A plane crashed into Lake Michigan in 1950, killing all 58 people on board. And three-quarters of a century later, a search for the wreckage using sonar technology is coming to an end.

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...

The dead are laid out after the SS Eastland disaster July 24, 1915, on the Chicago River. The Eastland began to list while docked, and crew members attempted to right the ship, loaded to capacity ...

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.

Ted Wachholz, of the Eastland Disaster Historical Society, said the crew assumed that the ship’s balance would get sorted out as they got moving, becoming more stable in motion like a bicycle.

July 24, 2013 (CHICAGO) On this date in 1915, the cruise ship Eastland rolled over on its side at its dock on the Chicago River. Eight hundred and fifty people were killed.

The ship, docked at the Clark Street Bridge, rolled over into the river, ... A crowd of people gather during the SS Eastland disaster July 24, 1915, in Chicago.

The Eastland capsized in front of thousands of people in one of the largest cities in America. 500,000 people gathered on the streets and bridges overlooking the site of the disaster in the days ...

On July 24, 1915, the SS Eastland was parked along the Chicago River when it capsized. Ever since, people have reported hearing and seeing apparitions near the site of the disaster, and at the ...