Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1899 — BELIEVE NINE ARE LOST. [ARTICLE]

BELIEVE NINE ARE LOST.

Barge Thought to Have Gone Down with All on Board. It was thought almost certain Monday that whaleback barge 115 was lost, together with her crew of nine men. Those of the cnew whose names are known were Capt. Arthur A. Boyce, Mate Michael Btynop and Cook William Buckner. - Search has been abandoned by the steamer Colgate Hoyt, which had the barge in tow. There was no insurance on vessel or cargo. The vessel was ownta Dy tvocKCteiw interests