This article was written by Martha Hayden and originally appeared on The Restless Viking website on May 13, 2025. July 24, 1915 had been a chilly summer morning as people gathered at the Chicago River ...

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind.MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — A northern Indiana museum is planning a memorial for 844 people who died more than a century ago when a ship capsized on the Chicago River. The SS Eastland was ...

New documentary about a luxury steamer overturning in the Chicago River, killing 844 people. The Eastland Tragedy July 24, 1915 is a compelling new documentary about a luxury steamer overturning in ...

Robert Siegel speaks with grad student Jeff Nichols about his recent find of footage from the SS Eastland disaster in July 1915. Nichols, who is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Illinois at ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 24, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. A victim is carried up the SS Eastland ...

MICHIGAN CITY — It's known as the worst loss of life disaster in Great Lakes history, the S.S. Eastland disaster of 1915. Saturday, Michigan City is commemorating the event with a memorial service.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — When people think of Great Lakes tragedies, several shipwrecks come to mind: the Edmund Fitzgerald, ...

STURGEON BAY — Great Lakes history enthusiast Todd Gordon says there were more lives lost on the steamer “SS Eastland’’ than the Great Chicago Fire. Yet, hardly anybody knows about it. Gordon kicked ...

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 ...