See all by GenealogyBuff
A Virtual Cemetery created by GenealogyBuff

Eastland Shipping Disaster

On July 24, 1915, The Eastland was used to ship many Western Electric members and their families across the Chicago River for Western Electric's fifth annual employee picnic. The S.S. Eastland, known as the "speed queen of the Great Lakes," was part of a fleet of five excursion boats assigned to take Western Electric employees, their families and friends across Lake Michigan to Michigan City, Indiana, for the day's festivities.But the Eastland, docked at the Clark Street Bridge, never left the Chicago River. It instead rolled into the river at the wharf's edge with over 2,500 passengers, including crew members, on board. Over 800 people lost their lives, including 22 entire families.

6 memorials
List Settings
Skip past search results

Alice Clark

24 Oct 1914 – 24 Jul 1915

Hillside, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Plot info: Section W, Block 9, Lot N38, Grave 1

Vlasticka “Vlasta” Homola

10 May 1913 – 24 Jul 1915

Justice, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Plot info: Section B, Block IV, Lot 70

Vlasticka “Vlasta” Homola

10 May 1913 – 24 Jul 1915

Justice, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Plot info: Section B, Block IV, Lot 70

Zofie “Sofia” Strobo Homola

16 May 1888 – 24 Jul 1915

Justice, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Plot info: Section B, Block IV, Lot 70

No grave photo

Agnes J. Olsen

1891 – 24 Jul 1915

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Ella Salmann

12 Sep 1899 – 24 Jul 1915

Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Plot info: Section 8, Lot 874

Advertisement