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I spent over a dozen years looking into this story, and i had worked at the wall street journal for over 20 years and i had never encountered a story of this magnitude or drama. As i began looking into it what i found was that this has to be one of the most deadly, least known shipwrecks in america. And i uncovered a tale that was so horrible and so surprising i could not let it go. In a a lot of ways the story would not let me go, either. So were in july 1915, almost exactly 100 years ago. A la...

When they got to cabin partitions, they got to steel and scratched their fingers bloody trying to escape. This little girl, eleanor, was the only survivor of her entire family. Her entire family was killed. There were many orphans on the eastland. Many children were orphaned. For me, one of the as i say the photo of the little girl was one that drove me. I am touched by the number of children, orphans, and eastland children who are here. This is one. 2001 when i was initially starting the resear...

In the courtroom, darrow and erickson are fighting to save their careers and lives. The last image i want to bring to your attention is i was lucky that there was a book fair in chicago about 10 years ago and those are wonderful things to go to. For historical research, you can get some great finds. There was, wrapped up in plastic, a from page copy of the eastland sinking in the Chicago Record herald. There is a wonderful cartoon that, to me, after all the Research Really brings it in a chillin...

Other american artifacts programs at any time by visiting our website cspan. Org history. Up next on American History tv author Michael Mccarthy discusses the july 1915 capsizing of the ss eastland in the Chicago River. Over 800 factory workers died in the tragedy including 22 entire families. Mccarthy examines the faulty ballast system that caused the ship to capsize any talks about the forgotten legacy of the ss eastland. Posted by the new york public library, this program is about 90 minutes....

The museum has undergone a number of changes. This museum was the next phase of being built in appomattox, chosen to be here because of the people that come to this particular area. Appomattox is one of the top draws for civil war historians or people interested in civil war history. We wanted to give them another experience where we could bring more of our collection out and bring the collection that specifically relates to appomattox. I have been with the museum for 15 years. Four years as dir...

As i began looking into it what i found was that this has to be one of the most deadly, least known shipwrecks in america. And i uncovered a tale that was so horrible and so surprising i could not let it go. And in a lot of ways the story would not let me go, either. So were in july 1915, almost exactly 100 years ago. A large steamship. Think of the flatiron building on its side. That is virtually the exact size the eastland was. Flatiron building turned on its side quickly capsizes. Though it i...

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