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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-26

streets on their way to other boats, for
five vessels had been chartered for the ex-
cursion.
The disaster was a matter of only a few
minutes. Many eyewitness say it was
over in between four and six minutes
One instant the boat was filled with laugh
ing picnickers in their holiday tinery,
while others were surging to the gang
plank, anxious to embark.
As the gangplank was pulled in and
preparations were made to cast off the
steamer listed to port, or toward the river.
The passengers were crowding on that side
to get the view. The sway at first occa-
stoned little alarm.
The joking and laughter continued, but
as the great hull continued to swing over
terror suddenly grippcd the passengers.
There was a mad scramble, a panic in
which the terrified passengers fought for
places of safety. Shrieks and cries wrung
the hearts OF those on shore.
\ minute OF two and the ship was flat
on its side like a dead fish, and those
caught beneath and within were entombed
by the inrushing water
The surface Of the water was thick with
struggling forms. Babies perished in sight
of those on the docks and bridges The
forms of men and women in frenzied
fight for life churned the water, then sank.
On the side of the boat were numbers
who had clambered over the rail as the
beat settled on its side Some escaped
without even wetting their feet.
The whistles of tugs and excursion boats
shreked the alarm. Boats put off to the
rescue. Hundreds of persons were drag
gcd from the river to safety. South Water
street men tossed barrels and crates and
chicken boxes into the river, where they
were seized by the drowning.
Forty miles away at Lockport the bear
trap dam in the drainage canal was closed
to stop the river current. Fireboats and
tugs spread out like a fan around the
death ship and then began the work of
taking out the bodies.
The nearby streets and warehouses were
turned into morgues. Bodies were piled in
rows. Ambulances and vans and delivery
trucks were pressed into service as death
carts, while as fast as the bodies welC
taken out hundreds of hysicians strovc tC
bring back life.
At the south approach to the Clarl
| street bridge respiration machines were
operated on the sidewalk. Victims wer,
| worked over the moment they reached
| shore Emergency hospitals were estab
| lishcd within few feet OF the disaster.
The Theodore Roosevelt, one of the Gv
| boats chartered for the excursion, whicl
was moored on the opposite side Of tn
| Clark street bridge, was turned into
| morguc and hospital
As soon as the calamity became known
| doctors and nurses by the hundreds volur
teercd their services and for hours the
| strove in the work of resuccitation. Fee
| were revived, however. as the bodies Ia
been in the water too long.
The spectacles were narrowing. Polic
men wept as the bodies of women wei
taken out with their babies still clutchc
to their bosoms in the grasp of death.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-26
SEARCHING MORGUES
FOR THEIR LOST ONES
Less Than 100 Bodies Left at Armory
Last Evening-Many Bore No
Signs of Struggle.

CHICAGO, Ill, July 2G.-Sorrow which
spread over the city with the Eastland dis
aster and beclouded a thousand homes
with grief, hung lowest yesterday over the
silent forms of the victims in the drill
hall of the Second Regiment Armory
There was little sign of violent emotion,
though everywhere the tenseness of repres-
sion was apparent. OF the thousands
who, through the night and day visited
the armory not more than a hundred need
ed assistance by the Red Cross nurses.
All through the night load after load Of
bodies were received at the morgue and
| through the morning at less frequent inter
walls the procession continued.
As fast as the bodies were identified a
record was taken by the coroner's officers
and they were then turned over to those
who claimed them Early last night less
than a hundred bodies were left in tho
armory.
Many of the bodies bore no sign of strug
gle. Here and there, however, was on,
with distorted limbs, with bruised head o.
torso. Perhaps the most pitiful were tht
bodies of babies. For several hours twt
Of these little ones lay with dimplcd face
upturned near where the embalmers wer
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-26
TODAY'S SUMMARY

