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1 =?- - - ? SURVIVORS' STORIES REVEAL FILL HORROR / Rescued From Imminent Death, Passengers Tell of Harrow Escapes and of Seeing Hundreds Lose Liies. Ciicago, July 24.?How the great hulk of the Eastland, weighted with its 2,500 passengers, careened and threw hundreds of its occupants to death in the water of tf:e Chicago river was graphically told by survivors. Most of them were able to tell little beyond the facts of their own escapes, but these incidents go to make up a terrifying picture of woe and death. L. D. Gadory, employed as a cand " butcher" on tJ-e steamer, was the first eyewitness to tell a detailed story of the accident. "It was about 7:40 o'clock this morning and the boat was lying at the dock near Clark street bridge load ng with ^ passengers," said Gadory. "Vvle were m to leave in 20 minutes and the upper f deck and cabins were crowded with passengers. T:ere were hundreds of women and children. I estimate that . there were between 2,000 and 3,000 on the boat at the time of the accident. I i was standing on the lower deck near ft the gangplank watching the people come aboard. R Listed and Rolled. "Suddenly I noticed the boat list toward the middle of the river. It rolled slightly at first and then seemed to stop. Then it started to roll again. I shouted to tf:e crowd to keep still. ApI parently a majority of the passengers were on one side of the boat and this had overweighted it and caused it to list. The hawsers wfaich held the boat to the dock snapped and the offilers ^ pulled the gang plank in and refused to allow any more on the boat. "At this time everybody was panicstricken, women screamed and men tried to quiet them. I ran back to the port side where tJ:e gangway had been. The boat then slowly drifted away from the dock, rolling as it slipped into midstream, and a moment later it tad turned over on its side. I climbed v over on the side of the boat and stayed there until I was taken off by life savers. , "Many of tfce passengers leaped into the water as the tpat went over. Scores of others were caught in the . cabins and drowned. When the small boats began coming out to us I worked j with other survivors in taking pas- j k c-pnP'Prc nut nf water and cutting! f 1 holes in the cabins to remove bodies." Mrs. Paulne Vantak, mother of three children, was among the drowned. Her children were believed to have been lost. Henry Vantak, her Lnsband, was pulled out of the water. Could >ot Believe It. "I could not believe the boat was turning o?>er," Vantak said. "About a dozen of the 15 persons on the upper ^ decks jumped." 'lhe rest were thrown into the river. "I did not see my wife or children after tl-e boat turned. They were carried into the river with the crowd. Some one grabbed me around the neck and kept pulling me. It was a woman, but I couid not save her." Policeman Henry Sasher, one of the first to go to the rescue, said: "1 saw scores of men and women, many holdinor ?! ilrfron nliinpro into the water. I i ?o > ? jumped }nto a rowboat and pulled to tile drowning. I think I got about 50 ashore. "The fire boat and tugs hurried to the scene and picked up more than a hundred people." Capt. Henry Pedersen, 57 years old, in command of fl:e boat, said: * "I was on the bridge about ready to pull out when I noticed the boat began to list. I shouted orders to open the gangways nearest the dock and give the people a chance to get out. The boat continued to roll and shortly afterward the hawsers broke and the I steamer turned over on its side and L was drifting toward the middle of the liver. "When she went over I jumped and held on to tfce upper side. It all* hapB pened in two minutes. The cause is a mystery to me. I have sailed the W likes for 25 years and previous to that mailed on salt water 12 years, and this K is the first serious accident I ever had. I do not know how it happened." Chief Steward Albert Wycoff said: "I was in the lunch room on the i main deck when I noticed the boat k beginning to list. Dishes fell out of ^ the rack and a scene of wild exciteH| merit followed. I shouted for the people to save themselves. A moment later "^Tlumped into the water and managed w to rescue three women." William Barrett, a deck