Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-12
THIRTEEN DROWNED|FL0R|DA IN WATER
Lives Are Lost Steamer Biggest of Our BattIeshps
Sinks in the Mississippi. Successfully Launched
THROWN AGAINST A ROCK us A~REAL FIGHTING CRAFT
River Being Dragged asOny Ten2nch Installed in
Body Has Been Found. Her Main Battery.
PANIC FOLLOWS ACCIDENT. MEN SEE HER TAKE SLIDE
Crew mngle With Believing tary Meyer Among
OF the oa'ie' 4 = Spectators
THROWN AGAINST A ROCK
River Being Dragged, assOnly One
Body Has Been Found.
PANIC FOLLOWS ACCIDENT.
Shrieks of Passengers and Cries of
Crew Mingle With Believing
of the Cattle.

ST. LOUIS. May 12-Thirteens persons
seven of them passengers. lost their livv
in the sinking of the steamer City of
Saltille in the Mississippi river at Glen
Park. Mo-. last night.
The boat was thrown against a rock
by the swift current two hours after
the start from the wharf here Glen
Park is twenty-four miles below st
Louis
Because of the loss of the passenger
list and the uncertainty at the scene OF
the disaster the extent of the death lis,
was not definitely known until about
noon today.
Only one body. that of Mrs Rthea.. ha:
been recovered.
The river is bein~ dragged byntlle crew
of the wrecked boat.
The dead are:
Miss Anna Rhea, Nashville. Tenn.
Mrs. Isaac T. Rhea, Nashville. Tenn.
s. c. oaker, first clerk of the steamer
Mrs. Joseph Harris, Nashville, Tenn
Mrs. Archie Patterson. Savannah, Tenn
Archie Patterson. jr., two years old.
William ]. Pickett, salesman, St. Louis
Mo.
Fowler Post. third clerk.
Miss Lena Wall, Nashville, Tenn.
Head porter, name unknown.
Cabin boy, name unknown.
TWO roustabouts, names unknown.
Much Driftwood in River.
The boat carried twenty-seven. pas
Sengers, mostly women and children
and crew OF thirty. She left s. Loui
at o'clock, with a heavy cargo. in
Guiding cattle and live stock, and tn,
voyage was considered precarious be
cause of the great amount Of drifrwoot
floating in the river, due to the annua
spring rise.
Mrs. Rhea and Miss Rhea were the wife
and daughter Of Isaac T. Rhea. presiden,
Of the st. Louis and Tennessee River
Packet Company. owners of the boat. Mrs
Rhea was dragged from the water alive
but died within an hour. The body o
Miss Anna Rhea has NOT been recov
ered
Miss Louise Rhea, another daughter
escaped. They were en- route to thei
home in Nashville after visiting friend
in ST.. Louis.
When the vessel struck the rock an,
sank in twenty feet of water the great
est confusion prevailed. The noise O
rending timbers. shrieks of women ant
children and the believing of the cattl,
Passengers in Terror.
Passengers and members of the crew
chung to the timbers. while those NOR,
fortunate lent their aid Immediately I,
the rescue of the helpless. The rescued
were taken to the Glencoe Company.
boarding house.
Glen Park is merely a river landing
without facilities. Therefore Capt Crane
after his escape from the river. walket
two miles to the nearest telephone sta
ton and sent the news to ST. Louis ant
to De Soto. Rescue trains with physician.
and relief supplies were sent out thi.
morning.
The City of Saltillo was built at JET
fersonville, Ind, in 1892 and was 100 fee
long, 81 feet wide and drew six and
half feet of water. At the time of the
accident she was bound for Waterloo
Ala, on the Tennessee river.