The German armies in the east con-
tinue to make progress in the task of
investing Warsaw North of the Polish
capital the Teutonic troops have crossed
the Narew river and are advancing to-
ward the river Bug and the railroad
running out Of the city to the east
ward.
In this section the Germans are %
miles from the capital. South of War
saw the Germans are directing their ef-
forts against the Russian lines of de-
Tense u miles from the capital and
have taken two positions by storm.
In South Poland the Germans are
meeting with determined resistance
from the Russian troops holding the
Lublin railroad.
That preparations had been made by
Germany for winter campaign is in
dicated by a despatch from Berlin
which says the war department already
has on hand supplies of warm clothing
for the troops. A French torpedo boat
destroyer, evidently working with the
Italian fleet, is reported from Toulon to
have destroyed the Austrian submarine
and aeroplane depot on Lagosta is
land
Riva, an Austrian town on Lake Gar
da, has been the object of an attack
from air by Italian aeroplanes.
| The American steamer Lelan with {
cargo of flax, product recently de
elared by Germany to be contraband
was sunk yesterday off Scotland by
a German submarine All members O.
the crew, who number about 40 men
were landed safely at Kirkwall. Moth
ing has been received to indicat,
whether or not the American steame
was warned or visited by German
submarine before being sent to tn
bottom
Germany received the last American
note on submarine warfare two day
before the Lelan was sunk.
A despatch from Berlin says som
time probably will elapse before tn
German government will make answe
to this communication.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-26
SIX VESSELS SUNK
BY SUBMARINES
Two Steamers and Four Trawlers the
Victims - One Boat Destroyed
by & Mine.

LONDON, July 26-German subma-
rines yesterday resumed their activity in
English waters, sinking British steamer,
la French steamer and four British trawl.
ers- One of the under-sea boats is reported
to have been destroyed by bombs and gun
fire.
The British steamer Firth (4O6 tons)
OF Aberdeen, bound from France for Firth
OF Forth, torpedoed yesterday by a
submarine in the North Sea- Four of the
crew We're killed by the explosion
The French steamship Dame bound
| from Liverpool for Archangel, was sunk
| off Cape Wrath, which forms the north.
| western extremity of Scotland The trawl-
ers, Henry Charles, Kathleen, Activity
and Prosper, were sent to the bottom in
the North Sea. The crews Of all the YES.
| sells were saved
The Danae was attacked by two subma-
rnes. The crews of the trawlers state
that one of the underwater craft was sunk
| by means of bombs and guns fired from
the trawlers. The Grimsby trawIer Per-
seus was destroyed yesterday by mine.
| Her crew of 10 were killed.
/ The Danae was vessel of 1908 gross
| tonnage and was built at Sunderland in
1910. She was 257 feet long, 30 feet beam
ard drew Il feet of water.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-26
WORK OF HEROES
SAVED HUNDREDS
Man Who Had Gone to the River TO
Commit Suicide Plunged in and
Rescued Nine.

