Eastland Disaster Drowns Hundreds on Picnic Steamer
Chicago July 26 disaster as the steamship Eastland capsized near Clark Street bridge with about 2,500 aboard. Most perished, many trapped inside hull. inquiries opened by federal grand jury, commerce department, and local authorities. Victims chiefly Western Electric employees and families. Captain Pederson and 31 crew arrested amid rescue chaos.
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Chicago
Mrm
Dastland
United States
County of
Cook
Clark Street
la Salle Street
Western Electric Company
Michigan City
Ind
Eastland
Harry Pederson
Walter C. Steele
St. Joseph-Chicago Steamship Company
Eautland
Michigan Farm
Reid, Murdoch & Co
Decka
Commonwealth Edigon Company
Eastland Disaster Sheds Light on Passenger Overcrowding
A Chicago waterfront disaster report details the Eastland capsize with 2,500 passenger limit cited, crew and rescues racing to save life as crowds flood River, morgues fill, and a city reels. Rescue efforts, hospital work, and frantic searches unfold through night as authorities assess loss and identify victims.
Calamity of Eastland Sinking Reported by Fireman Finds Child
Chicago dispatch details rescue scenes after the Eastland capsized, including Fireman Louis Schweichert discovering his daughter Louise’s body and taking the child’s body home. Survivors recount brutal scenes of panicked passengers trapped between decks and women urged to safety as men battled for air and exits amid rising water.
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Chicago
Western Electric Company
Public Works
Burkhardt
Reed
George Price
Price
Louis Schweichert
Fire Department
Schweichert
Louise
Hastland
South Loomis Street
Handling of Boat Blamed in Eastland Disaster
Federal inspectors clashed over passenger counts on the Eastland excursion ship. Records show 2,600 claimed aboard, with witnesses alleging more. Authorities in Grand Haven and Cleveland issued varying certificates limiting capacity and safety equipment, highlighting lax enforcement of maritime safety standards in 1913.
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Iit
Grand Haven
Geramit
Cleveland
Avemile
Peril Foreseen By Bodine Excerpt Warns of Boat Overcrowding
An excerpt from William L Bodine annual education report warns overcrowding on lake excursion boats on weekends and holidays poses grave danger to passengers including women and children. The author urges abandoning lake excursions of vacation schools to prevent a future disaster in Chicago.
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Chicago
Willam L. Bodine
Board of Education
Chance for Hunters in Borneo's Vast Game Reserve
Borneo is described as an immense game preserve where white inhabitants including government officials planters and businessmen have little time or inclination to hunt. Elephants and rhinoceroses are plentiful and pose a nuisance to rubber and coconut plantations by destroying young trees.
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Borneo
Almanac Memo Recognized as Will in Holcomb Case
A memoranda on an almanac was declared a will at Holcomb North Carolina, with an amount of 7500 dollars imposed as per the writing.
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Holcomb
N. C
Warning from Mother Precedes Tragic Eastland Loss
Chicago report notes a mother warned of danger and urged her son William Siegman to return from California a week early. Siegman, 25, a machinist with Western Electric for seven years, was considered a strong swimmer. His body was identified by his mother at Central Undertaking.
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Chicago
William Siegman
Slegman
Western Electric
Bia
Central Undertaking Establishment
Moving to Canada Doomed Homesteader's Second Try
In 1915 a Staples Minnesota man recounts quitting a Minnesota farm for a Saskatchewan homestead near Outlook. After selling assets for 1409 dollars and moving to Montana later, he finds debt, few cattle, partial equipment, and five years of hardship await before he can regain footing. His advice urges caution and staying put if circumstances allow.
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St. Paul
Staples
Minn
Canada
Outlook
Saskatchewan
Montana
The Greatest Talker In The World Refuses The Index
A meek man resists a book salesman offering a 70 volume speeches set for 680 dollars. He studies the index carefully and declares the salesman misrepresents the volume content, asserting the world’s greatest talker is not listed.
Not Guilty. Fan taunts pitcher as walks force run
An excited fan yells insults at the home pitcher after he walks for the fourth time, forcing a run across the plate. A nearby spectator retorts with a sharp rebuke while the pitcher remains silent.
The Great Trouble on the Windswept Beach
Mayor Riddle of Atlantic City jokes about marital jealousy as husbands renew old flames on the shore. The remark suggests mischief and social satire without graphic detail.
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Riddle
Atlantic City
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Kedzie Avenue
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Millard Avenue
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Superintendent of Compulsory Education
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