The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-07-29
HUNT FDREAsTLAND
| VICTIMS IS KEPT UP
Many Remains May Never Be
| Recovered.
BODY OF WOMAN IS FOUND
Bic Derrick at Hand Ready to Raise
NesseI--plVer Reports Many
Dead Pinned Under Debris
In Dining Room.

Chicago, July est was dreary
work-the search for bodies-at the
Eastland wreck The rain fell stead
fly. About rs men engaged in the
work Of recovery were at the over
turned boat The crowds that had
swelled all about the vicinity were
missing, except in Lake street, where
. few hundred fingered about. b.
The first body of the day to be
brought up was that of Mrs. w. T..
Lukens Of 2z06. South Fifty-ninth ave-
nue.. Her husband had been watching
almost constantly for the recovery of
the body since the day of the disaster.
Diver liver johnson found the body
beneath bulkhead about the center
of the vessel.
Motor Boat Patrol Started.
= First Deputy Superintendent of Po-
lice Schuettler was on the scene
shortly after daybreak. So were
more than a score Of volunteer work
ers in spite of the rain. Owners of
more than so motor boats were on
their way to the spot where they win
be equipped with graphing hooks and
patrol up and down the river from
Clark street TO Western avenue in the
search for bodies. ii
I That scores Of bodies may never
be recovered because of the settling
of the big steel hull of the Eastland
In the mud and the grinding of bod
les believed to have been caught un-
der II into the bed of the river was
the opinion expressed by divers
The heavy steel huh has settled
three feet since the ship turned over
Saturday. This fact made the rescue
workers all the more anxious to see
the hull righted as soon as possible.
The soft bed OF the river yielded
to the heavy weight of the Eastiand,
and divers working under the direc-
ton OF +. H. Avery of the bridge de-
partment OF the city, declared that dy-
mantle would ultimate have to be
used before all of the bodies could
be rescued. Coroner Hoffman, low
ever, stood his ground, and refused
10 permit the use of dynamite unless
every effort to raise the vessel should
fail. o. .r'.as rr7s W ..
Word was awaited from the cor.
oner's Office before any attempt was
made to begin the work Of rightins
the vessel A big dredge boat with
q heavy derrick was locked near the
Clark street bridge ready for the
work. Traffic over the, Clark street
bridge was resumed. but pedestrians
and teamsters were kept on the move
by special details OF police.
e26 Known Dead.
A known death list Of SIG and a list
Of missing employees of the Western
Electric company Of 413 brought the
probable total toll OF the Eastland 70 |
1928, according to the most accurate |
figures. a. els. y 10 ... .,. |
OF the 413 Western Electric com,
pany employees missing. officers OF /
the company have hopes of locating
several who may have survived but
who have not yet reported. The num-
Der thus expected to be accounted for
viii be equaled, If not surpassed, by,
the missing upon whom the company
has no check. .'
The revised figures to date show
the following casualty list: s-
Bodies identified and removed
from armory ................ TAI |
Unidentified bodies at armory... I'll
Bodies identified at mdertak.
ing parlors :. ............... 6s
Deaths FnDorfed NJ coronar'a Of