hand, said: I "I was ready on the main deck at the "I was on the main deck at the boat started to list. I shouted warnings to tlbe passengers around me and tried to let go the hawser.. When the *?K^t went over I climbed on the upper side and helped to get.a cumber of passengers into boats. It all -happened in a few minutes.' (Mrs. Emma QtDonn^ll of 'Berwyn, 111., said: "The steamer was getting ready to leave and was crowded with IK \RIDE in perfcctii Product. Pride in Achu won, step by step, through and fair means only. Pride in the maintenar high standard cf Quality?in 'tation for Reliability?DLI ABILITY?and "the Square at all times. ' The B. F. Goodrich C been making history in tie J Industry, for more then 45 yc. It has always Deen the I It has almost nrj-er "Boom," or the reaction t. lows Boom. It has been Conservativ 'ts moves? never Experimer its Customers' Expense, yet lagging behind first place Procession. It has been the Pion nearly all great Improvement in the Working of Rubber. And, it has grown 5 sureiy, as wta c.o siupuxuuuuj the largest Rubber Factory World today, is that of The Goodrich Co. at Akron, 0. The Operations of this I require, and utilize, more t Acres of Floor Space, and T1 Goodrich Co. frequently e more than 15,000 people. a a NO other Rubber I in the World b much Crude I manufacturing as it does mo: 90,000,000 lbs. of Rubber yearly. It pays one-sixth of all th in the City of Akron, which C 15 other Rubber Concerns, an than 100,000 Population. Some of its "White A Fire Hose, made 'way back i (30 years ago), is still doin; service, because of the Precisit ??J ? 1'A mKifmn 4 CipiC diiu ^/uuiny ? behind all Goodrich Co. pr Every day in the year, o age, the operations of The Goodrich Co. result in its re more than i 30,000 pieces o: and more than 350 Telegram It manufactures 284 Clc Rubber Goods. Some of these Classe divide into large businesses, Thus it makes 100 ki Rubber Hose, 11 kinds of Tubing, 8 kinds of Insulati other wire, etc. Every day, on averag B. F. Goodrich Company I manufactures:? ?60 Miles of Insulatec ?14 Miles of Rubber ] ? 5 Miles of Rubber 1 I r.n excursionists. Tfce officers of the boat trie company's empl pushed back the crowds which were city today. We had t around the gangplank, in order to pull land, Petosky, The it in. I think this "was what caused Racine and Maywoo the boat to list. It never stopped after was the first boat it started to roll and a few moments docks were crowded later it was out in tlie middle of the who were to be tal river on its side. I saw dozens of peo- boats nearby. One Un pie drown around me, but was unable boat inspector and to give assistance. By a great effort watched the Eastlam I was able to climb on the upper side at the gangway and of the boat and managed to hold on sengers as they we] until taken off by rescuers." report shows there v Trr gers on the Eastlanc < YV. XV. CCUU4UUJ, uiouaju V/JL luv; Indiana Transportation company, who und^r tlle United Stal was in charge of the excursion, said: ulations. I have no i , _ , dent occurred." Crowded With People. Hater> wh? "We had chartered five steamers from a pier, said *1 for the excursion of the Western Elec- fee^ away when the t DE, ?that is not ^ ecr ln Made as alzvcyi s made ?the same rel 88 M m ableConstructor teadlly, the same depenc y,until able Servicein toe without anythin han 75 rliirtinns in Lis ?? isses of Only 5% Plus for this Bes s sub" Non-Skid Tire nds of *????? Rubber Note following comparative prices. MA,W "B, S(1 cind an<* "D" represent four Widely-Sold Non-Skid Tir I TSTaZ I OTHER MAKES p TVlP Size Safety t? I IlC Tread "A" "B" "C" " actory 30x3 $C.45 $10.55 $10.25 $16.35 $1 , _TT. 30x3^ 12.20 13.35 14.20 21.70 J 1 Wire. 32x3)4 14.00 15.40 16.30 22.85 J ftose 34x4 2035 2230 2380 31-15 ? 36x4^ 28.70 32.15 33.60 41.85 < ^eiunfc,. 37x5 33 90 39 g0 41g0 49 g5 , I I oyes to Michigan j over. Some of the mer. on the boat he steamers East- J were loosening some of the ropes. 11 odore Roosevelt, noticed one Ibeavy cable. still fast to' d. The Eastland the stern. Then the boat began turnto lead, and tlbe ing over on its side." with passengers "Nine girls and I were in a stateten on the other room having a little party of our own ited States steam- and all of a sudden we felt the boat . two assistants going over," said Miss Lottie Anderson. 