Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1896 — FOUR OF A BOAT CREW MISSING. [ARTICLE]

FOUR OF A BOAT CREW MISSING.

Minslasippi River Steamer Sinks and Passengers Narrowly Kacape. As the result of the sinking of the steamer Congo in the Mississippi river four people are missing and are supposed to have drowned. Two others were in-’ jured, but not seriously. The missing, whose names are unknown, are the captain of the deck crew, a barber, the ash hauler and a roustabout. The injured are Xanies Hayes of Pittsburg, Pa., and W. F. Brothers, of Clay City, 111. 'Phe boat sank so rapidly that there was no time to blow the distress signal. Many of tile passengers were picked up more dead than alivp, Tpm Patrick and wife, of Oa'enirtjoro, Ky., were on their bridal trip. He heroically swam ashore With bis wife. . An Individual may smite and smile and still be a temperance advocate.