River Steamer Tragedy.
HUNDRED LIVES LOST.
[ELECTRIC TELEGKArn—COPYRIGHT. iMR PRKSfI ASSOCIATION.] Received this day, 9.5 a.;m. New York, July 8. The Illinois river excursion steamer Columbia had 663 passen- , gers and 30 of a crew on board • when she capsized. It is estimlatled that 75 to 100 perished. In a i dense fog the vessel struck a sunj ken log in the river and commenc;ed to sink immediately. Then j she capsized. She was a threei decker and the excursionists were , dancing and singing when the accident occurred. A panic ensued. | Many women and children were I pushed, overboard .and many jumI iied. There was no time to use the lifebelts or boats. The shrieks of the surviviors were heard on shore and row boats were launched and went to the scene.
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 9 July 1918, Page 2
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