The loss of some 1,500 souls when the RMS Titanic sank in 1912 has been memorialized, if that’s the right word, with a century of narrative re-creation, a hit movie, countless documentaries, a ...

They’re called the 844 — those who perished when the Eastland steamship capsized in the Chicago River 100 years ago. In light of the centennial, various efforts are underway to commemor… ...

CHICAGO -- Film clips have surfaced of a 1915 disaster that left 844 people dead when a ship headed to a company picnic capsized in the Chicago River.. New footage sheds light on "Eastland ...

2015 will be a year of remembering the Eastland disaster, which killed more than 800 people on the Chicago River near Clark Street in 1915. Latest U.S.

The ship listed, first toward the wharf, then to the other side, before finally capsizing. The deadliest tragedy in Chicago history, the Eastland rollover seemed to unfold almost in slow motion.

Film clips have surfaced of a 1915 disaster that left 844 people dead when a ship headed to a company picnic capsized in the Chicago River. The first-known footage of the Eastland disaster was ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Film clips have surfaced of a 1915 disaster that left 844 people dead when a ship headed to a company picnic capsized in the Chicago River. The first-known footage of the Eastland ...

A graduate student at the University of Illinois at Chicago came across the first-known film footage of the Eastland disaster while doing online research. wls CHICAGO (WLS) -- Historians plan ...

FILE – In this July 24, 1915 file photo, passengers are rescued as they stand atop the Eastland passenger ship after the vessel capsized in the Chicago River in downtown Chicago. Film clips have ...

A commemoration event Wednesday marked 109 years since the Eastland ship disaster. It was in 1915 that the Eastland sank in the Chicago River, killing 844 passengers and crew.

Attention, history lovers: The Bloomington Public Library announces the return of its citywide reading program, with this year's focus on the Eastland Disaster of 1915.