Show I STEAMER ON 1 F i RIVER SINKS Over One Hundred Persons on Board Reach Sh Shore re in Safety ACCIDENT Ac mENT OCCURS T SOUTH OF ST. ST LOUIS Boat Now Lies Les Ne Near r Shore ore and Is Partially Sub merged ST. ST LOUIS Mo July 12 1 To 12 THo 50 met steamer Capo Cape ape deau struck a a. naff I c cand and Bank to tha the bottom of ot the tile river today at a fifty Arty south of here Ninety p pita ps seng's were wore aboard ard and all zu were takes taba ashore safely The bo boat t was returning from boom Commeree Com Com- meree Mo Yo Many of the the- I. I wore were women omen and children They were asleep when hen the tho host hit ei an o obstruction aku The alarm w WM given ven by by Oa Capt f H H. Ler The PU passengers 8 cr crowded ed on th the decks and were all sU put safely at Later Lster tAr they were bro brought bt to LoUis St.-LoUis by trai train trIin The Tho Cape Girardeau waa wad built in jut Madil Madison on Ind lad in 1899 She was was' feet lone and carried a crew of af forty forty- five dye The boat is i. owned b by tho the Eagle agte Packet racket company of St. St Lome Louia On the evening e of May 11 nt the e steamboat steam boat City of Saltillo struck huek a lua went to the tha bottom of ot the river nver fifteen miles below bolow St. St Louis Twelve persona wore were drowned by tho sinking of the tha oo boat Pilots John Stout and John Street as 88 soon as 83 the boat hi hit the tho inae head headed the prow toward shore Tie The boat II sank close cIoe to tho bank of the river fter ter the passengers loft left of Ono One side iraa tub tub- merged me S |