Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1907 — Four Dead in Their Berths. [ARTICLE]

Four Dead in Their Berths.

Antwerp. Feb. 14.—Four first class passengers of the Swedish steamship Olof Wijk, which has arrived here from Gottenberg, were found suffocated in their state rooms. Ths deaths were due to fumes which escaped from a quantity of eurphur matches stored in the hold directly beneath their state rooms.