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Show AMERICAN YACHT ATLANTIC IS SIGHTED BY STEAMERS '''V' : . . I V- ' . . . ,( .-NEW. TORK, May a-The American' yacht: Atlantic. 'one 6f the. eonteStanU to kthe trans-Atlantic race for the Emperor. William cup, was sighted late Saturday; night. 690 miles due eaist of Bandy Hook. She' was heading' east and' . with fair weather and fresh south winds and was making a little better than seven and oAe-half oAe-half knots per hour. The Atlantlo was Sighted by ithej steamer Cedrlc, Mtnne-tonka Mtnne-tonka and Noordland. Marconi ' wireless messages were sent trom all these steamers steam-ers to the Associated Press. . To have reached the point at which she was' sighted sight-ed the Atlantlo must have averaged more than 200 miles per day. or more than eight knots an hour. - The following telegrams were received by the Associated Preaai They' were transmitted from the steamers by Marconi Mar-coni wireless to the Marconi station on Long- Island and Nantucket, and thence to New York: "Steamahlp Cedrlc. via Nordam and Marconi station. Slasconset. Mass.. May 22. Associated, New York. May 30. Atlantic At-lantic sighted latitude 40. lonrttude 60. heading east; moderate to rough voyage; speed seven point fifty-four knots." "Steamship Mlnnetonka. via Marconi station. Saganponack, N. Y.. May 22. Associated. New York: Passed yacht Atlantic At-lantic Saturday, latitude 40.49 north; longitude lon-gitude U west; fresh V. S. W. wind, increasing." in-creasing." - "Steamship Noordam. via Marconi station, sta-tion, Siasconset. Mass., May 22. Associated Asso-ciated Press. New York: May 20 passed Yacht presumed Atlantic, :46 p. m., latitude lati-tude 40.63 north. 68 west, heading esxt. burned red, white and red cotton light, having fair with southwest wind." |