CHICAGO, H., July 26-Greater by hun
dreds would have been the number of dead
from the Eastland disaster but for the
work of heroes who ranged from slips of
girls to ragged dock rats and hoboes
a frail mite of girl crawled over the
Shiny side Of the ship at the imminent
risk of her own life, and with her thin
little arms dragged four children to safety
A gloomy man who was out of work and
contemplating suicide in the river, found
plenty Of distraction when the ship cap
sized. He plunged in and rescued nine
persons before he was dragged out almost
dead by other rescuers.
\ policeman made motorman stop be
tween stations, ran back along the tracks,
| plunged into the river, and saved eight
| from drowning
| There were many boy heroes. In two
cases the little fellows themselves persisted
after helping many women and children tc
safety, One boy, whose identity is still
unknown, jumped from the dock into the
river to help two women hanging to some
object in the middle of the stream. Hc
was swimming to the dock with one o.
the women when the other flung her arm,
around his neck and all three were
drowned.
William Raphael, manager of a commits
sion house, leaped into the river and wa
swimming to the dock with two womeI
when fat man, his face a livid greer
from fear, clutched the dress Of one wo
man Raphael kicked him in the face. bu
in the struggle the man and one woman
drowned.
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haste to have the matrimonial knot
tied or desirous of escaping the un-
welcome accompaniment of friends.
Back IN 1911 only ~ marriages were
performed in Brattleboro. In 1912 the
figures had jumped to l23 and in 1913
the total OF marriages performed in
town was ll6, while last year the re
markable total of 225 was reached.
For the first six months of 1915 a
total Of les marriage ceremonies have
been performed in Brattleboro. In 20
of these one or both Of the parties
have come from towns and cities in
Massachusetts, four from Connecti-
cut, four from New Hampshire, oGc
from California, one from Michigan,
another from New York and the re-
naming - couples were one or both
OF them residents of Brattleboro.
Of this total Of 103 marriages Carl
S. Hopkins, justice of the peace, who
| is also town clerk, secretary Of the
| board OF trade and florist, has of
ficiated at the nuptial ceremony in eX-
actly 80 eases, Just missing capturing
80 per cent of the matrimonial job
that have been performed in Brattle
boro. And AZ Of the knots he tied
were for Massachusetts couples
Twelve of them came from Holyoke, 9
like number from Springfield, Boston
furnished five Worcester four, Atho
two, Hopkinton one, Northampton
TWO, Westboro one, Lynn one, Nortl
/ Adams one, Millers Falls one, anC
Spencer one. The rest Of the hall
| hundred marriage ceremonies he ha
performed were divided as follows
Four from Brattleboro, one from Hart
ford, Conn. and one from California
OF the ministers as shown by tn
records, Rev. George Z. Tomkinson
pastor of the First Baptist church, ha
performed Is marriages here in tn
| last six months, which include j
from Massachusetts,. In the same pc
riod Rev Delmar E. Trout, pastor 0
! the Universalist church, has perform
! ed 10 ceremonies, of which six wer
for Massachusetts couples; Rev. Ro
NJ. Houohton, pastor of the Centr
I Congregational church, has performe
six marriages. half of which were fo
: Massachusetts couples; Rev. Thoma
w. Owens, pastor of the Methods
/ church. has married seven couples, c
which only two were for Massachusett
. parties; Rev. NJ. J. Carmody of S
I Michael's Roman Catholic church ha
I married seven couples, of whom thre
II were from the Bay state, and Rev.
q Q. S. Osgood, with record for Il
e six months of three marriages, ha
e two from Massachusetts.
# Justice Hopkins is naturally please
IS with the fees, the jewellers make
e profit, for many of the couples lar
here without the wedding ring, al
$ the hotels. restaurants and railroa'
IS find that the matrimonial busine
n adds to their income.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-26
DEATH SUNDAY OF
MRS. GEO. C.. AVERILL
Protracted Illness Necessitated Several
Operations-Had Been Prominent
in Centre Church Work.

After a protracted illness which neces-
STATED several operations, Mrs Nellie f.
(Chubbuck) Avcrill "a, wife Of George
10. Ayerii, died in her home on Main
street about , O'clock yesterday after
noon. Mrs. Averil was able to go out to
a limited extent up to last December In
January she went to the Memorial hospi-
tai, where the final operation was per-
formed, and about month later she re
TUNED home, where she declined grad
ually until the end.
Mrs. Averill was born in Nevada City,
Calf, Oct n, 1860. In her girlhood the
family moved to Boston. She graduated
from the normal school in Salem, Mass,
! and later taught school in Greenfield. On
| Oct. y, 1881, she was married in South
Boston to George c. Averill, formerly of
| Greenfield, who was then teller in the
| First National bank in northampton.
Mr.. and Mrs Ayerill came to Brattle-
boro in 1880, Mr. Averill becoming sue
cessivcly teller, cashier. and president of
| the Vermont National bank, resigning the
latter position on May 10 Of this year On
first coming here Mr.. and Mrs. Averill
Eboarded with Mrs. Barrows on Walnut
street, going from there to their home
on Terrace street which they occupied
many years, and from there moving few
lyears ago to the j. ID. Harris residence at
t213 Main street, which they had bought
and improved extensively and which has
since been their home
In 1856 Mrs Averill became a member
Of the Centre Congregational church
I She took an active part in its varied ac
! tivities, and served efficiently both as presi
dent and treasurer of the Woman's asso
citation. She was a member Of the Brattle
boro Womans club, the Sunshine society
, and the Woman's Auxiliary to the \. NJ
C. \
The interests Of these organizations anc
, her home and family cares, to which she
! was thoroughly and lovingly devoted, kept
her ever active, but whether in sickness o.
: health she never forgot her many friends
She was happiest when doing for others
and even in her last illness she manifested
: tender solicitude for her friends, wht
! will always cherish her memory. She wa
! woman of remarkably cheerful, trustfu
:. and buoyant spirit, facing the inevitabl
with marked calmness and Christian fOrtl
: tude
: Besides her husband Mrs Averill leave
son, Richard c. Averill, bookkeeper i
? the Vermont National bank, and daugf
:. ter, Margaret c., wife of George u. AC
? ans of Springfield, Mass; also her mott
{ er, Mrs. Caroline Chubbuck, a brother
:. Herman Chubbuck, and a sister, Mrs
g Laura E, Cayvan, all of South Boston.
q Funeral services will be held at tn
house at 3 o'clock tomorrow, to whic
d friends are invited Rev Roy NJ. Hougl
ton, pastor of the Centre church, will of
d ciate, and Miss Emma J. Gregg, a lon
d time personal friend, will sing, in accor'
Is ance with Mrs. Averills expressed wis
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-26
TOWNSHEND FARMER
LOSES YOUNG STOCK
Six Head Owned by Park Holland Die
III Pasture-CauSe Is Unknown
May Have Been Poison.
Especial to The ReformeI.)
TOWNSHEND, July 2G


