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Arthur Loeb

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...saved 38 lives and recovered 67 bodies...

"King of the bell divers. (One of the) hero(es) of the great Chicago Eastland Disaster, who saved 38 lives and recovered 67 dead bodies. I am the only man in the world with a broken blood vessel on my forehead and a fractured skull. I also saved four lives in the Cleveland tunnel disaster, and am now on my way to France."

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