From the St. Paul (Minn.) Appeal, 7/15/1911, p. 2, c. 5
Excursion Boat Burned.
The charred hulk of the steamer River Queen, the spectacular destruction of which by fire Saturday night drew large throngs to the river front, is to be wrecked. She was in the excursion business and carried Afro-Americans to Washington Park down the Potomac.