Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1909 — ILLINOIS SAILOR DROWNED [ARTICLE]

ILLINOIS SAILOR DROWNED

Swept From Deck of Yankton by Roll of Sea. Washington, Jan. 29.—LeRoy White, an ordinary seaman on the U. S. S. Yankton, while that vessel was en route from Villefranche for Gibraltar, was thrown overboard by the heavy roll of the vessel and drowned. The body was not recovered. White enlisted at St. Louis, Mo. He gave his home address as Jerseyville, 111.