Ogden Daily Standard | 1908-11-03 | Page 1 | One Man Meets Death

U H A 11 NL 94 AN M LEI s D A ah steamers collide on the potomac with fatal results 4 washington nov 3 uarl early today a collision occurred in tho the over liver between the norfolk ilk and wash laeton steamer city of 0 washington and the forry ferryboat boit lackawanna bound aiom washington to alexandria sam iu el 1 old a merchant of alexandria but who naho resided in this city was killed the collision Is said to have been nue due to a confusion of signals and acx inability Iff on account of me low stage of the water to property properly handle the for I 1 lybolt tho starboard side bide of the lawanna Tc was torn away and the low bow of tho the city of washington was damaged tho the lackawanna was vae beached