Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1909 — COAL GOES DOWN [ARTICLE]

COAL GOES DOWN

Barges, Carrying 120,000 Bushels, Sink In the Monongahela. Pittsburg, April 23.—Seven barges of coal, aggregating 120,000 bushels, were sunk in the Monongahela river here. They were tom from their moorings by a swift current and struck a bridge pier. "