Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1915 — 1,500 LIVES ARE LOST IN WORST MARINE DISASTER IN HISTORY [ARTICLE]

1,500 LIVES ARE LOST IN WORST MARINE DISASTER IN HISTORY

Steamer Eastland, With 2,500 Pleasure-Seeking Passengers on Board, Suddenly Turns on Its Side at Its Dock in the Chicago River, Trapping Hundreds. Nation, State and City Join to Fix the Blame for CatastropheRescuers Work Heroically Night and Day Bringing Out Bodies of Victims Who Were Suffocated or Drowned.