Emery County Progress | 1908-10-03 | Page 2 | Tourist Yacht Collides with an Ocean Steamer

ft boist YACHT collis accident occurred in eng sh chan nel as result of heavy fog pas and crew be ng saved dover the tourist steam yacht argonaut which left london monday bound for lisbon with persons including passengers and crew on board went down between dover and Dun genness tuesday morning after having been in collision with the steamer kingswell in a fog all on board the argonaut took to the boats and came ashore here in safety the argonaut sank so quickly that those on board barely had time toi save themselves fortunately the sea was smooth and the transfer of the passengers and crow to the small boats was made speedily there was no panic the people on board the argonaut lost everything they possessed for an hour the argonaut s boats groped about in the fog tor the steamer kingswell which they final ly reached and boarded finding that vessel in a sinking condition the passengers again took to the boats and were ultimately picked up by the steamer southwood which bro ight them in he e the kingswell was beached at dun geness to prevent her sinking