Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1911 — SIXTY DIE ON STEAMER [ARTICLE]

SIXTY DIE ON STEAMER

Taboga Strikes Rock Off Punta Mala and Sinks. Forty Passengers Are Rescued from Coastwise Steamer After. Accident a Panama, May 26.—The National steamship line steamer Taboga struck a rock off Punta Mala on Tuesday and sank a short time afterward. Of the hundred passengers on board only forty are known to have been saved. The Taboga had a cargo of cattle and was on her regular coastwise trip. The scene of the accident is about 100 miles from the nearest telegraph station, which makes it difficult to obtain details. The United States gunboat Yorktown has left here for the scene of the disaster.