Arizona republican., 1915-07-25
STEAMER EASTLAND
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men were found alive in another state room above the water but that ended the hops that any number escaped death in the death trap itself
 During the mighty turning of the ship with it's cargo Of humanity lifeboats, chairs and other loose ap- performances on the decks slipped down the sloping floors, crushing the passengers toward the rising waters. Many passengers vho sank entangled with clothing and bundles did not rise. bu, scores came to the surface. giving the river the appearance of q crowded bathing beach Many seized floating chairs and other objects Those on shore threw ont ropes and dragged in those wh1 could hold uo the life-lines. Employees of com1nis-
 sion firms along tte river threw c'ates. chicken GOODS and other fIota- ble things into the current, but a.s most of these weIe swept away by the stream. boats put out
 Tugs rushed to tine scene with shrieking whistles. and many men snatcEcd off their coats and sprang in;o the river to aid the drowning With thousands of spectators ready to aid and the whare within grasp. hundreds went 10 their death despite every effort at rescue.
 One mother graspeu two children in her arms, as shc siipped from the steamer into the water One child was torn rom her. but she and the other were saved. Fathers drowned after aiding their wives and children to safety.
 The Second Regiment armory. sit uatcd in thicl<ly settled part of the west side. was surrounded early in the evening by a great throng of people. Most of the victims were residents of the west side, and nearly every elevated train bound for the residence portions of that section carried it's group Of weeping men and women. IL was hoped to have the recovered bodies all in the armory hy 10 o'clock. and until that time no one was admitted. Accordingly thousands formed in line hours be- fore the great doors were opened, eagerly awaiting the chance to seek the bodies of !5in and friends, be- lIeved to have been lost.
 While those on land were disposing of the dead and injured rescued. divers Tn the heart of the sunken vessel sent up almost d constant stream of corp ses First it was a gaily dressed girl in teens who was caught between a pile Of chairs. next a boy gathered from the lifeless arms of his father then an old woman. who had gone aboard to watch her grandchildren or a little girl with bare legs and boots with gay ribbons sodden against the lace of her holiday gown.
 Amidst all the horrors and heart ache the various departments attended to the pressing duties of disposition of the dead and injured. tracing the miss ing, inquiry as to the cause of the dis aster and precautions against diseases from sunken bodies and corpses drift ing through the city toward the canal locks. Federal Judge Landis ordered a grand jury empaneled to investigate the catastrophe. District Attorney Hoyne prepared for a county grand jury in quiry. Coroner Hoffman selected jury to look into the cause of the deaths and the health commissioner arranged to purify the river for fear disease might spread by the presence of SO many bodies in the stream. Pre- are being made to inspect the | "a psiZed ship.