Eastland Disaster Toll Rises as Rescue Efforts Continue
The Eastland disaster at Hawthorne Works side reveals 1217 potential victims with 391 missing from the Michigan City trip. Divers recover bodies as a dredge from Duluth prepares to raise the hull, while medical staff and Western Electric workers aid and tally the dead and injured.
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Western Electric Company
Hawthorne
Michigan City
Eastland
Duluth
Clark Street Bridge
Thomas A. Carter
Harry Walverson
Great Lakes
Carter
Not a typical lake steamer says Oliver S Irvine
In a letter to the Post Oliver S Irvine of Plymouth argues the Eastland was not a typical lake passenger steamer. He recalls its screw propulsion, narrow beam, and history of bad seaworthiness, contrasting it with sturdy side wheelers like the Commonwealth and Priscilla of the Fall River line.
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Halversen
Hem
Eastland
Reid Murdoch & Co
Second Regiment
Hull
Barbara
Fred T. Farr
Post
Chicago
Cleveland
Cedar Point
Buffalo
Detroit
Commonwealth
Priscilla
Fall River
Oliver
Irvine
Plymouth
Plant Juice Advertised As New Herbal Remedy
An advertisement touts Plant Juice as a revolutionary herbal stomach remedy praised by diverse city dwellers. It cites a testimonial from Mrs. Annie Carrington of Roxbury detailing relief from indigestion, nervousness, and kidney and liver symptoms after using the product.
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The
Times
Statesman
Annie Carrington
Reed Street
Roxbury
Liggett Drug Store
Washington and
Avon Streets
Boston
Redfield to Lead U S Probe Into Eastland Disaster
Secretary Redfield of the Commerce Department will head the federal inquiry into the Eastland sinking. He will be joined by Solicitor Thurman and George Uhler as needed as officials pursue cause, with possible steamboat inspection reorganization discussed. The Justice Department denied claims of shielding guilty officials and promised full cooperation.
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Washington
Redfield
Department of Commerce
Chicago
Syracuse
N. Y
Thurman
Department
George Uhler
Steamboat Inspection Service
Pacific Coast
Sweet
Mr. Sweet
Chamberlain
Bureau of Navigation
Lewis
Illinois
Department of Justicy
Department of Justice
Eastland
United States
Department’s Bureau of Investigation
No Boston Men In Wreck
First official information from Western Electric Company officers in Chicago describes the disaster when the picnic ship overturned. Local authorities report the city’s response and initial casualty assessments as the investigation begins.
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Boston
Western Electric Company
Chicago
Eckman Laboratory Drug Safety Note
Containing no opiates or habit forming drugs this product is safe to try, according to Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia. Ask your druggist or order direct for this claim.
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Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
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Fastland
Gunderson
W. L. Lukens
South Fifty-Ninth Street
Lukens
Stephen K. Healy
Dr. Farr
Farr
W. A. Evans
the Tribune
M. K. Little
Red Cross
E. W. Ryerson
A. Storgaard
Albert Bein
Joseph Ross
John B. Murphy
Curtis Street
Washington Boulevard
Albert Sindelar
Jackson Boulevard
Albert
Clara Dolezal
George Sindefar
Oscar Hansen
North
California Avenue
Rose
Harry B. Gilmore
H. A. Halliran
Charley Pierce
Frank Smola
Harry Peterson
Wolf’s
Hanover
Portland
Tremontst
U. S. Probe
Righd
Justice Department
Pit
Ther
Charles F. Hoyne
Charles C. Healey
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
Ira van Gleson
Eckman
Dr. Leipoldt
Schlitz
Jos. Gahm & Son Co
C Street
Milwaukee
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