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Ashes under waterMichael McCarthy

Ashes under water

Michael McCarthy
2014
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"Ashes Under Water is the riveting untold story of the 1915 sinking of the SS Eastland, a Lake Michigan excursion boat, which rolled over while tied to its dock, within feet of one the busiest intersections in Chicago's famed Loop District. Horrified morning commuters watched it all unfold. The final death toll would not come for weeks but would be 835 people, including 21 entire families. The trial would make national headlines and cause public outrage; the effort to bring the guilty ship owners to justice was thwarted by future star lawyer Clarence Darrow. Darrow defended the only true hero…

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  • Other · English · 2014
    Lyons Press · 9780762793280
Steamboat disastersShipwrecksTrials (Manslaughter)HistoryHISTORY / United States / 20th CenturyEastland (Ship)Trials, united statesChicago (ill.), history