Helena, Ark.--April 28, 1908--Fifteen people lost their lives Sunday and several others sustained serious injuries when the steamer Marion capsized near the mouth of the St. Francis River; the boat, which was going from Helena to Cape Girardeau, was caught in a windstorm and overturned 200 yards from shore; the boat carried members of a carnival company.  Source:  A Cape Girardeau (Mo.) newspaper.

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