The S.S. Eastland Disaster

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On the 25th of July, on a calm summer day in Chicago, Illinois, while still tied to the pier, the Steamer SS Eastland rolled over. The event would trap hundreds in her lower decks killing over 800 passengers. But how did this happen? How could a steamer roll while on calm waters tied to the pier? The answer is as complicated as it is shocking.
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Eastland: Legacy of the Titanic By George W. Hilton
Ashes Under Water: The SS Eastland and the shipwreck that shook America By Michael McCarthy
The Sinking of the Eastland: America's Forgotten Tragedy by Jay Bonansinga
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  • @Cyberleader135
    @Cyberleader1355 ай бұрын

    Most bizarre thing here was that A. The deck rotted from spilled drinks and B. That the solution was to cover the deck in concrete is even more insane

  • @Tindometari

    @Tindometari

    5 ай бұрын

    My vote for 'most bizarre thing' was the lack of any serious stability tests through some number of refits and mods. I mean, anytime you add any significant weight above the CG, you check the effect on stability. That's not a no-brainer question; it's not even a question to be asked. And if the vessel's *already* got a wide reputation for excessive rolling -- it's insanity not to. [Afterthought: You need to check the stability after adding weight *below* the CG too. But this merely makes the vessel's handling stiffer by increasing the metacentric height and righting arm, which incurs a significant hit on the occupants' comfort. That's not a big safety concern until it degrades crew performance in working the vessel or brings too much water over the deck too often; very few ships have ever sunk because they were *too* stable. A designer might well trade crew comfort for speed and stable maneuverability in, say, a racing yacht or a destroyer.]

  • @maxherman3884

    @maxherman3884

    5 ай бұрын

    my actual response to hearing this was "WHY?!?"

  • @harrisonc985

    @harrisonc985

    5 ай бұрын

    lmao its like a manager from hotel hell designed this boat

  • @scottyfox6376

    @scottyfox6376

    5 ай бұрын

    Talk about "RotGut" booze. If the whiskey can rot out Oak planks from just "spilled" drinks maybe acid resistant stainless steel was needed instead.🥴🫗

  • @randomlyentertaining8287

    @randomlyentertaining8287

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@Tindometari You listen to enough of these and you begin to think everyone back then was insane.

  • @tired_and_stressed
    @tired_and_stressed5 ай бұрын

    I can't believe that I now get such joy binging lectures on shipwrecks. I've become my father.

  • @JabbaDesiljic

    @JabbaDesiljic

    24 күн бұрын

    Same here mate, though thankfully not in every way.

  • @seanlowery9258
    @seanlowery92585 ай бұрын

    My great grandfather was one of the firemen that jumped on the bottom of the hull to cut a hole in it to help people escape. Always great to see another awesome video from you, especially one that my family was connected too! Did some research through family. His name was Richard E Cassidy he eventually retired as a battalion cheif for station 13 in 1946.

  • @bholdr----0

    @bholdr----0

    5 ай бұрын

    Wow! What a great bit of family history, one of those legendary things that get passed down the generations. (Like how my great-uncle, once removed, was supposedly a bootlegger running boats full of booze from Vancouver to Seattle. Not quite as admirable as your gramps, eh?) I love family stories like yours! Very cool. Cheers!

  • @eetulehtinen7304

    @eetulehtinen7304

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@bholdr----0Still, your granpa was doing good work for the people 😅

  • @SPG69

    @SPG69

    5 ай бұрын

    Wow small world isn’t it?

  • @drips1030

    @drips1030

    5 ай бұрын

    Wow!!!!

  • @bholdr----0

    @bholdr----0

    5 ай бұрын

    @switchfoot8813 Haha nice, I'm all aboot Cahnaduh, eh? Cheers!

  • @LadyTylerBioRodriguez
    @LadyTylerBioRodriguez5 ай бұрын

    When you say group of nurses, you are referring only to Helen Repa, Czech nurse who saved hundreds from 8 AM to 4 PM, pulling people out of the water. Reviving, supervising the medical command center, drove them to a hospital, and maintained bodies. This woman was unbelievably heroic and yet never talked about the disaster again after July 1915. A true heroine.

