Salt Lake Telegram | 1911-06-26 | Page 11 | Death List Now Reaches Seventeen

DEATH LIST NOW REACHES SEVENTEEN MEMPHIS. Tenn.. June t The death Hat resulting from the explosion of the liver packet City of St. Joseph, six miles below here Seturdsv srtemoon. wss swelled to seventeen Sunday. Two more will die. In accounting for the crew It wae found that eight Instead of sli : negroes lost their lles a'meet Instantly, five being drowned snd three scalded to , death Sine more died of their Injuries. ' Engineer Floyd Morgan Is so badly ' scalded that hops for hi recovery have been abandoned. Morgan. however. waa able to 1 ststs that violation of a government regulation of hollers probably was re-sponslbls re-sponslbls for ths explosion. A federal Investigation lo expected.