Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-07-30
LACK Of WATER
BALLAST BLAMED
FOR DISASTER
Federal Government Begins
Active Investigation of Over
turning of EaStIand, Sew
er5I Arrests Made,

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continue we iilNoStl 1a'''' '"'l'' 'oW.
The federal grand Jury was or,
dered 10y judge lanuls 70 PIpC',u
with a careful INQUIRY intea we tast-
! land ease. mted states pis'li't ~
tornev G. F. 'Nne arransed Tor WI,
nesses 10 go before the Jury ana Salu
that every angle of tho case would ne
nrobcd The Jury today examined we
Eastlaud as 1t lay I'M the river WINE
wrockcrs proceeded with the WORK Oh
Fighting the ship
Nothing TO throw new ught on lhe
cause of the capsizins Of the steamer
was developed before secretary Ned,
field Inspectors and others eNpresseu
the opinion that under-hallaAtihE or
improper manipulation of the water
ballast tanks upset the snip b"petl
Reid. of Grand Haven, Mich the rcd
eral Inspector who granted the EAST
land permission to Increase MS pas
sengers from 1900 to 2 500 ON JulN Z,
testified that the ship had plenty OF
room for even more passengers, ana
had complied with he law providing
the legal amount of life prcserNers,
boats and life RATS, He had seen the
ship carry 5000 persons safely he
said. had inspected the ballast tanks.
although not required to do SO, and
had no fear of the ships sinking, his
son-in-law, T. NJ Erickson, being chlet
engineer of the craft. He said he had
never received any favor from amy Of
ficer or owner of the vessel
No Report by Grand Jury
The county grand jury did not
make q report today Walter g. steele.
of st Joseph, Mich, secretary and
treasurer Of the Chicago-St Joseph
Steamship company previously ar
rested by the police, was arrested to-
night by one of States Attorney
Hovne's detectives on charge Of
criminal carelessness. although no
warrant was issued.
Fonr more bodies were recovered
from the river today. making a total
of S34 found since the ship turned
over Ouicklime bombs were used to-
day in nm attcmpt To force corpscs
from tho bottom hut without success
The missing LIST dwindIed some 200
names TODAY. and inst how many
more bodies there NAV he n the river
is NOT known Divers who have
worried i'm and around the wreck for
fivc dave sav mat inc nine bodies
recovered during Tho last three DAVIS
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