  • @CYMotorsport

    @CYMotorsport

    5 ай бұрын

    Tyler, Ron, and faces of the forgotten just posted about Helen Tomek only a few months ago. Truly an unbelievable hero. Hard to grasp the scale of the amount of life she single handedly preserved. He went over and Uncovered her gravestone as it started to get sink into the ground. Beautiful stuff

  • @LadyTylerBioRodriguez

    @LadyTylerBioRodriguez

    5 ай бұрын

    @@CYMotorsport Yep that's the same person. Buried under Helen Tomek so I think Google tends to not quite work when you google Helen Repa unfortunately. For the record there were two other nurses and the head doctor at the Hawthorne Works, a Doctor Lucas was somehow involved in the rescue operation. But there's not a single mention of the two other nurses. They probably were on the same trolley as Helen but she jumped off and got onto an ambulance, its possible the nurses were either slow to get to the disaster spot or even never did.

  • @Spherz

    @Spherz

    4 ай бұрын

    @@CYMotorsportwith all respect to the topic, on a tangent, why haven’t you posted any videos despite viewers showing clear interest?

  • @trevorjohnson2168

    @trevorjohnson2168

    4 ай бұрын

    Oh so all the nurses and doctors there are discounted? Were you there, Did you see that she was the only person helping?

  • @LadyTylerBioRodriguez

    @LadyTylerBioRodriguez

    4 ай бұрын

    @@trevorjohnson2168 Other medical personnel helped. But the Hawthorne Works only had three nurses who were going to the picnic and the other two are never mentioned in any kind of newspaper article or interview. They are mentioned by Repa as being on a trolley but she jumped off to reach the disaster location. The Hawthorne Works has a monthly newspaper, Western Electric Daily News, and not only was Helen Repa interviewed, her superior doctor WA Lucas said she did a better then anyone else. From what little footage we have of the event from newsreels, Repa is the only one in white helping survivors. Later on more experienced personnel arrived like police surgeon Thomas Carter and Repa left around 4 PM because more experienced people had arrived. But those first 30 minutes were where the majority of lives were saved and lost.

  • @EtherMonday
    @EtherMonday5 ай бұрын

    My great grandmother lived in Chicago in 1915, and she wrote about the disaster in her diary, which I've inherited. The day after the disaster, she took 5 pictures of the ship (which have since been lost) from the LaSalle St docks at 6am. She wrote about her feelings, about crying later on, and about having some nightmares.

  • @heliveruscalion9124

    @heliveruscalion9124

    4 ай бұрын

    just a question i thought of after hearing the photos were lost, have you thought of digitizing the entry about the disaster to preserve the story?

  • @EtherMonday

    @EtherMonday

    4 ай бұрын

    @@heliveruscalion9124 Certainly, but I wouldn't know where to host it long-term for anyone to find. Any suggestions?

  • @hansofaxalia

    @hansofaxalia

    4 ай бұрын

    My grandma was that diary, but she said your story is fake. She took eight pictures to prove it (which have since been lost)

  • @imahumanperson361

    @imahumanperson361

    14 күн бұрын

    @@hansofaxaliaI know right? It’s *such* a *completely* outrageous claim that someone who was alive at the time the ship sunk would be horrified enough to write about it and have enough empathy to cry for those lost! In case you missed the obvious sarcasm, I’m joking. Jesus Christ, it’s not at all infeasible. Are you just dense or something? 🤦🏼‍♀️

  • @Fullchristainname
    @Fullchristainname5 ай бұрын

    The SS Eastland: giving a whole new meaning to the phase “sunk cost fallacy” since 1903.

  • @Crumbaa

    @Crumbaa

    3 ай бұрын

    OnRamps english is ruining my life

  • @MrKeserian

    @MrKeserian

    3 ай бұрын

    The irony is that she made a great ship in Navy service. Granteed that was Once they cut off most of her top weight, and made her basically unrecognizable.

  • @foloan1209

    @foloan1209

    2 ай бұрын

    Literally

  • @WaterFlameDoesNotHaveLimits

    @WaterFlameDoesNotHaveLimits

    2 ай бұрын

    "I paid for the whole ship, so I'm going to use the whole ship, dammit."