Six head of young stock belonging to
Park Holland have died recently III the
pasture from some mysterious disease
which it is thought may be the same as
that reported from herds in the northern
part of the state Mr. Holland had no
examination made of the first few head
lost, believing from the short duration of
the sickness and the advice of neighbors
that it was from murran or blackleg. On
the death of the last animal Saturday
Veterinary II. w. Snyder was called, who
made a careful examination Of the body,
but found no trace of murran. All or
gans of the body were in a normal condi-
ton save for dark colorcd matter in the
stomachs The eyes had d singularly red
and bloody appearance peculiar to cases OF
| poisoning, and MIR Snyder believes the
trouble due to some form of poison in the
pastures
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-26
BABY FELL INTO
SCALDING WATER
Little Son of Earl S. Kinsley of Rut-
land Fatally Burned at Camp
in Mendon.

RUTLAND, July 26.-EarIe Scribner
kinsley, jr-, 214 years old, son of Yer.
mont's Republican national committeeman,
died yesterday afternoon as result of
burns received at the Kinsey camp in
Mendon Saturday, when the child backed
into a pail of hot water being used in
cleaning a room. Mrs. Kinsley with a maid
and child were alone in the camp when
the accident happened, but Drs. Ham
mond and William Stickney were called,
and Mrs. Kinsley and baby were brought
to Rutland
Besides the parents, the child is sur
vived by a sister and brother
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-26

WASHINGTON, July 26. - The tor
pedoing of the American steamship
Lelan is shock to the American Of
ficials, who sec in the incident fur
ther aggravation of the situation be-
tween Germany and the United States
although they hesitated, in the alb
sence of details, to construe the act a.
coming within the warning of tho
American note.
The view is taken that the Ger
mans in effect had ignored and dis
respected an earlier note sent in con
nection with the sinking ofl,the Amori
can ship William p Frye by the Ger
man cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-26
CHICAGO DEATH
LIST NOW 1000
BIO Bodies Recovered and Possibly 200 More Are
Beneath Wrecked Steamer or in River State S
Attorney Working on Theory inspectors Erred in
Granting Boats License

