NewsAugust 5, 2008
Search continues for missing boaters near Ste. Gen
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. (AP) -- Search crews are still looking for two eastern Missouri men missing since their boat capsized on July 30 on the Mississippi River. The Missouri State Water Patrol says 52-year-old Harold Smith and 46-year-old Arthur Barton are both presumed drowned. Both are from Farmington...
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. (AP) -- Search crews are still looking for two eastern Missouri men missing since their boat capsized on July 30 on the Mississippi River.
The Missouri State Water Patrol says 52-year-old Harold Smith and 46-year-old Arthur Barton are both presumed drowned. Both are from Farmington.
The men were last heard from Wednesday afternoon after their boat ran out of gas and was drifting down the river. A relative was waiting at the ferry crossing at Ste. Genevieve with fuel. But when the boat arrived, it was floating upside down.
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The boat was recovered on Thursday.
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Information from: Park Hills Daily Journal, http://dailyjournalonline.com.
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