Friday, August 14, 2015

Writer Jack Woodford Was At Eastland Tragedy

From Wikipedia.

Writer Jack Woodford witnessed the Eastland capsizing from across the Chicago River and wrote:

"And then something caught my eye.  I looked across the river.  As I watched in disoriented stupefaction a steamer large as an ocean liner slowly turning over on its side as though it was a whale going to take a nap.

"I didn't believe a huge steamer had done this before my eyes, lashed to a dock, in perfectly calm water, in excellent weather, with no explosion, no fire, no nothing.  I thought I had gone crazy."

--DaCoot

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