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Dozen Umlle* Recovered*Despite an all-day search of the hulk by divers and a constant dragging of tho river bed between tho wreck and a net stretched across the river a block down tho current from the ship, onlya dozen bodies were found today. Estimates of the number still held under water by the upset boat varied widely ; from ISO to 500. Tho steamer* with a j width of thirty-eight feet* protruded twelve or thirteen feet above the river* which la twenty-five feet deep. This, divers said* Indicated that the lower j edge of tho deck did not sink more j than a foot Into the muddy bottom of the stream.Estimates by marine engineer* showed that it would take from ten to thirty days to put the Eastland on tin keel. It was said that until the ship was removed it could not bo' determined how many. If any. bodies had been caught under the hull and superstructure. Plans to use dynamite In raising bodies imbedded in mud were abandoned {for the time be* fng, f^r four tfie explonions might destroy any evidence tbo ship could give of possible mismanagement of the water ballast system, said by several marine engineers to bo the probable causlt;} of the capsizlng.\
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Salt Lake City Salt Lake Herald
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Tue, Jul 27, 1915
Page 6
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