One of the greatest inland waterways disasters in the history of the United States took place in the Chicago River, Chicago, Ill., July 24, 1915, when the steamship Eastland capsized with a loss ...

Marion Eichholz, the last known survivor of the Eastland ship disaster, died last November aged 102. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the accident.

A commemoration event Wednesday marked 109-years since the Eastland ship disaster. Descendants of the victims gathered along the Chicago Riverwalk for a moment of silence. It was in 1915 that the ...

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.

In this week’s episode: Halas recalls the summer of 1915, when a stroke of brotherly luck kept him away from the infamous Eastland Disaster, in which 844 people died after the ship rolled over ...

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.