Comments on: The Fall of the Eastland https://www.damninteresting.com/the-fall-of-the-eastland/ Fascinating true stories from science, history, and psychology since 2005 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 20:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Wendy https://www.damninteresting.com/the-fall-of-the-eastland/#comment-73889 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 20:18:59 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=749#comment-73889 Um, your photo next to “passengers on the top deck” is bass-ackwards. Eastland capsized to her port, not starboard.

]]> By: Ssteve https://www.damninteresting.com/the-fall-of-the-eastland/#comment-73416 Sat, 25 Jul 2020 14:00:37 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=749#comment-73416

The Titanic was 340% larger than the Sultana and yet the Sultana suffered more than 25% greater loss of life. Yet how many people have ever heard of her?

A couple years after that comment was written Son Volt released the album American Central Dust. The song “Sultana” from that album tells the story of the sinking of the Sultana.

]]> By: Wendy https://www.damninteresting.com/the-fall-of-the-eastland/#comment-72672 Fri, 11 Jan 2019 21:48:58 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=749#comment-72672 You realize that photo of her with the wrecking tugs somehow got flopped, right?

]]> By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/the-fall-of-the-eastland/#comment-72527 Sun, 29 Jul 2018 11:43:17 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=749#comment-72527 Finished.

]]> By: Trykt https://www.damninteresting.com/the-fall-of-the-eastland/#comment-15856 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:58:39 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=749#comment-15856 Collision said: “Isn’t there a problem in the last line?

“At times, society itself seems alarmingly top-heavy and precarious. Perhaps a few lifeboats would help.”

Lifeboats would make it _more_ top heavy. Or was this intended sarcastically?”

I’m pretty late to the party here but if you truly missed the sarcasm in that last sentence then YOU are the one aboard the failboat.

]]> By: edhsinc https://www.damninteresting.com/the-fall-of-the-eastland/#comment-15236 Sat, 26 May 2007 14:05:21 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=749#comment-15236 There is no official passenger list for the Eastland Disaster. Unlike the Titanic, there was no passenger manifest the morning that boarding took place. Over 7,000 tickets had been sold for the excursion and picnic, and boarding took place on a first-come, first-served basis. The Eastland Disaster Historical Society, however, has been working diligently over the past 8 years and we have compiled a passenger list of over 2,300 names. The Eastland Disaster Passenger List includes the names of the victims as well as the survivors (victims names are italicized). Please drop us an email – we would love to open a file folder for your family (or add to the one that we may already have in our archives).

]]> By: sulkykid https://www.damninteresting.com/the-fall-of-the-eastland/#comment-15229 Fri, 25 May 2007 22:30:41 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=749#comment-15229 spoiled1981 said: “Does anyone know if there is a list of those who died, I was informed that a greatgreat aunt was on the ship and died but I don’t know the name all I have is a last name.”

I cannot find such a list online. I suspect that I may have a distant relative or two involved, but no one in the family ever mentioned it. You might inquire at http://www.eastlanddisaster.org or the Chicago Historical society. There is a very nice picture book from Arcadia Press called “The Eastland Disaster”. 125 pages of photos with captions, lots of names, but no index. I could peruse my copy if you are willing to supply the last name.

]]> By: spoiled1981 https://www.damninteresting.com/the-fall-of-the-eastland/#comment-15224 Fri, 25 May 2007 19:39:22 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=749#comment-15224 Does anyone know if there is a list of those who died, I was informed that a greatgreat aunt was on the ship and died but I don’t know the name all I have is a last name.

]]> By: Spinster https://www.damninteresting.com/the-fall-of-the-eastland/#comment-14575 Thu, 03 May 2007 21:34:42 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=749#comment-14575 Just a few comments: Concrete was commonly used for patches on Great Lakes ships (please refer to salvage practices of the time) and was cheap and very readily available.

Canada, or the “Evil Empire” isn’t really anywhere near Chicago, IL. Please refer to a map. There were in those days several days travel between them.

The Great Lakes have a long and ignoble history of poor survival of women and children during shipwrecks. Female cooks were commonly left behind during “abandon ship” maneuvers.

]]> By: sulkykid https://www.damninteresting.com/the-fall-of-the-eastland/#comment-14517 Tue, 01 May 2007 18:13:29 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=749#comment-14517 “Lucky Lindy” was Lindberg’s nickname, the plane was “The Spirit of St Louis”. I think the plane is hanging from the ceiling in the Smithsonian museum in Washington D.C. Sorry ’bout the confusion.

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