The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-27
AS Many as $500 Ticket
Stubs to Eastland Have
Been Recovered
TWO CHILDREN
ON SINGLE TICKETS
Funerals of Victims Are Be-
ing Held in Chicago
To-day

Chicago, July 26.--State's Attorne,
Hoyne said this morning that, from al
accounts, there probably were more thar
200 persons on the steamer Eastlant
when she turned over Saturday. Il hay,
obtained the stubs of $500 tickets, ii
round numbers, collected at the gang
way said Hoyne. "No children under
five were counted, and there were many
of these. OF children between five and
II, two were allowed on one ticket
Bodies recovered show that many chill
dren of this age were on the boat. In
addition, there were 20 members of the
crew and an orchestra Of half a dozen
pieces"
The search for bodies continued to-
day in drizzling rain, while scores OF
funerals were being held in the west
side suburbs. The taking of testimony
and a coroner's inquest were started to-
day before Coroner Hoffman. The first
witnesses to arrive were members of
the steamers crew, under police guard
Robert Moore, passenger, testified that
no warning was given after the boat be.
gan to list. He believed there was ample
time to have emptied the boat, had the
warning been given. The witness said
all the decks were crowded and declared
positively that there was no rush across
the deck before the boat overturned.
10 Days at Least to Raise Ship.
Estimates by marine engineers showed
that il would take from 10 to 80 days
to put the Eastland on its keel. Ii was
said that until the ship was removed it
,ould not be determined how many, n
my, bodies had been caught under the
lull and the supeTstructure. Plans to
use dynamite in raising bodies EN-
,edded in mud were abandoned for the
ime being for fear the explosions might
destroy any evidence the ship could
i've of possible mismanagement Of the
water ballast system given by several
marine engineers as a possible cause of |
he calamity.
Coroner Hoffman placed W. j. Wood, |
naval architect, who has dubbed the /
Iastland "the Crank of the Lakes" in
barge of all work at the wreck, so
hat any evidence in regard TO faulty
of the ship or OF improp-
r handling might be preserved.
The coroner, the states attorney and
ity officers reiterated their charges
hat all possible causes for the disaster
ould be charged to negligence by fed
raj inspectors, or failures of federal
Ulcers to enforce marine laws. The
Ist inspection OF the Eastland was
lade by Robert Reid, government in
,ector, at st. Joseph, Mich, who found
le steamer fit this spriag and procured
position as chief engineer on the boat
II his son-in-law. J. H. Erickson.
To make sure that none of the crew
ould avoid the inquest and other in {
uiries. more members of the ships {
,mp;y~ient was arrested. Nearly al the
, men employed on the ship are now a
Id in addition to Walter c. Steel, !
eretary of the company, owning the .
,at. q
The county grand jury was ordered 2
IA in session to take cognizancc Of
" evidence of criminal negligence in b
nneetion with the disaster. The grand n
rymen went over the wreck. but Il :
n said they could do nothing further z
present.
Members Of the coroner's jury. six Z
siness and professional men. with Dr. y
+. A. Evans. formerly health commits Z
iner Of Chicago, ~ foreman, inspect y
the steamer and made personal in D
stiasti0n Of conditions AZ the morgue