Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-07-29
STEAMER EASTLAND.
TURNS. TURTLE IN
The CHICAGO RIVER
Overturned Ship Gives
Up 9Ol Bodies Dead
/. Estimated at 1000
LETTERS sEIzH ON STEAMER
Show That Only TYo Thousand Per-
sons should Have Been on Board
Coroner Says RSponsIbIe Parties
Shall Not Escape lunIshment-LIst.
Ing Of Boat Notice Fifteen Minutes
Before the Aoclde

Ing Of Boat Notlcel Fifteen Minutes
Before the AoeideI t~
II
Western Newsnansr 1IIIou News Service
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% tha blame for IL disastar rests
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criminal NeehgeNee Cnarseo'
That criminal eEllgence was
responsible for tfEt disaster to
the death ship Eastlahi IS the charge
of the Chicago police. Three investi-
cations are in full sying here, the
object Of each being |, ascertain the
cause of the catastre,he The over
turned steamer had glen up 901 bod.
les. The estimated toYl of those who
went down to death 81 the Chicago
River when the steel steamer bearing
2,4SO excursionists rolled over at her
dock, remained at approximately
1000. OF the total of 2NS0 persons on
board at the time OF ne catastrophe
l.o'z, including the clew Oh u, nave
Ieh9Ileu themselves ~ .nt
- > 'pae easasss
lor II Is oeiieVea TO saretiiiVe' anu
that loo pooies Sun are ny tne river
Inc HaStiana nes on per sue II
lne rlVer' win uiNers nouhueiint
throusn ner snas'iy ih'elioi anu Dui
rowing unuer ner IN aeaen search
wniie chicago appaiieu' ID !ust Iesin
nihg 10 reahAe tne reai sisnincanc'
Oh one ol .ne srea'es' Vi marine uis
Ssters' "niie tne srieVinS .nousaAu ,
VINO iost uear ones "alAeu lniousi
tne morsue III the oeconu nesiineh
Armory gazing in'o tue races Vi IN
ueau' naii IN nope' hai' III uespaii
onicaso cltaehs anu civ' s'a.e AM
reuerai oihciais tufheu lneir a''ehuoi
W lh'eslisauons that must oiinl
.oitn Sohe eApiana'ion Vi 'ne 1a.aS
tropne anu I" tne "oiA VI p'o'iu'i
'eiiei ior 'noSe iei' ue'','u'e'
Gathering Facts for Government.
Dickerson N. Hoover, Governmen
Steamboat Inspector, and Federal 81
pervisor Chas. Westcott arrived an
conferred with the local Inspector
who began to gather facts for the FeC
eral Grand Jury. Two documents wer
taken and the Captain and 2S officer
and members of the crew arreste,
These papers, according to the me-
ger information that could be obtaine
about them, showed that following 4
spection the boat was to be permitte
to carry 1000 passengers and a ere
of 20.
The Eastland, said by marine arch
tects to have been top.heayy and bS
lasted in an uncertain manner, turnC
over inside Of five minutes after
began to list, pouring its gala passe
gers into the river or imprisoniI
them In its submerged hull in % fe
of water.
Several persons were taken ali,
from the cabins of the ship after
had lain on its side in the river 4
hours. The steamers sides were C
; open with gas flames to admit diver
Under the glare of searchlights scor
Of men worked in the hull of the W
sci to remove the bodies. The steai
: er lay on the bottom Of the river o.
. side protruding like a monument
Q the hundreds II had drowned as
0 turned over. Under mistry skies 10
men, women and children wend
5 their way to the Clark street doc
to fll Ave large lake steamers wi
e holiday mirth in a trip to Michig
City. The steamer Eastland, broug
n to Chicago from Lake Erie, after
r. unsatisfactory career, was the first