Uintah Chieftain | 1909-05-20 | Page 2 | Boat Was Overloaded

BOAT WAS OVERLOADED Twenty Lives Lost as Result of Sinking Sinking Sink Sink- ing of Gasoline Launch Pittsburgh Pa Twenty la Twenty persons are missing and all are believed to have beef drowned a. a as the result of the tho sinking of a gasoline launch In the Ohio river near four miles below Pittsburg Tuesday night Of Of the thirty occupants of the boat only ten are known to have escaped All were es of the Pressed Steel Car company at the McKees Rocks plant The They had been working work work- ing overtime until 8 S o'clock and left the works s to lo cross the river in the launch about fifteen minutes later