  • @bradymenting5120

    @bradymenting5120

    2 ай бұрын

    it didn't really sink, though... it rolled over, but I'll allow this pun for now...

  • @legalvices
    @legalvices5 ай бұрын

    Super fascinating case from beginning to sad, bitter end. Thanks for inviting me to collab on this. Let's do it again!

  • @tylerzidron1367

    @tylerzidron1367

    5 ай бұрын

    So summary sadly the people got screwed. Damn sounds about right

  • @tylerzidron1367

    @tylerzidron1367

    5 ай бұрын

    Made the legal side of this much easier to understand. Much appreciated to the both of you

  • @legalvices

    @legalvices

    5 ай бұрын

    @@tylerzidron1367 Thank you!

  • @tigerwoods373

    @tigerwoods373

    5 ай бұрын

    @@tylerzidron1367what other option is there? Hold the owner or government liable? No thanks.

  • @rolorololo

    @rolorololo

    4 ай бұрын

    SOP with settlements. The creditors and corporations take everything first and leave the dregs and scraps to the peasants who were actually hurt.

  • @Stu_McGlash094
    @Stu_McGlash0945 ай бұрын

    I too prefer mashed potato’s over boiled

  • @justinherman134

    @justinherman134

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah but boiled potatoes with melted cheese and ranch are pretty bomb but even better with a good Cajon seasoning lol

  • @bobbyfeet2240
    @bobbyfeet22405 ай бұрын

    The plaque isn't that brief, although if you mean it's less commemorartion than it deserves, I agree. (I've seen it while taking my little one for walks during a stay nearby.) While it's a tragedy from start to finish, you really have to feel for Erikson. Dude did little (or nothing) wrong and even was fairly heroic during the disaster. Even without external blame, he would probably have carried a lot of guilt, but for others to have added to it is so cruel. (Conversely, the owners and inspectors who put profit ahead of safety once again got away basically free and clear.)

  • @dalgarrett5108
    @dalgarrett51085 ай бұрын

    As the descendant of a Great Lakes sunken ship survivor, I have watched many videos of sunken ships in the Great Lakes and the Eastland as well. Your video is the most detailed I have ever seen and it is obvious that you put a lot of work into it. Thank you. It’s much appreciated 😊

  • @danny_rags

    @danny_rags

    5 ай бұрын

    Happy your ancestor made it out. What was the ship if you (if you are comfortable answering)?

  • @bradymenting5120

    @bradymenting5120

    2 ай бұрын

    @@danny_rags they wouldn't have been much of a survivor if they hadn't gotten out.

  • @FrankWhat-wn2ti

    @FrankWhat-wn2ti

    2 ай бұрын

    My grandfather had a sister. That worked for Western electric. She was a survivor LV eastlaccident. Accident. When the boat turned over, she hung on to the rail. And waited when help came. That was a horrible accent. They have all pass now. My mother left me an album with pictures and newspaper clippings. That's all I remember until today. I saw this video. This was very impressive. I thank you for making this video.

  • @heatherthewall
    @heatherthewall5 ай бұрын

    Excuse me Mr. Horrors, I wanted to ask if you'd ever do a video on Unsinkable Sam, the ship's cat that survived 3 different ship sinkings. Specifically the German battleship Bismarck in May 1941, the HMS Cossark in October 1941, and the HMS Ark Royal in November 1941. As a fan of both naval history and feline history I think this story would make a FANTASTIC video.

  • @hank1556

    @hank1556

    5 ай бұрын

    Still has 6 lives left!

  • @natejess1304

    @natejess1304

    5 ай бұрын

    Unfortunately, unsinkable Sam really can't be proven nor disproven to exist, dracinifel (another youtube naval historian) did a long form on the history of ships cats and covered a few of the more famous ones, but when he looked into unsinkable Sam there was no official records or documentation to back up the story, all the accounts he could find were anecdotal and the survivors from Bismark that were later asked about the cat didn't believe that there were any cats on the German ship to begin with But by way of the same argument there is no solid evidence to prove he didn't exist either But either way, there isn't really much to go on to make a video 🤷‍♂️ Maybe a shorter October spooky story?

