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Language: en
Pages: 314
Authors: Jay R. Bonansinga
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Citadel Press

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At once riveting and poignant, The Sinking of the Eastland brings to life a bygone era that yielded one of the most significant American disasters of the last c
The Eastland Disaster
Language: en
Pages: 132
Authors: Ted Wachholz
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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A pictorial chronicle of the events of July 24, 1915, when the steamship Eastland capsized and sank in the port of Chicago, killing over eight hundred people.
Ashes Under Water
Language: en
Pages: 320
Authors: Michael McCarthy
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-10-07 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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The untold story of the worst disaster on the Great Lakes in U.S. History. On July 24th, 1915, Chicago commuters were horrified as they watched the SS Eastland,
The Eastland Disaster
Language: en
Pages: 128
Authors: Ted Wachholz
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More than 7,000 people living in the Chicago area and Michigan City, Indiana, eagerly anticipated Saturday morning, July 24, 1915. This particular Saturday was
‘Eastland’
Language: en
Pages: 396
Authors: George W. Hilton
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-10-01 - Publisher: Stanford University Press

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An account of the 1915 capsizing of the steamer Eastland in the Chicago River, an accident that killed more than eight hundred people, details the role of safet