1 load. They stood "We all fell into a heap. Screams counted tlbe pas- of women in the other staterooms were it aboard. Their j maddening. I fell into the water and rere 2,500 passen-1 did not see my sister or any one of tJbe I, its full capacity others after, that." ( 3 tes steamboat reg- Jose Brozak was saved, because his idea how tine acci- coat caught on a nail. "My c<?at caught on a nail when the boat went over and ) saw the accident I was held above tfce water," he said. . was standing 100 "If it had not been for the nail I >oat began to turn would now be at the bottom of the J Jainglorious ?12,000 Battery Jars for L trie Cars, ctc. ?Conveyor Belts that meas as much as five feet wide and we more than 3C74 pounds each. ?A Hard Rubber Dept. t I alens employs -more than SCO n ^ All this in addition to its ot Departments and the 21 Kinc< bi Kutber lires it makes exclusive yi the "Goodrich Safety " Tread A M Tire. 1 III ry-VKIS Volume cf Rut imrc^. B Euying, Manufactm llfiP a Selling, with iP corresponding reduction of 0' Lkui.:,vti head Expense when divided c \ so many classes, is what gives s, v A the Goodrich Factory the loi i- ^ Cost fcr Tire Manufacturing of i9 $ highest Grade. U 1 The Responsibility to so m _ j | lines of Dealers and Consumen _ 11 so mazy lines of Trade, i.s ^ * makes it so zealous in guarding ? Quality and Value of each Proc ? that beers the Goodrich name-* ;j| slow to launch new things t 1 thoroughly tested?so keen to m * f|| Success sure and continuous, ral Ji ' than dramatic and transient | And cf all these Good: Koet ovr>rpi JJ/fMI JTIUUUCJ.?, Li.c^L Wia^ii uvo*. Imffly the measure cf our capacity, Ills? Experience and Good-faith is l[ffj$M Goodrich Safety-Tread Tire. f|| It does this through giving ffflp; greatest Mileage and Resilience the field, at the fairest Cost, B||m to Users. Hi 0 0 If "f T 7HEN you Test tl ? ^ ' <-aa//W/?A W 1/ UW(/WMW? uu;iv ' I * * Tires, and comp f with others of considerably hig price, you wiil then understand Pride in Goodrich Standards Ideals. ?A pride which results inG rich Tires being made better < year than they have ever been, improved with each month's out The Goodrich Safety-h nTire today gives more Mileage t cur own (or any other) plain-Ti Tin* with nrslv about 5^ more ( to us and about 5% more prio you than that cf our Plain Tr ?J This, in line with Goodrich uC,y Policy?which is to base its chai e?: only on its low Manufacturing C no matter how much m or* price c< 7?7- be obtained for thQ greater effici it develops from same materials Pride which results in t ,5;30 concerns YOUR Pocketbook. 33.55 thf n f nnnnPTCH cc 52.051 Akron, Ohio | j i FAIR ? LISTED" river, I suppose, with the four others husban of my party." pitched Among those rescued was W. J. and Ha Plamondon, an electrical engineer and hold or cousin of Charles 'A. Plamon-don, who, Mr. Th * " * * * *** '? T /3?Axrrr?/5 with his wire, lost nis me in uie ijuaitania disaster. "My : Mrs. William Peterson, wife of a were s foreman at the Western Electric com- and all pany, was pulled through; a port hole she sai of the sihip to safety. "I was pulled clear under water, and ^ when I came to the surface I saw two bands reaching out of a port hole. They raj^:a pulled me through. I don't know ?oraj, whetfcer my husband, daughter and ?ores sister-in-law were saved or not." zema Mrs. H. A. Thoyer, 32 years old, told j of clinging to her two children, Henry, __ 7, and Helen, 8, after they and her Subs< I >ber in g the verier > to vest the any 3, in "hat the fact -so tntil take :her rich sses our the the s in TiPT iese read fare 'her our and Dodpack -?i ana put ead han read 3ost e to ead. Co. rges lost, ould ency "his, I I \ \ \ I d, William Thoyer, had been into the river. Mrs. Thoyer rry were rescued. She lost her i Helen and the daughter, with oyer, are believed to have been * u? husband and I and tfte children, tanding together on the deck fell into the water in a heap," d. MI am a good swimmer." JB-MY-TISM cure Rheumatism,% Neu, Headaches, Cramps, Colic as, Bruises, Cuts, Burns, Old , Tetter, Ring-WormrEc, etc. Antiseptic Anodyne* internally or externally. 25c :ribe to Tkci Md aad Newa.