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Show YACHT DISAPPEARS AS THOUGH SWALLOWED UP Vessel Bearing Bridal Couple Mysteriously Missing; Stories ef Piracy Afloat. NICE, April 24. A . great sensation has "been caused all along the Riviera by the mysterious disappearance of the pleasure yacht Reine Victoria. The vessel had on board M. and Mme. D'Esmenard, the sister of the latter, Mile. Marguerite Gourio de Refuge, and two sailors, Lafonta and Berlin. The D'Eemenards were married only a month ago and were on their wedding tour. They were resident at Cannes and made frequent excursions on Relne Victoria. On April 8th the party embarked on the yacht for Nice. Mme. D'Esmenard I -carried all her jewels and her husband had with him several thousand francs. Since their sailing nothing has been heard of them. They should have reached Nice the same day. As the weatherjwas magnificent no reason can be assigned for the disappearance of the vessel. All kinds of extraordinary stories of murder and piracy are current, but there is nothing to Justify them beyond the fact that M. and Mme. D'Esmenard carried 30,000 or 40,000 francs in money and Jewels. A search is being carried out by the police and the maritime authorities all along the coast. |