The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-29
REPORTERS DROWNED
Mere Following the Rivers and
Harhors Committee.
WERE RUN DOWN BY A STEAMER.
The Work Of the Committee at
New Orleans
roR ENTERTAINMENT IN TEXAS
Preparations Are BcinR Made by Sew
erWi Citics of Professionalism Il
to Reach Houston saturday.

Nav Orleans January OH y. Hos
far and II "A plessin, picayune reporters.
wore drowned at tho quarantine station.
acyerai miles be,ow here at nm carly hour
This morniuv. They were aboard III, Yacht
Arpo following The rivers and harbors
10 southwest Pass. when their
craft was struck nv the steamer Albert
pumo,s and sent ,o tho baton. At last
accounts their bodies had not been rccoy-
cred
Both mon were daring and energetic ana
while ON n uission An line of their pro-
fession they we've dashed beneath tho
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tale
When ARRANGEMENTS were made for the
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accommodations were made Tor all save
newspaper representatives. The Picayunc.
not TO be shut out. chartered the AFRO,
,,,ot al ,,.,,,. o., ,oiio, ,ho ,,,,, a,d nat,
Inc mNoellSatioN' TOT 'hlh WORK three OF
their stan Hester. Blossin aud Chris LIN
dauor--worc SELECTED Their plan was TO
'nih up the river as the committee hhiHhod.
Splt the waters OF the Misslssippi aheau
OF tncm and beat the othor sew orieahs
papers Oh lhc news ny several hours'
ABOUT D. H. last hlHnt 'he A'so party
'"'hea III Nothihs more was known ny
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senee wan net noted until the Argo party
/ Ihndsh2 on tne ascA ol sltis pani'ih, R
fn,,r M, conid And no trace az rho missiny
man
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ho,riny nr,va nj ,h,, orrident aud lon,pht
a lug wns sent to the suul,on craf, to con.
linue Inc se,rih for Inc two bodies
DrtniI. of the wreck
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luis morning COLLISION oueutreu On tno
river about seventeen miles above the
ouarantlne station between the steam yaoh-
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Wnls IN "hich 'he yhch' hhu her DOW sto'e
In and sank within very few minutes
nf,er tho accident How the nocidont oc-
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courta Wlll most likely be called upon 10
decide.
nh. pumo,a came nm tho riycr with tha
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rNers ana ha'p"'' eo"''h'''eo On D'aiu.
on board the Argo were three reporters OF
the picayunc, II. T.. Hester and II. i.
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was II guest. A crew OF four men COM
msnded by Captain james Brown. was In
,,orno -, ,ho crot, and tho vessel mada
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excellent time Gown tue r''er' running u.
an average Of fifteen miles an hour All
In the cabin had retired and nothing un-
toward occurred until hoout iz'oV oc'ou"
trls nio'n'ns, mnsn ~, ~ r,''nr NJ. 40
,nnai,aa for r aha r,rb, Of way and the na-
mols answered by two whistles, or a signal
that that vessel would take the left side.
The Argo crashed mo the statpoaiu pow
o, , , nu ,s,as 'b ben, hm, ,he Argo had her
- w. 80 - a. and a., . f.,v minutes Hnnk