Chicago's Eastland Disaster Largely Forgotten

From the July 25, 2008, Chicago Tribune "Eastland."

Gladys Blum, 82, aid her father had been lucky and survived when the ship rolled over in twenty feet of water and said he never would talk much about it, but did say he climbed up on the hull and saved several people.

The SS Eastland was nicknamed the Speed Queen of the Great Lakes and was just getting ready to shove off when it began to list and rolled over on its port side with an estimated 2,500 people. It was taking employees of the Western Electric Company to a picnic outing in Michigan City, Indiana.

Sad, But Mostly Forgotten.