Show mm TWENTY LIVES m LOST IN lIVER DIJER HI AT HIMen Men Had Been Laboring Lab ring Over Overtime Overtime Overtime time and Were Anxious to Get Home TRIED TO CROSS IN GASOLINE LAUNCH BOAT WAS OVERLOADED VIC VICTIMS TIMS OF PRESSED STEEL CAR COMPANY Pittsburg Pa Fa May 11 Twenty per persons persons persons sons are missing and all are believed to have ben been drowned as the result of the sinking of a launch in river near four miles below billOW Pittsburg tonight Of the thirty occupants occupants occupants pants of the boat only ten te are known to have escaped eca The Missing Albert Graham pilot and part owner of Ute the boot boat George C Thompson formerly of at A AJ toona Pa Boots ONeill James Conner Walter I rAW Low ew Thomas Kennedy William Guthrie Henry I Dennis Murphy Murph r v J Tony Ton Bole I 5 I Nine others oUters whose names 5 ba heY Ye Ut t tI been learned S I Get Home All AH were employee of the tho Pressed Pr Steel Car company at the tho Rocks flocks plant Thoy They had been working overtime until 8 S and left le t the works to cross the river in the launch about fifteen minutes later The boat is said to nave Have been Intend Intended ed 61 for not over twenty persons but all an wanted to get across on the first trip and thirty crowded in inAs InA InA As A the boat sank it caused a suction that took many ot of the men with it Others attempted to swim ashore but were chilled by b the cold water and became exhausted One of the men who succeeded in swimming ashore ran to a telephone and save gave ave the alarm Boats were at I once put out in the hope of o rescuing some struggling swimmers but the task tack seemed h b hopeless S |