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Chicago Marks 100 Years Since Eastland Disaster [PHOTOS]
Chicago Marks 100 Years Since Eastland Disaster [PHOTOS]
Chicago Marks 100 Years Since Eastland Disaster [PHOTOS]
One hundred years ago today, on July 24, 1915, the Eastland passenger ship listed to its side in the Chicago River between LaSalle Drive and Clark Street. More than 840 people died in the disaster. That's a higher number than the fatalities in the Titanic sinking...