AP photo / file Passengers wait for help after the Eastland capsized in the Chicago River on July 24, 1915. More than 800 others didn’t make it out alive. It happened in plain view—at 7:30 AM in the ...

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Rare glass-plate negatives, found in the Tribune’s basement archive, capture the aftermath of one of Chicago’s worst maritime disasters: the sinking of the SS Eastland in 1915 ...

John Boda watched quietly Sunday as a bouquet of flowers floated along the Chicago River and Coast Guard members saluted, a poignant reminder of the nearly 850 people who died here and the hundreds ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — When people think of Great Lakes tragedies, several shipwrecks come to mind: the Edmund Fitzgerald, the Lady Elgin, maybe even The Nelson or the ships lost in the infamous ...

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Robert Siegel speaks with grad student Jeff Nichols about his recent find of footage from the SS ...

For years, Ted Wachholz had all the evidence he needed to believe that film footage of the 1915 SS Eastland disaster on the Chicago River existed, except maybe for the film itself. The chief historian ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Chicago was marking the 100th anniversary of the deadliest disaster in the city's history on Friday. On July 24, 1915, the SS Eastland, a steamship preparing for an excursion to ...

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Robert Siegel speaks with grad student Jeff Nichols about his recent find of footage from the 1915 SS Eastland disaster in Chicago. Newly Discovered Footage Shows Sinking Of SS Eastland Robert Siegel ...