Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-08-04
women ARE CALM,
!. 7. men IN A PANIC
Thrilling Stories Told by Those
Rescued From Death Trap
~. in Steamer.
TRAGIC SCENES ARE ENACTED
Men Fight MadIy for Their Lives,
q Dragging Women From Tempo
rary Places of Safety yewit.
nesses Tell Of Tragedy.

Chicago July 26.-Stories Of Joy
q Joy which found expression in tears
were told by those rescued from the
river or from the death-trap hull Of
the steamer Eastland. q s.552 i 81. 4: g.
In the crisis the women we're the
stronger. While men fought madly:
for their lives the women and girls,
after the first panic, quickly recov-
cred. Either they chung patiently to
rails and bits CT wreckage, or, II
trapped in the hull, they waited calm
ly for rescue or death. Rescued, their,
thoughts for the most part were for
those not so fortunate. 5. q q,
With the men it was different. They.
dragged the women from places Of:
temporary safety in order that they
might be saved. They struggled mad
1ly to save life, not for Others, but for
themselves. And some, when rescued,
stood stunned and helpless, watching
others at work. ..s Z. v M
RECOGNIZES HIS DAUGHTER.
Fred Swigert, a city fireman.
worked three hours lifting bodies
from the hold. Then a diver handed
him the body of a little girl. Swigert
placed the little body on stretcher
and looked closely at the child's fea-
lures. He gasped and fell uncon-
scious across the body. It was his
own daughter. s5g# 5s., 81,
Not until four o'clock did the divers
recover most Of the bodies from what
was known as the second deck. Until
that time they had made no attempts
to locate any bodies on the first and
cabin decks. Z asg Z. sss.ss; II 8 4
BEST LITTLE FELLOW" GONE. :
1 George Maley, Office boy in depart
ment No. 2136 at .ae Western Elec.g
trio, was everybody's friend. His
cheering smile, his rapid thinking, and
his ability to please. even under the
MOST trying circumstances, inspired
in III the stenographers and woman
clerks OF the department a sisterly
love and in the men big brother"
attitude. .,. N. M S.955..sis 4 .E &.
In the morning he was among the
first aboard the Eastland, distributing
programs, smiling a cheering greeting,
and making himself the pet OF the
crowd. During the afternoon more
than fifty women and girls tramped
from morgue to hospital and from hos
pital to Information bureau to inquire
as to the fate of George. Il Y KS 7,
AT the bureau at ZIG North Clark
street three pretty stenographers
gathered around the desk marked
Names from j. to NJ and asked
about George Maley. 5y 5s%s ..s I.
81 "A relative o. one Of the clerks
asked sympathetically when no report
was found in his index. -. III
No. But the best little fellow you
ever knew" answered one, and led
the group away. r.. .s z. y. 8
FAT MAN SCARED; TWO DROWN.
I II heard her flop over with a crash
and a splash said William Raphael
II jumped out to the door and saw
what had happened. 4 saw two wom-
EN- come bobbing up to the surface not
far from the shore piling. jumped
In to grab them. No. r.
Some fat man, his face green with
terror, was making for them, too. /
got hold Of the women and started to
pull them out. 5.sfs s8G g. "A
IS The fat man held on to the wom-
ems dresses, and couldn't swim with
theswhole load. 4 yelled at him, tread.
ing water as fought. He wouldn't
let 60. *>ss1 y sa zs$S sl...,. 3.s
II kicked him in the face and made
him let 60. lost one of the women In