Rock Island Argus., 1915-07-27

not been aboard the Eastland but had
( gone Gu the steamer Roosevelt
Mrs. Mary f Cunderlock. reported
/ among the identified dead, proved to
be alive. She did not start Oh the ex-
cursion.
uYer 2.700 Passengers.
4 States Attorney Hoyne said this
morning that from all accounts there
+ were probably more than 2,700 persons
+ on the Eastlaud when she capsized.
( L have obtained the stubs of 1850
tickets. ia round numbers. collected at
/ the gangway." said Mr.. Hoyne. "All
children under five years of age were
I not counted as they went on the boat
with their parents and there were
Imany of these. Then with all children
I between i've and twelve years Of age
/ two were allowed 80 go ON one ticket
and the collector only took up one
ticket for two where they went to-
getber. and the federal inspector only
counted one for such two children. The
/ |reseues of bodies has shown that many
children of this age went on the boat.
+ the crew and there was an orchestra
+of at least half a dozen men so that
+ 10 make a total of 400 on the boat we
have only 10 allow for about seventy
/ five small children. babies and chill
idren under twelve.
I From all accounts there were
/ scores Of children on the boat, only
+ part Of whom can be accounted for by
/ the ticket stubs"
Crooner Taking Testimony.
+ Taking of testimony at the corouer's
inquest into the cause of the Eastiand
f disaster began today,
The first witnesses to arrive were
members of the crew Of the steamer,
#uuder guard OF policemen.
! No charge has been formally placed
/ against the men, who are being de-
#tained as witnesses.
+ The members of the coroner'5 jury
are:
+ DIT W. A. Evans, former commission
/ er of health.
+ Henry a. Allen, consulting engineer
/ for the city.
William F. B0de. vice president of
Reid, NIurdock and company.
Harry Moir, hotel proprietor.
J. s. Keogh, general manager, ". T.
/ Mclaughlin and company
Eugene Beifeld. hotel manager.
+ The jury was empaneled last Satur-
day and later inspected the steamer
and the bodies Of the victims.
Representatives of States Attorney
+ Hoyne, owners OF the steamer and
/ scores Of lawyers who appeared in be
half Of various interests occupied
seats near Coroner Hoffman.
+ The first witness called was Robert
T Moore, a passenger On the Eastland.
i Moore said he arrived at the East
/ land at 7 O'Clock in the morning and
was on the boat when it overturned.
He was asked by Coroner Holman To
describe what he saw.
"As I went on board I saw a great
quantity OF water rushing out of d
pipe on the side OF the boat, The first
i sign of listing I saw at about 7.t5.
was on rail ON the second deck and
/ the refrigerator ia the bar tipped over.
I There was eight or ten minutes inter
val between the time the boat began
/ listing badly and The time it finally
. overturned,
No Warning Given.
There was ample time, I think. TO
have emptied the boat had the warning
+ been given.
There was 30 warning. When the
beat went over I was thrown into tho
water ana was rescued with number
of others"
The witness said that all the decks
were crowded, particularly the upper
deck
AIr. Moore declared positively that
there was no rush across the deck be
fore the boat overturned.
There was no excitement" said the
witness. until the list became dan
! gerous"
! The second witness was Daniel ".
+ Gee who was one of the committee OF
/ the Western Electric company en-
Ipl0yes which arranged Tor the lake
. trip to Michigan City
/ The contract between the Indiana
! Transportation company and the eH-
. pl0yes' committee was read into the
1 record.
! Mr.. Gee said that $500 fall fare
tickets were sold at 81 each and sew
eraI hundred half fare tickets,
/ The contract called for a rebate Of so
/ cents a ticket on all tickets IN excess
Of four thousand
IL noticed the EastIand was listing
/ but not more than I had often seen in
other boats,' said Gee 7 did not see
/ the boat capsize as was at another
part Of the dock at the time"
Gee said children under 3 years old
were to be carried free. but that no
. list was kept of the children.
One adult ticket was honored for
two children, he said.
ROOSEVELT DAY FOR