SS Eastland was a passenger ship based in Chicago and used for tours. On 24 July 1915, the ship rolled over onto its side while tied to a dock in the...
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lives on Lake Michigan. In an incident at a Chicago dock in 1915, the SS Eastland rolled over while loading passengers, killing 841. In 2007, the Great...
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Titanic (redirect from SS Titanic)
Titan: Or, Futility SS Atlantic, White Star Line ship lost in 1873 with the greatest loss of life for the company before Titanic SS Eastland, a ship capsizing...
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worked temporarily for Western Electric, and was planning on being on the SS Eastland. He was running late, however, as he was attempting to gain weight to...
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used as a makeshift morgue for victims of the capsizing of the steamer SS Eastland. The 88,000-square-foot (8,200 m2) facility was renovated and opened...
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Ben Collins-Sussman (section Eastland)
musicals, Eastland and Winesburg, Ohio. Eastland is a musical telling the story of a 1915 disaster in which the passenger ship SS Eastland capsized while...
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Chicago River (section Eastland disaster)
ecological concerns as the spread of invasive species. In 1915, the SS Eastland, an excursion boat docked at the Clark Street bridge, rolled over, killing...
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armoured cruiser, sunk at the Battle of Dogger Bank (1915), 770 dead. SS Eastland, 24 July 1915, excursion boat, 845 dead, greatest loss of life on the...
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Infamous among these are Lady Elgin which sank in 1861 with 300 lives lost, Eastland, which capsized in the Chicago River in 1915 with the loss of 844 lives...
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464–850 14 December 1991 MV Salem Express (Red Sea) 844 24 July 1915 SS Eastland (Chicago) 832 21 June 2008 MV Princess of the Stars (capsized by Typhoon...
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