Show DEAD STill IN F l BOAT Divers Unable to Reach h I Bodies Grand Jury Probes Disaster I CHICAGO July 26 Divers Diver Divers engaged in rescue work reported reports d to Coroner Hoffman today that tha t they believed there were about abou t bodies still in the hull huH of the steamer Eastland man many of ot the then them m In n such n. n position the they cannot c. b bo me e taken out until the vessel Is raised The work of ot searching the submerged submerged sub sub- merged Interior of ot the boat Dont and dragging dragging drag drag- ging the tho river for tor victims pro progressed r d slowly 1 At noon three additional I Veen I Ar tRe ve rec r p picked e. e r fo tor for r raping raising the steamer Immediate Immediately and dynamiting the tho river bed to release e bodies that khat may have been stuck inthe In Inthe Inthe the mud The hc Western Vestern Electric company company com com- pany ny today began the preparation of or ofa a 0 lint of or Its Us missing employees and when lum this Is Is- completed It will be possible possible possible pos pos- sible to malce an t estimate of or orthe the number of or lives lost on the East alt land A At t noon Coroner Hoffman Horrman reported that bodies had been recovered cred The Western Electric company's compans list of missing contains names s. s and this tats IH la being added to hourly as the heady heads of ot the various departments report Coroner Hoffman believes the total number of or dead will reach 1200 If it the estimates of ot divers dl on the number of ot bodies still stilt In the boat loat proves correct Many Bodies S Seen en F. F A Avery very In charge chargo of ot tho the divers enga engaged ed In the rescue work said Id to today today to- to tIa day that hat his Ills men were able to see sec many bodies In the hull which the they were unable to reach After talking with the men working under the water water water wa- wa wa wa- ter he ho formed his estimate of ot bodies still In the boat t t t H t a. a t u morning took look Ul up the task of or fixing the responsibility for tor the overturning o of ot the steamship Ea Eastland at her hel dock dockin in the Chicago rh river r last Saturday In which almost 1000 of ot 2408 2403 excursionists excursion excursion- a aboard were drowned Examination Examina Examina- tion Hon of or the members of the crew was continued with a view of or learning whether th the re regulations for tor tho the operation operation operation oper oper- of tho the vessel were complied compiled with and evidence e was sought tp t show wh whether ther the tho was properly constructed States Attorney Hoyne Hone began the tho preparation of or evidence for the Cook county grand brand Jury jun on the tho theory that the United States inspection bureau erred when It granted a license to the boat to engage age in the busi busi- ness H Boyne Hoyne yno declared that he was ignoring the qU question of or the filling tilling pf of the tho water ballast compartments and ln declared that the evidence c he hadin had in hand han already indicated that the Eastland I was an nn unsafe vessel regardless regardless regardless regard regard- less of or the thc diligence of or th the crew In complying with regulations regulation Disregard Theory Dickerson erson II Hoover acting supervisor super super- 9 supervisor visor of ot the United Stat States 8 steamboat i inspection service and antI Capt Charles CharlesH H H. H Westcott of ot Detroit joined Inspectors tors tora Mansfield and antI Nicholas In the ex examination examination ex- ex of or the crew of or the East East- larid to determine whether there thero had been bee w negligence in operation and es especially es- es whether the water ballast st i compartment was properly filled fillet at atthe I tho the time the Eastland laid over on her herf f side They expect to have this ques question ques- ques tl tion n decided toda today when ever every witness witness witness wit wit- ness held by bythe the city it will be exam exam exam- ined Th The theory theor that thai there was a i sudden en shift shirt of ot weight Is not credited b by them Coroner Hoffman Hortman announced that he will not h hold ld an in Inquest until tho the work of ot searching for the dead la is co completed td This was continued throughout tho the night an and this mornIng morning morning morn morn- ing an additional squad of twenty twenty- five n divers was sent into tho the hull to recover bodies believed ed to be there Immediately after tho the conference at which Investigation plans will also he made Coronet Hoffman Koffman sa says sas s 's she he will again call together tho Jury i which was waR impaneled Saturday and anda a trip to the Eastland will bo ho made mf Th The jurors will make a a. thorough Inspection in inspection In- In and then adjourn Inde- Inde An effort will be made to complete Continued on page e 2 DEAD Continued from pa pare page e 1 I. the Identification of ot bodies at the tho Second regiment arm armory armor 0 rt t today day Only fo fourteen o of the 72 cared d for tor there were morp morning ng Early estimates of or the loss leas o s are being constantly constantly constantly con con- lowered but there is 18 only speculation to indicate the number numb r still in th the te e vessel lel or In the river I R Hundreds Hundred of of unemployed fd assembled assem bled In front of the western Electric Elect company's plant at Cicero this morn morn morning big ing seeking positions left open b by deaths in the h disaster The They were denied admittance to the employment employment em em- office and were were told that the company compan had no positions for tor th them m. m There were comparatively small crowds crowd's along the wharves and on the bridges watching the rescue today Traffic was woos resumed on the bridges in the vicinity for tor the first time since the accident The first body recovered today was taken from the tHo middle of the river a a. short distance from the boat at I clock It was was that of a girl 14 years old Relief work to meet the urgent needs and distress was wa continued to toda today today to- to da day under the direction of ot the tho mayors mayor's advisory committee and the local chapter of or the Red Cross Persons Persons' In every every trade trad and industry indus indu- ind try are aro contributing to the tho fund It was wall announced that had al already al al- ready been heon pledged and that the re remainder remainder re- re of the it 1 is III planned to raise will be available within thirty-six thirty hours |