  • @TheGreyGhost_of43rd

    @TheGreyGhost_of43rd

    5 ай бұрын

    No

  • @ericshaw6458
    @ericshaw64585 ай бұрын

    She'd always been considered a "tender " ship since her launch. Her height to length ratio was considered problematic, plus the terrible layout of her ballast system.

  • @Katpiratefan275
    @Katpiratefan2755 ай бұрын

    You and Part-Time Explorer are my favorite maritime disaster content creators. Eastland disaster still amazes me, as horrible as it happened if they had been out and open water it would have been a lot worse. It's just one of those things that really makes you think about what could have been done different how the scenario could have gone better or have gone a lot worse if certain factors were different

  • @RyderFlo

    @RyderFlo

    5 ай бұрын

    There is also Big Old Boats.

  • @Katpiratefan275

    @Katpiratefan275

    5 ай бұрын

    @@RyderFlo I knew I was missing one! Thank you!

  • @Rougefrog300

    @Rougefrog300

    5 ай бұрын

    Brick Immortar is another good channel

  • @Katpiratefan275

    @Katpiratefan275

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Rougefrog300 haven't heard of that channel but I'll check them out. Thanks for the recommendation

  • @mattwilliams3456

    @mattwilliams3456

    5 ай бұрын

    Give The Shipwreck Archive a shot as well. Good people over there.

  • @klhaldane
    @klhaldane5 ай бұрын

    I've never heard it put so clearly: "adding mass causes the centre of gravity to move towards the new mass".

  • @tommo5884
    @tommo58845 ай бұрын

    Joseph Erickson was one of the few heroes aboard the ship and arguably did nothing to cause, and risked his life to do everything possible to minimise a disaster he couldn't reasonably predict or prevent. May his legacy be redeemed.

  • @mbryson2899
    @mbryson28995 ай бұрын

    Thank you for sharing this excellent account of the disaster. It is definitely in the top tier. I grew up in Cicero, Illinois, and heard first-hand accounts from some of our elderly neighbors, two of whom were aboard and survived. One of them paid every kid who earned their swimming certificate from the park district five dollars, a lot of money to a grade school kid in the early 80s.

  • @FerretKibble

    @FerretKibble

    3 ай бұрын

    I bet those children didn't realise that that elder was trying to save their life. :(

  • @tomhutchins7495
    @tomhutchins74955 ай бұрын

    I was surprised to hear of the concrete deck repairs around 44:00. Was this common practice? The only other time I've heard of concrete ship repairs was filling in the dent on a British aircraft carrier's flight deck from a bomb.

  • @maxb2299

    @maxb2299

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes it was common. I live across from a shipwreck, the Squall in maine. I've frequently explored that ship and it has concrete decks

  • @alekpo2000

    @alekpo2000

    2 ай бұрын

    its cheaper to do than wood and i bet people in charge made the choice without asking anybody that knew better or even cared about the ship weight, they knew it was prone to roll over and still added all that weight to it

  • @JosieJOK
    @JosieJOK5 ай бұрын

    Glad to see the Eastland disaster getting the documentary treatment it deserves. I once read a terrible book on it and thought, “Lord, I hope someone does a better job!” And you have-a _great_ job!

  • @Tindometari
    @Tindometari5 ай бұрын

    I was once on a fishing boat in Long Island Sound for the bluefish run (mmmm, bluefish, yummy), when we found ourselves passing a Trident sub inbound to Gales Ferry. Everybody aboard promptly moved to the starboard side to check out this impressive sight, and the boat rolled until the gunwale was less than a meter from the water. I'd say it was somewhere around 15°. The mates promptly started herding people back to port to correct this ... but if that's necessary, the underlying problem is obvious to anyone who actually understands boats. I remembered the *Eastland* -- my grandfather was an engineer and a connoisseur of accidents, and made one out of his granddaughter too -- and I never went fishing on that boat again.

