Alice, 9 months, her father, William, and mother, Alice, all perished in the S.S. Eastland Disaster on the Chicago River.
1915-07-26 Chicago Tribune (IL)-------William Clark, July 24, 1915, in boat disaster, dearly beloved husband of Alice, nee Datton. Body in disaster, but not yet found. Also body of child, Alice. Dearly beloved son of Mrs. Anna Clark, brother of Edward, Arthur, Rose, and Lillian Clark. Funeral from mother's residence, 1104 Sedgwick-st., Wednesday, July 28, at 9 a.m., to St. Dominick's church, where high mass will be celebrated by autos to Mount Carmel.
A lake passenger steamer, the S. S. Eastland had been chartered by Chicago's Western Electric Company to transport the company's employees (and their families), to their annual picnic in Michigan City, Indiana.
At 7:28 a.m., still moored to her Chicago River dock and with 2,572 people on board, the S. S. Eastland began to list. The steamship managed to briefly right herself before slowly rolling on her side.
844 people died that day in what would turn out to be Chicago's worst disaster ever.
∼Alice Clark, 9 months, was traveling with her parents on board the Eastland to a company picnic held my the Western Electric.
She was the only child William Clark and Alice Batten.
Whether it was because of the rush of passengers on the ship causing weight displacement, or whatever the cause, the ship began to roll to one side. She would right herself several ties before she finally rolled over and plunged half the ship in to the Chicago river.
Friends and family looked on horrified as rescue efforts began immediately.
Many of the people who were below decks at that time, were killed or drown when furniture and other objects smashed against them.
Alice and her mother both perished.
Her father later recalled believing that his daughter had seen saved after the body of his wife was found to be smiling and peaceful. He believed his wife would never have looked that way if his baby had died. Very shortly after her mother was found, baby Alice was also found.
They were buried together on the 28th of July 1915.
1915-07-26 Chicago Tribune (IL)-------William Clark, July 24, 1915, in boat disaster, dearly beloved husband of Alice, nee Datton. Body in disaster, but not yet found. Also body of child, Alice. Dearly beloved son of Mrs. Anna Clark, brother of Edward, Arthur, Rose, and Lillian Clark. Funeral from mother's residence, 1104 Sedgwick-st., Wednesday, July 28, at 9 a.m., to St. Dominick's church, where high mass will be celebrated by autos to Mount Carmel.
A lake passenger steamer, the S. S. Eastland had been chartered by Chicago's Western Electric Company to transport the company's employees (and their families), to their annual picnic in Michigan City, Indiana.
At 7:28 a.m., still moored to her Chicago River dock and with 2,572 people on board, the S. S. Eastland began to list. The steamship managed to briefly right herself before slowly rolling on her side.
844 people died that day in what would turn out to be Chicago's worst disaster ever.
∼Alice Clark, 9 months, was traveling with her parents on board the Eastland to a company picnic held my the Western Electric.
She was the only child William Clark and Alice Batten.
Whether it was because of the rush of passengers on the ship causing weight displacement, or whatever the cause, the ship began to roll to one side. She would right herself several ties before she finally rolled over and plunged half the ship in to the Chicago river.
Friends and family looked on horrified as rescue efforts began immediately.
Many of the people who were below decks at that time, were killed or drown when furniture and other objects smashed against them.
Alice and her mother both perished.
Her father later recalled believing that his daughter had seen saved after the body of his wife was found to be smiling and peaceful. He believed his wife would never have looked that way if his baby had died. Very shortly after her mother was found, baby Alice was also found.
They were buried together on the 28th of July 1915.
Alice, 9 months, her father, William, and mother, Alice, all perished in the S.S. Eastland Disaster on the Chicago River.
1915-07-26 Chicago Tribune (IL)-------William Clark, July 24, 1915, in boat disaster, dearly beloved husband of Alice, nee Datton. Body in disaster, but not yet found. Also body of child, Alice. Dearly beloved son of Mrs. Anna Clark, brother of Edward, Arthur, Rose, and Lillian Clark. Funeral from mother's residence, 1104 Sedgwick-st., Wednesday, July 28, at 9 a.m., to St. Dominick's church, where high mass will be celebrated by autos to Mount Carmel.
A lake passenger steamer, the S. S. Eastland had been chartered by Chicago's Western Electric Company to transport the company's employees (and their families), to their annual picnic in Michigan City, Indiana.
At 7:28 a.m., still moored to her Chicago River dock and with 2,572 people on board, the S. S. Eastland began to list. The steamship managed to briefly right herself before slowly rolling on her side.
844 people died that day in what would turn out to be Chicago's worst disaster ever.
∼Alice Clark, 9 months, was traveling with her parents on board the Eastland to a company picnic held my the Western Electric.
She was the only child William Clark and Alice Batten.
Whether it was because of the rush of passengers on the ship causing weight displacement, or whatever the cause, the ship began to roll to one side. She would right herself several ties before she finally rolled over and plunged half the ship in to the Chicago river.
Friends and family looked on horrified as rescue efforts began immediately.
Many of the people who were below decks at that time, were killed or drown when furniture and other objects smashed against them.
Alice and her mother both perished.
Her father later recalled believing that his daughter had seen saved after the body of his wife was found to be smiling and peaceful. He believed his wife would never have looked that way if his baby had died. Very shortly after her mother was found, baby Alice was also found.
They were buried together on the 28th of July 1915.
1915-07-26 Chicago Tribune (IL)-------William Clark, July 24, 1915, in boat disaster, dearly beloved husband of Alice, nee Datton. Body in disaster, but not yet found. Also body of child, Alice. Dearly beloved son of Mrs. Anna Clark, brother of Edward, Arthur, Rose, and Lillian Clark. Funeral from mother's residence, 1104 Sedgwick-st., Wednesday, July 28, at 9 a.m., to St. Dominick's church, where high mass will be celebrated by autos to Mount Carmel.
A lake passenger steamer, the S. S. Eastland had been chartered by Chicago's Western Electric Company to transport the company's employees (and their families), to their annual picnic in Michigan City, Indiana.
At 7:28 a.m., still moored to her Chicago River dock and with 2,572 people on board, the S. S. Eastland began to list. The steamship managed to briefly right herself before slowly rolling on her side.
844 people died that day in what would turn out to be Chicago's worst disaster ever.
∼Alice Clark, 9 months, was traveling with her parents on board the Eastland to a company picnic held my the Western Electric.
She was the only child William Clark and Alice Batten.
Whether it was because of the rush of passengers on the ship causing weight displacement, or whatever the cause, the ship began to roll to one side. She would right herself several ties before she finally rolled over and plunged half the ship in to the Chicago river.
Friends and family looked on horrified as rescue efforts began immediately.
Many of the people who were below decks at that time, were killed or drown when furniture and other objects smashed against them.
Alice and her mother both perished.
Her father later recalled believing that his daughter had seen saved after the body of his wife was found to be smiling and peaceful. He believed his wife would never have looked that way if his baby had died. Very shortly after her mother was found, baby Alice was also found.
They were buried together on the 28th of July 1915.
