Salt Lake Telegram | 1911-06-26 | Page 6 | Explosion Kills Six on Steamboat

EXPLOSION KILLS SIX ON STEAMBOAT MEMPHIH.' Tana.. June 2. Hteamlnc up tha Mlaalaaippt rlvar lata Saturday af. tarnoon. tha noll.ra of tha packet Oty of St. -toeeph eplo0"ed while the Boat waa oppoelta Praaident'a teland. aix mtlea he-tow he-tow this city. fMx negro neck hanria are dead, fourteen more are expected to die. and ten other peraon. were mora or leaa aerloualr hurt. The boat quickly took fire and It waa wtth great difficulty that any of the paaaengara and deck hands ware aaved. Fifty paaeanirera were aboard. Tha work of rescue was done entirely hv the crewJ of the ferrvhoat Charles H. Organ, which had been running abreaat of the Oly of at. Joseph several miles. Water waa poured onto the burning craft from the ferryboat, tha two ve.sel. ware laehed together and the pasaengera and crew nf the wrecked boat laken aboard. ' '