Life Rafts Sink the SS Eastland

03/02/22 • 52 min

This week Charlotte, Patrick, and Brian discuss the tragedy of the SS Eastland, which caused the largest loss of life from a shipwreck on the Great Lakes without ever unmooring from the dock.

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SOURCES:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/eastland-disaster-killed-more-passengers-titanic-and-lusitania-why-has-it-been-forgotten-180953146/

https://eastlanddisaster.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Eastland

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This week Charlotte, Patrick, and Brian discuss the tragedy of the SS Eastland, which caused the largest loss of life from a shipwreck on the Great Lakes without ever unmooring from the dock.

https://twitter.com/mc_lotta

https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2

https://twitter.com/briangaar

SOURCES:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/eastland-disaster-killed-more-passengers-titanic-and-lusitania-why-has-it-been-forgotten-180953146/

https://eastlanddisaster.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Eastland

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