And then, there is probably the best-known maritime disaster, the wreck of the RMS Titanic in 1912 (which had its own impact on the wreck of the SS Eastland just three years later.
When the number of crew members who died in the two are taken away, on the Titanic the number becomes 829. On the Eastland, the number is 842.
The overall number of the Titanic victims, however, is almost double at 1523 when crew is included. That is 694 crew deaths. Quite amazing is that just two crew members died on the Eastland. Especially considering that so many would have been below deck at the time of the sinking.
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