  • @michaellopez5737
    @michaellopez57375 ай бұрын

    I'm a deck hand on the river taxis here in Chicago, born a raised here. It amazes me how many people who are from Chicago, even my fellow deck hands, have never heard of the Eastland

  • @SirKenchalot
    @SirKenchalot5 ай бұрын

    Please don't apologize; this was a great video and I enjoy your straightforward and matter of fact storytelling, avoiding the manipulative techniques so beloved by television producers for cheap sensationalism. Great show.

  • @thejudgmentalcat
    @thejudgmentalcat5 ай бұрын

    Love the detail you put in the ship's design (good and bad), it's the most important part of the disaster, not just the disaster itself ❤

  • @Eric_Hutton.1980
    @Eric_Hutton.19805 ай бұрын

    Glad to see that the SS Eastland has been getting attention lately. In the last year I've seen several videos by reputable channels covering the SS Eastland.

  • @LadyTylerBioRodriguez

    @LadyTylerBioRodriguez

    5 ай бұрын

    Well next year I got one coming out, with an ungodly length over three hours and with some original research too.

  • @jamesdreads7828
    @jamesdreads78285 ай бұрын

    You're really coming into your own as a documentarian, I think you'll have a long and successful career in the business. Much deservedly.

  • @mattl3729
    @mattl37295 ай бұрын

    Awesome video, as always. A couple of other historical disaster channels have gone over the Eastland disaster, but nobody I've seen has gone so much into the design and construction details as you have, and it really makes a difference. The main story is terribly tragic, but understanding all the 'whys' explains it so much better. And just as a general note, I really appreciate you using both Imperial and Metric since I 'understand' the latter better (and many won't understand the former at all I'd think), and also the interesting little details like the Great Lakes using mph and not knots- I'd have never expected that. It's a neat little thing to stick into my massive pile of useless but interesting facts ;)

  • @vstr4276

    @vstr4276

    5 ай бұрын

    I think the only other one that comes close is Part-Time Explorer (who does a lot of ship videos, too). The generic disaster channels never are quite as good.

  • @kumber

    @kumber

    5 ай бұрын

    @@vstr4276 can't forget about Oceanliner Designs, Mike pumps out great content

  • @blahsomethingclever

    @blahsomethingclever

    5 ай бұрын

    My dad told me his great grandmother passed away on that ship when she was only a child. Really sad:(

  • @jessicam5712

    @jessicam5712

    5 ай бұрын

    Part-time explorers Eastland video is solid

  • @mattl3729

    @mattl3729

    5 ай бұрын

    @@blahsomethingclever Wait, what? His Great GrandMOTHER was a child? How did she have her own children- your Dad's Grandmother- if she died as a child?

  • @uniball5667
    @uniball56675 ай бұрын

    Honestly, the conversion to the U.S.S. Willamette feels like a redemption arc for the Eastland. Like she was saying "SEE?! I can be a good ship." Which to be fair, her accident was more a product of human error than anything else.

  • @snackbarqueen
    @snackbarqueen5 ай бұрын

    I only learned about The Eastland tragedy a month ago and I’m 49 years old, it’s such a sad thing that what happened to these poor people barely gets remembered or passed down to younger generations… Thank You for telling their tragic story in such a detailed and respectful manner ❤

  • @No_Fuse8771
    @No_Fuse87715 ай бұрын

    Instant like for the flat earther comment!

  • @vanringo

    @vanringo

    2 ай бұрын

    I don't understand the reason flat earthers are made fun of so much. I mean I love knowing when I am dealing with stupid people

  • @No_Fuse8771

    @No_Fuse8771

    2 ай бұрын

    @@vanringo LOL, You know.... I never looked at it that way, but so true.

  • @KiloOne
    @KiloOne5 ай бұрын

    A forgotten disaster that this city doesn’t forget. Thank you for covering this

  • @damabaith

    @damabaith

    5 ай бұрын

    What a stupid sentence

  • @RAAFLightning1

    @RAAFLightning1

    5 ай бұрын

    Isnt that an oxymoron??

