Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1908 — HUNDREDS PERISH IN SEA [ARTICLE]

HUNDREDS PERISH IN SEA

Japanese Steamers Sink After Hulls Are Shattered in Collision. . Chefoo, China, Dec. I.—lt is reported that 750 Japanese perished in a col listen of steamships near this port The vessels crashed together head on and the hulls of both were shat tered. They sank Immediately.