CHICAGO (AP) — It was intended as a festive day out for Western Electric Co. workers and their families — an excursion across Lake Michigan from Chicago to a park in Michigan City, Indiana. It ended ...
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The horrendous disaster of SS Eastland

In 1915, the passenger steamer SS Eastland was preparing to depart Chicago for a company picnic when disaster struck. With thousands of passengers crowded aboard, the ship suddenly began to list.