyson
Outcome
no trace found; reported drowned; boat carried to sea by gale.
Event Details
Four members of a 11-man railroad surveying party from Yuma to the Gulf of California entered a small boat to move camp 10 miles down the gulf when a gale arose, carrying the boat to sea.