Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1907 — ONE HUNDRED DIE WHEN BOAT BURNS [ARTICLE]

ONE HUNDRED DIE WHEN BOAT BURNS

Fire Destroys a Japanese Steamer on the Yang Tse Kiang—Many Passengers Missing. Shanghai, China, Sept. 19.—A Japanese steamer, said to lie the Tafoo Maru. has been burned three miles off Ching Klang, on the right bank of the Yang Tse Kiang, forty-five miles from Nanking. It is reported that 100 lives were lost. The Tafoo Maru is still on tire ps this dispatch is forwarded and the loss of lire or extent of the darnage dona have not been ascertained, but it is known that many of the passengers and crew are missing and it Is estimated that 100 lives were lost -•