  • @oddmott7653
    @oddmott76535 ай бұрын

    1:02:55 Another KZread channel named "Part-Time Explorer" did a documentary of their own on the Eastland about a year prior to this one. in it, it is stated that the Eastland Disaster Historical Society contacted the living relatives of Peter Boyle to talk to them about Peter (I'm assuming for their documentary). Living in Ireland, they had no idea that Peter Boyle had died a hero until contacted, up till then, they had assumed he was merely a victim of the ship sinking. If you have time after this one, i'd recommend watching their documentary too, as is a fantastic supplementary to this one (also, it got sacked with a false 'self-harm' warning & demonetized, so i'd recommend showing it some love too). Thanks for reading, you are all wonderful, and i hope you have a nice day :)

  • @ericthompson749
    @ericthompson7495 ай бұрын

    Great maritime video! Interesting hearing about this ship from this angle. In case if anyone is interested, if you want to hear more about the passengers themselves that were on the Eastland, Caitlin Doughty did a video on the Eastland disaster.

  • @micnorton9487

    @micnorton9487

    4 ай бұрын

    Yeah her version is excellent 👍...

  • @juliadagnall5816
    @juliadagnall58165 ай бұрын

    41:50 Thank you for mentioning how long it would take to load a full ship’s complement into lifeboats. In a couple of years when motorized davits came into play that time would be reduced (as would the likelihood of a poorly handled lifeboat capsizing during launch), but launching boats the old fashioned way was a fiddly and labor intensive business. In addition if the ship took on a heavy list while sinking it would make it impossible to launch all lifeboats. The only reason the Titanic was able to launch all her main boats was that she sunk at close to an even keel, only taking on a significant list towards the end. Life jackets could be perilous too. Apparently a number of people who survived the initial sinking of the Lusitania died because they had fastened the new model of life jacket improperly and as a result couldn’t keep their heads above water.

  • @AnotherRandomPoser
    @AnotherRandomPoser5 ай бұрын

    This was fantastic, I appreciate the time you had to have put into this. This channel, Brick immortar, Part-Time Explorer, Oceanliner Designs and Waterline Stories have tapped into something I didn't know interested me so much.

  • @cpnquack3655
    @cpnquack36555 ай бұрын

    Another great video as always MH! Staying on the great lakes, I would love to see a video documenting the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. "The White Hurricane" is deserving of a video all on it's own, especially with how many ships and sailors were lost.

  • @jonrutherford6852
    @jonrutherford68525 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the straightforward, gimmick-free production and narration. It's a rarity on KZread. Good work!

  • @MidniteTease
    @MidniteTease5 ай бұрын

    Of all the channels doing videos on maritime disasters/engineering disasters/etc.; this is the best documentary I have watched. Only a couple even come close.

  • @jameshennighan8193
    @jameshennighan81935 ай бұрын

    OUTSTANDING Outstanding review of this ship and her history. A most in depth assessment of the things done wrong.......and that went wrong leading to the disaster. In the end, decisions taken....and mistakes made by human beings....... Congratulations and thanks for all the hard work you put into producing this..... I am watching it a second time. Funny how you take in something new with each viewing. James Hennighan Yorkshire, England

  • @DanielMatthews-ql3wf
    @DanielMatthews-ql3wf5 ай бұрын

    I used to drive an excursion boat and shifting the ballast world be a problem. We drafted only 2 1/2 to 3 ft to clear props and rudders. I was always changing props and drive shafts because of the other drivers. Nobody wants to check depth.

  • @darlenerichison8684
    @darlenerichison86844 ай бұрын

    I, for one, really appreciate the great detail that you went to in this episode. I would not cut out anything to try to make it shorter. Indeed, I would encourage longer episodes if it adds to the content quality and not worry about the length. Great story; thank you for your posts!

  • @jozefbaran6189
    @jozefbaran61895 ай бұрын

    Honey, wake up! Maritime Horrors just posted.

  • @SanktaLo
    @SanktaLo5 ай бұрын

    It’s wild that I’ve never even heard of this disaster. So many people dead and it’s almost completely forgotten only 100 years later. Great video, man!

