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Show RIVER STEAMER GOES DOWN City of Saltlllo Strikes Rock In Mississippi Mis-sissippi River and Nina Pae eengerg Are Drownad. Rt. Louis On woman la knmn to hav been drowned, while It la alsiost certain that eight othera loat their Uvea when th steamer City of Hill Hlo waa wrecked Wednesday aght, twenty four miles south nf HI Uuls Th boat struck a rock and lank within Bv minutes, the accident oc rurrlng at about .10 p. m. Mra. Isaae T. Ilhea, of Nashville. Tnn . wife of the president of the company owning the boat, waa drowned, and bar body haa been recovered. Th boat left Ht. Louis, bount for polnta along Ihe Tennessee river, at 7 o'clock Wednesdsy night. Tht rise of the river had made Ih voyagv pre carious aa th water waa hetvlly clogged with driftwood When nearlng tllen I'srk the oat waa drawn shoreward by th current despite the frantic efforls of the allot. It drifted almost to the bank wlim II stri.i k a rick. I'eter MclAjon. superintendent ef a cement company plant at tllci Park, saw tha boat alnk and went to the reucue of Ih passengers. II wsi fol lowed by hla entire crew and they worked valiantly lo drag tbe airagillng passengers from th water, bit It la feared that at least eight persem besides be-sides Mrs. Rhea failed to reach the shore, After they wer taken kore. they were given shelter In ta lime company's boarding bouse. |