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FOR ALL HOUSEROLD U 7 100°, PUR © ever a cian tos BRS STEA iP 40. EE MEE BE ABO ¥ S Fig. 1—Eastland in Chicago Harbor a Few Weeks Before the Accident cedy to Lakes Chicago be Seon of Worst Marine Disaster Ever Occurring 1 in a. Waters—Testi- mony Regarding Water Ballast Significant—Politics Plays Prominent Role in Investigations ROM the day they are launched some ships seem to be pursucd by an evil genius and such was the fate of Eastitanp, who concluded her checkered and at times stormy career of 12 years on the Great Lakes by capsizing at her dock at Chicago on Saturday morning, July 24, with 2,572 persons aboard nearly 1,000 of whom were drowned. The story of the catastrophe has been so_ widely published that it is useless to repeat it in any detail at this time. What we ate now concerned with is the aftermath. “Why did EastLanp cap- size, and what can be done to pre- vent a repetition of such disasters in the fvture?” ' These tions in. which the Marine Review are ticularly interested. EASTLAND was one of a fleet of five steamers which had been chartered hv the Indiana Transportation Co., Greenebaum, general manager, to carry the employes of the Western Electric Co: on their annual, picnic from Chicago to Michigan City, Ind., where there was to be a big parade and great festivities. About 7,000 tickets were sold altlough subsequent investigation has amply substantiated the conten- tion that not more than the 2,500 passengers lawfully allowed were per- are the two qués- readers of The now most par- Woods: By H. Cole Estep mitted to board EastLtanp. She was scheduled to depart at 7:40 a. m.,’ but never left her dock..«She capsized shortly after 7:30 and _ subsequent testimony indicated that she was slow- ly listing for a period of about 17 minutes before the final plunge. Up to the time this issue of The Marine Review went to press. the cause of the disaster had not been definitely determined, although © four formal and several informal investi- gations have been made by various legal and governmental authorities. During her entire career, however, the boat was known to be _ tender, lacking stability and metacentric FIG. 2—THE WRECK IMMEDIATELY AFTER EASTLAND CAPSIZED 320°