  • @IIMoses740II
    @IIMoses740II5 ай бұрын

    I had heard this story enough to not be very enthusiastic about giving this video a chance, but you definitely added more details and insight into the little things that culminated with the disaster in the end. The clusterf...that was the legal finale to the disaster was a bitter cherry on top. That all makes this stand out for the others, and was still enjoyable. 👍

  • @arashi32900
    @arashi329004 ай бұрын

    Thank you for giving this disaster the time and attention it deserves, but has been denied. It reminds me, in terms of the owners basically getting away with murder, a huge death toll and then basically being forgotten, of the General Slocum which I would love to see you cover.

  • @ladybugspritz
    @ladybugspritz5 ай бұрын

    i’m visiting chicago this upcoming week for my birthday. i’ve heard the story before while on the river, but i didn’t know there was a historical society to visit. thank you for your video and thank you for giving me another place to stop!

  • @brydon5721
    @brydon57215 ай бұрын

    Ask A Mortician did a video on the Eastland which is where I learned of the disaster so it was interesting to take more of a deep dive into the ship and her history (I just hope you're not hit by the same problems Caitlin was when KZread took issue with her content).

  • @user-tt8xf9td6b

    @user-tt8xf9td6b

    5 ай бұрын

    Well, he did censor the photos and didn't refer to some rescuers defying police orders to stay away when the police themselves were really doing nothing but crowd control, so he should be safe.

  • @rumblerider89
    @rumblerider895 ай бұрын

    2 shipwrecks I'd like to see you cover, Scandies Rose and El Faro

  • @w0lfr0gue53
    @w0lfr0gue535 ай бұрын

    OMG a new video I was so into these last year. Watched all of the disaster videos.

  • @jimrudolph1582
    @jimrudolph15825 ай бұрын

    I known about the disaster for decades but the detail you’ve provided was by far the best account of a ships history,disaster and rebirth! Great memorial to the victims of this foreseeable tragedy.

  • @jake4101
    @jake41015 ай бұрын

    Mate, discovered your excellent channel just yesterday. First class work, but as a sailor not familiar with all the waters you describe - a few charts highlighting relevant passages might enliven the viewing experience. Just a thought. Fair winds.

  • @Redblockish
    @Redblockish5 ай бұрын

    Anyone making such fantastic videos on any Great Lakes disaster deserves a huge round of applause. Just based on where I'm from, I love the stories involving Superior the most (I'm Minnesotan, I can't help it) but you always manage to put together a compelling narrative based on your research no matter what the subject is. I guess I'm just stunned that I watched an hour and a half of KZread and didn't notice. Nicely done!

  • @simonbeaird7436
    @simonbeaird74365 ай бұрын

    Very detailed and well-researched piece on the Eastland. I particularly admire the part on the difficulty of evacuating a ship quickly, something that is rarely touched upon in accounts of lost liners.

  • @shemp308
    @shemp3085 ай бұрын

    I would like to add that growing up in Cicero ill. I knew of the disaster, and during the 1970s, i talked with my friends parents and was told a few times that they had relatives that lost their lives on the Eastland. Also, some who grew up in town at the time. The worst that i remember is that there was not a street in Cicero that didn't lose someone or an entire family. As a fact, i still know someone who lost a relative on the ship. To me, it was hard to believe something could happen like this. That is until i was about 15 when the Edmond Fitzgerald sank.

  • @davidkukic6722
    @davidkukic67225 ай бұрын

    This video was very well researched with good visual aids. It was definitely worth waiting for!!

  • @cuz129
    @cuz1292 ай бұрын

    A company I worked for knocked down an Interstate bridge leading to 14 deaths. Under similar maritime law their liability was essentially zero. The court determined we were not at fault due to an undiagnosed medical condition with our captain. But even if we had been liable the cap on liability was tiny compared to nonmaritime tort law.

  • @AdmiralJT
    @AdmiralJT5 ай бұрын

    I clicked thinking 22min story of the ship, not realizing it was actually a hour longer documentary and it was fantastic! Good work, so much detail.

  • @ZombieSazza
    @ZombieSazza5 ай бұрын

    “If you don’t believe in gravity or are a flat earther…” You’d be surprised how common that is in maritime and aviation circles, like there’s people out there believing pilots are lying about the shape of the earth, or ship captains are lying about there not being an edge to the world, it’s actual lunacy.

