Spanish Fork Press | 1906-12-20 | Page 2 | Explosion on River Steamer

EXPLOSION ON RIVER STEAMER Number of Victims Unknown But 25 of Passengers and Crew Are Missing Accident Occurred at Landing While Freight Was Being Taken onBoard on-Board the Boat Being So Badly Damaged That She Soon Sank Vicksburg l1ItsTIIO steamer W T Scovll plying In the Vtcksbtirg and I Davis Bend tnulu was destroyed on Wednesday by an explosion and between be-tween ten nod sixteen persons were killed and a like number Injured The number of dead and Injured negroes ne-groes cannot he stated at this time of list and passenger but of a crew fifty about half lire missing limo negro dead and a number of Injured were cared for at the place where the accident occurred Five of the injured Vlcks jured negroes were brought to burg on the steamer Senator Cordlll with tho white dead and injured rhe accident occurred at Gold Dust landing about seventeen miles south of this city The Scovll was at the landing taking on freight when suddenly sud-denly an explosion occurred Many of the timbers of the boat were thrown hundreds of yards The boat was so badly damaged that she began to sink Immediately