CHICAGO, H., July 2G.-Federal and
state authorities today took up the task OF
fixing the responsibility for the overturn-
ing Of the steamship EastIand in Chicago
river Saturday, in which approximately
1000 Of 2IoS excursionists aboard were
drowned
Examination of the members of the
crew were continued with a view of learn
ing if the regulations for operating vessels
Of her elias, were complied with.
Evidence also was sought to show
whether the Vessel was properly construct
ed
States Attorney Hoyne began the prep
aration of evidence for the Cook county
grand jury on the theory that the United
States inspectors bureau erred when it
granted a license to the boat to engage in
short rate business.
Dickinson y Hoover, acting supervising
Inspector of United States steamboat in.
spcction service, and Capt Charles Z
Westcott of Detroit, joined Inspectors
Mansfield and Nichols in the examination
of the crew of the Eastland to determine
whether there had been negligence in
operation and especially if the water bal
last compartments were properly filled at
the time the Eastland laid over on it.
side
The theory that there was sudden Shift
of weight is not credited by them
Coroner Hoffman announced that he will
not hold an inquest until the work Oh
searching for the dead is completed. Thi.
was continued throughout the night and
this morning an additional squad of .
divers was sent into the huh to recover
bodies believed to be there.
The number of bodies recovered so fan
is so and there is possibility that al
most 200 more are beneath the steamer Oh
in the rivebr.
Plans for determining a way of raising
the Eastland will be made today at con
ference which will he attended by actin.
Mayor Moorehouse, States Attorne,
lIoync, Chief Of Police Healcy and Coro
ucr Hoffman.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-26
LOCOMOTIVE STRUCK AUTO.
Mrs. John Everett and Daughter Killed
in South Paris, Maine.

SOUTH PARIS, Me, July 2G.-Mrs.
John Everett of this village and her
young daughter Ivy were instantly killed
yesterday when an automobile in which
they were riding was struck by Grand
Trunk express at the Nichols street cross
ing
Mr. Everett, who was driving the car,
was thrown out and escaped with body
bruises. His wife and child were in the
rear seat.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-26

As the boat capsized hundreds on the
the water, where many were lost. Most
Of the passengers caught below in the cab
ms or on the lower decks pcrshed with
out chance Of escape.
They were swallowed up in watery
graves in the sight of other thousands
who were crowding the Clark street
bridge, the whaves, and the adjoining
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-26
Lelan TorpedOed by German
Submarine Off Northwest
Coast of Scotland
AMERICAN OFFICIALS
SCHOCkED BY THE ACT
See in the Incident a Further Aggra
vation of the Situation Between
Germany and the United States
All Members of Crew Saved

LONDON, July &c. = The American
steamship Lelan, from Archangel July
s for Belfast with cargo of fax, was
sunk today by German submarines off
the northwest coast of Scotland. All
members of the crew of the vessel were
saved. They were brought into Kirk
wall in their own boats
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-26
Many Couples Come to Brat
tIebOrO for the Tie
that Binds
NOTICE REQUIRED
IN OTHER STATES
Justice Carl S. Hopkins Performs
Nearly so Per Cent of the Cere-
monies-Has Married SO Out of 103
Couples in Past Six Months.

The insistence of neighboring states,
like many others in the country, that
several days elapse between the ap-
plication for a marriage license and
the performance of the ceremony has
made Brattleboro, so close to the
Massachusetts and New Hampshire
lines, a regular mecca for couples in
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-26
CREW LANDED SAFELY.
British Steamer from Archangle Tor
pedoed by Submarine.

LONDON, July 26. The British
steamship Grangewood from Archangel,
Russia, for Havre, France, has been tor
pedoed and sunk in the North sea by a
German submarine. The crew landed
today at Lerwick, Scotland.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-26
Not in the Money.

"Does your husband play cards fol-
moncy?'
No, replied young Mrs Torkins
thoughtfully; 81 don t think Charley
plays for money. But all the people
who play with him do. Washington
Star.
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busiest Finally the sight became too
much for the nerves Of even those most
used to scenes Of death, and the tiny
forms were carried to another part of the
hall
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-26
THE WEATHER.
Threatening Tonight-Fair Tuesday
Moderate Temperature.

WASHINGTON, July 26. - The
weather forecast: Threatening this af-
ternoon and tonight. Tuesday fair.
Moderate temperature. Light variable
winds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-26

What the average schoolboy wants
is a history that will repeat itself.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-26

1t is hard to believe all we read
about the European war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-07-26
TIME TO FIX SEWERS.
Gould Be Done at Much Less Expense
While Water Is Low.

Editor of The Reformer:-
Why do you not advise the powers
that have to do that, while the water
is low the discharges to the sewers
could be attended to at much less
cost than at any other time, especially
the one at the chair factory?
Yours truly,
S. G.. BROWN.
July 26, 1915.
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IN ODD FELLOWS HALL.

Monday night at 7.20 - Regular
meeting of Wuntastiquct lodge.
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