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100th Anniversary of the Eastland Disaster
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100th Anniversary of the Eastland Disaster

The passenger liner Eastland capsized in the Chicago River, killing at least 844 people.
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An annual picnic outing for the employees of the Western Electric Company turned tragic on July 24, 1915, when the boat that was to take them from Chicago to Michigan City, Indiana, capsized. At least 844 people died in what was one of the worst maritime disasters in American history.

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