Show P ACKEr flOES DOWN I I I MANY MANYI ARE DROWNED I I City C ty of Saltillo Strikes a Rock in in Mis Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi River Thirty Miles South of St Louis LouisS S IL One woman to eight other persons are believed to have been drowned in the wreck Weck of the City of Saltillo opposite Glen Park Mo 24 miles south of St Louis tonight The boat struck a rock at 9 30 and sank within five minutes The known dead Mrs Isaac T Rhea of Nashville Tenn wife of I president of the company owning the t e boat Body recovered The boat left St Louis bound for points along the Tennessee river at 7 tonight The rise of the river I had made the voyage precarious as the water was heavily clogged with drift driftwood driftwood t wood When Then nearing Glen Park the boat was drawn shoreward by the current despite the frantic efforts of ot the pilot It drifted almost to the bank when It struck a rock At midnight six people including four women were reported to have hav been drowned The boat is said to have hae sunk within five minutes after it I struck the rock I The first news received in St Louis that the boat had gone down was a telephone message from M 31 A Dempsey of Cape Girardeau who was a er Dempsey was one of those thrown from the boat into the water vater He swam to shore through the floating wreckage and made his way to Glen GlenPark GlenPark GlenPark Park After sending his message to St StLouis StLouis StLouis Louis Dempsey Dempse started to walk to the I 1 city to get help for the men and women marooned at Glen Park which Is a alime alime alime lime kiln point An automobile containing relatives of several passengers of the boat left St Louis at midnight to go goto goto goto to the rescue Peter MeLoon superintendent of a cement company compan plant at Glen Gl n Park saw the boat sink and went to the res rca rescue rescue cue of the passengers He was followed 1 by his entire crew and they the worked valiantly to drag the struggling pass passengers passengers passengers engers from the water vater After Atter they were taken ashore they were given shelter In the lime boarding house 1 The City of Saltillo is owned by ly the he heSt St Louis Lous and Tennessee River Packet company The boat was built at Jeffer Teffer Jeffersonville sonville Ind md In 1892 1392 and Is feet long 37 feet beam and drew 66 feet The vessel essel was bound from St StLouis StLouis StLouis Louis to Waterloo Ala on the Ten Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee river with stops at the tile leading river cities |