The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-26
HEROIC DEEDS
SAVE HUNDREDS
FROM The RIVER
Girls and Boys. DOckrats and
Uobocs Join i'm Res
cue Work.
one NAN DRAGS OUT
TWENTY PASSENGERS

TWENTY PASSENGERS
rtrcAco. July 25.-Greater by hum
ACIDS would have been the number OF
se,d but, for prod sies OF heroism. The
heroes ranged from slips of girls to
ragged dock rats and hoboes.
fraii mite of Il girl orawled over the
,de Of the ship at the imminent risk OF
Yer own life and with her thin little
AIMS dragged a number of children to
satety.
4 gloomy man who was out of work
.,d contemplating suicide in the river
found plenty Of work when the ship
c,psized. lie plunged In and rescued
nine persons before he was dragged out
almost lead by other rescuers.
4 policeman made a motorman stop
between stations. ran back along the
tracks. plunged into the river and saved
eight from drowning.
There were numerous cases OF boy
heroes in two cases the little fellows
themselves persisted after helping many
women ana Cnllurtn 20 saiety.
BOy's sacrifice.
One boy. whose IDENTITY is vet a mystery,
,umped from the dock into the river Ia
help two wonen ~clineing to some object
n the middle Of the stream. He was
swimming to the lock with one OF the
women when the other flung her arms
around his neck and all three drowned
r... ,A,flt,. ,V,a,a t.a. -A-
ping hooks to-day encountered wha,
was thought to be a group of bodies. A
diver wen dow and found the hooks
had %grappled the Eastland's piano.
Morris J~orsensen, a professional diver
who had brought out thirty bodies and
was sitting on the dock. dazed and
historical. was dubbed into insensibilitN
by policemen under the orders of Capt
Bernard Baer because he could not com
prehend the order "move on"
William Raphael. manager OF a com,
mission house. leaned into the river an,
was swimming to the dock with tw,
vonen when a fat man. his face livit
sreen with fear, clutched the dress of on,
woman. Raphael kicked him In the face
hut IN the struggle the tat man and ON,
woman were drowned.
All witnesses agreeN,nat in the crisil
women were the stronger and more sen
sibie. While the men fought madly 70,
Their lives, the women ard girls after tn,
frst panic quickly red. They clun,
patiently to bits of wreckage and obeye
Commands Of rescuer Those trappc,
In the hull waited calmly for death o
irscue.
The men. however. chiefly young ones
dragged women from places OF safot,
and even after their own safety wa
assured stood around stolidly withou
Offering TO assist.
Finds Hts Daughter Dead.
Frederick Swigert. a city fireman
worked three hours lifting bodies fron
the hold. Then "A diver passed up tn
body of a little girl. her fiimsy dress
'Stiful. clinging shroud. Swigert place,
The little body on a stretcher and the
booking closely at the drawn feature
easped and fell unconscious across tn
body. II was his own daughter.
Every person living in the two famil
house at 230l South kolin avenue per
'shed in the disaster. julie Strogl an
his wife. married five months: Alfre
Anderson. his wife. and their sever
year-old son We're the victims.
q. :. Pritchard saved his wife an
son by supporting them on deck chair
while he swan and trod water.
Il felt dozens of living persons churr
inr the water under me- he sal,
zone woman grasped my legs. but tn
bodies OF others pushed her away, els
! should have perished."
A w. Perkins. an express driver, VIII
rad just been excused from duty. ha
pnt on his bathing suit under his stree
clothes, preparatory to a day at tn
beach. He saw the Eastland toppl
over. Shedding his outer garments h
plunged n grasped two women, BIT
was forced to release one. He save
the other, He Immediately plunged bac
INTO the river and brought out two girl
Immediately following the disaste
The American Express Company place
ne entire wagon and motor service 9
The disposal OF the rescue workers.
Threw Planks TO save.
6 Mattocks OF the American f,
press Company, with another man who's
name was not learned, did altar REL
cue work In an unusual way. The
Threw "A boatload OF planks to the strut
elng passengers n afterward pickle
up many who were thus enabled to kee
afoat.
Edward Atkin. foreman OF the r.
anderson Company, also proved himse
hero in a modest ray. He found
small boat under the Clark street birds
ana rescued twenty persons. Three II
sensible women whom he tool out
the river were brought to life by pu
motors. Courage and presence of mir
saved the life of Mrs. Walter Hubbard
I had enough presence OF mind
mold my breath when ] was thrown In
he river" she said. MY head felt
w would burst, but I realized that n