| Show NORTONS LAST VOYAGE his little vessel supposed to be lost with all on board NEW 0 feb 10 T aln he ic I 1 C i is s now flow little llope that captain francis 1 I norton orion and those nho ho with hill on oil tile the small steam life boat IF F 1 I norton are alive tile the norton left new londei Lon Lori dwi durl conn con on november th toulon france anil and she lias has now been aci n out eighty 7 five days clays Avit without hout ft a boril Is as to the fate of the bie vessel or her passengers and rew crew laving having dicou cell received ceia ed in nil fill that time it was captain Cip tain nortons Nor tons int cution to touch at azores for coal lut but it is now definitely known that the norton never reached that port tile the report that she ehr was fris hUd air olluis gib balter on december also proved to be erroneous there is now hut but a single A ray of hope and that is that sonic passi passing tig N asi esel el bound to sonic distant port may have rescued captain norton and the pas and crew of the lifeboat life boat to this this hope the rela acla tives of the captain and members member of the norton ship Imil ding and construction company ot of which lie was president still cling secre tary NV wilson ilson of the company said paid today to day that the of those on oil boat blaid the IF F 1 I norton is a bare possibility and that is all tremendous nici idous in pales gales sapt the ocean just after the LI F 1 I norton left port and secretary wilson thought c it likely that the little craft was sunk slink six days after she he left new london another gentleman in captain nortons Nor tons office still adheres to the belief that the F 1 norton is icebound ice bound in soine of the lie harbors of france mrs norton accompanied her husband ill a as s did his niece miss rickaby Kic I 1 kaby y the chew consi consisted of james MeN hencely cely chief engineer engineer L aithur mclean assis assistant engineer C F carson sailing in roaster master C anderson and 0 ocar car Mil riar joseph marcial steward and J john It I 1 cabin boy |
