The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-24

to other boats nearby, one United
states steamboat Inspector aud two
assistants watched the Eastlnnd loud.
They stood at the gangplank aud
counted the passengers ~ they went
aboard. Their report shows there
were $500 passengers on the East.
land, is full capacity under the
United States steamboat regulations.
/ have no idea how the accident oc
Cured"
CHICAGO, July PA grand Jury
Investigation was f]orrcasted when
Wnltcr X. Grccuchuum. general man
Agcr Of the lndlnnu TRANSPORTATION
company, which chartered the East.
land for the outing. was summoned
20 the 1tnte's attorneys office and
questioned by States Attorney Hoyne.
CHICAGO, July - The steamer
Theodore Roosevelt was turned into a
temporary murguc Bodies Of women
and children lined the cabin waiting
Tor identification NrwsIHpcrmrn
were denied permission to 20 aboard
the Roosevelt and policemen who
guarded Its gnngwuys declined 10 saw
how manr bodies were aboard the
snip. but rows u curpses could be-
seen on the decks
Frantic efforts were being made to
revive victims A score Of pulmotnrs
were brought into use and when life
was found to be- extinct the bodies
were carried to another purt NJ the
snip and plNced In rows.
Scene, similar To those that fol-
lowed the lrouOls theatre disaster cnst
gloom over the city. Along South
Winter street, Chicugo's great produce
center, commission firms practically
suspended business and threw opcn
the doors " their establishments ns
temporary mOrgu,4 and hospltala
All the big downtown department
stores hurried truckluads or blankets
to cover the dead and the drenched
survivors.
CHICAGO July "A patrulmen
Fred Fisher and John S. Lescher. who
were on duty at the Clark street
bridge, when the accident occurred.
led In the rescue work. They Oh
talned u rowhoat aud lie p@resrrvcrs
and went 10 the steamer and saved
fifty passengers
Among those who were rescued was
W. j. PlNmoudon, an electrical cngi
Ger and cousin NJ Charles A. Plnmou
don who, with his wife, lost his life
In the Iusitaulu disaster.
SIX government inspectors were
working on the docks when the East
land turned over, They were ln
charge " Inspector Il II McCurry
Two Inspectors were assigned 10
the EnStland,' McCurry said. TO see
that the boat was not oyercrowdcd
The ship had taken on all that she
would hold and the two inspectors
had turned many others away She
was ready 90 snil when the accident
occurred The sinking " the shin
came To me like a streak Of lightning
II all happened 50 suddenly
Joe Bruznk related how ne was
saved from death because his coat
caught on q nail.
u was with n party NJ -Four and
they were uIl drowned snil Hroznk
My coat caught on Il nail and when
the boat went oyer | was held above
the water
30 Priests Summoned
Fifty priests summoned hurrledlv
from various churches reached the
scene Of the disaster shortly after 10
o'clock Some went aboard the
steamer Roosevelt which had been
turned into q temporary morgue hut
most NJ them devoted their attention
to the dying mud injured.
There were 90 men I'm the crew "
the Esstl0nd and all ~ them VEN no.
ported 10 have escaped by swimming
10 the wharf Later they aided I'm the
work
When nremen chopped and forced
their way through the side " the hull
ot the overturned boat, they found
bodies piled mp ON one another Ike
so many hu>r, m merchandise They
begnn taking them out and placing
them ON the We Racine" which stood
alongside uuI from there they wern
placed uu s%trctchers and carried
ashore
As Fast ns hodles were taken ON the
pliers they We're carried 10 the steam
er Roosevelt or into nearby buildings
or the strtchcrs were set down In the
streets where ,'ures VI physicians and
volunteer rr~yuers began attempts at
reSuscitntluu
The last annual Inspection " the
Eastlnnd was made IN N. Joseph
Mich, NAV g. 1915. Steamboat In
sptctors FROM Detroit. Mich which "
the center or That government district,
made the iusppntInn On July q "A dry