  • @reddeaddude2187
    @reddeaddude21875 ай бұрын

    Excellent work as always! That poor Chief Engineer, God rest his soul. Could you cover the SS Sultana? It's another forgotten tragedy

  • @sunscream4525
    @sunscream45255 ай бұрын

    Politicians! Don't just do something, sit there! Excellent account, thank you

  • @MegKenobi
    @MegKenobi5 ай бұрын

    Horrific story but I was so excited to see that you covered it! Great video as always!

  • @chilleycheesetoes3225
    @chilleycheesetoes32253 ай бұрын

    not to offend your content is so informational and i learn a lot from every video, but these videos have helped my insomnia so much. thanks for all you do man!

  • @jimma1432
    @jimma14325 ай бұрын

    Great video man. Loved the discussion about center of gravity. Maybe it’s the engineer in me but I think being able to explain this disasters in detail like this is very immersive. Keep it up!!

  • @DementatDeus
    @DementatDeus5 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the in depth documentary. I'd heard of this incident before as an example of stability when I was training for subs, but not in this amount of detail. I really love your presentations and always look forward to the next one. I realize it's not your day job, but it is nice the amount of effort you put into it and the wait is always worth it.

  • @paganarh
    @paganarh5 ай бұрын

    thank you for this video. although I've seen several videos about this accident, yours is by far most detailed

  • @rapidthrash1964
    @rapidthrash19645 ай бұрын

    This has got to be one of the most detailed and intricate documentary that covers all the contributing factors in a tragedy.

  • @stephaniec6307
    @stephaniec63075 ай бұрын

    I've seen a good number of videos about this disaster but none of them covered it as thoroughly as this, and I learned so much!

  • @listerofsmeg9908
    @listerofsmeg99085 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for keeping these going.

  • @ryanstevenson3852
    @ryanstevenson38525 ай бұрын

    Everyone wake up, get your phones and lay in bed. The goat is back!

  • @benm.724
    @benm.7245 ай бұрын

    Really glad to see you back. You detailed look at these disasters are great.

  • @allengeary5595
    @allengeary55955 ай бұрын

    Great video as always, You do a great job at your research both historically and technically, and thank you for going into detail about why this tragedy happened as well as explaining balancing for a maritime craft. Keep up the great work

  • @davej.a1698
    @davej.a16985 ай бұрын

    Incredibly well researched video! Its a long wait but well worth it for the quality of videos you produce!

  • @vicstanfieldshire7754
    @vicstanfieldshire77545 ай бұрын

    My Grandfather was one of twelve kids from Marquette Michigan, your Great Lakes videos got me to your channel.

  • @dylandownard209
    @dylandownard2095 ай бұрын

    This is amazing. Fantastic work. I’ve seen other stuff on the Eastland disaster but never this detailed, and it was certainly cool to learn the ship had such a long life after the incident.

  • @fauxte
    @fauxte5 ай бұрын

    I can’t believe I’ve never heard of this disaster. Thank you for the thorough coverage.

  • @aiddzanzan6436
    @aiddzanzan64365 ай бұрын

    Very appreciative of the work and respect you put into these videos and always eagerly await to see what you next upload will be. Keep it up! :)

  • @markstott6689
    @markstott66895 ай бұрын

    It's been fantastic to hear your voice again. I knew the basic story but not to the degree that you showered us with today. It turned out to be well worth the hours of hard work you put into this. Thank you. 😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊

  • @El_Reno_Ghostbusters
    @El_Reno_Ghostbusters5 ай бұрын

    I did hear this story, thanks to Part-Time Explorer. It's something I can't get enough of.

  • @lemonator8813
    @lemonator88134 ай бұрын

    I love how much detail and background you put into this! Thankyou

  • @hellhound1389
    @hellhound13895 ай бұрын

    I live just outside Michigan city and never was told about any of this. I only learned of this researching hauntings on lake Michigan

  • @richardberriman
    @richardberriman5 ай бұрын

    Just starting this one, but YAY I ❤ Maritime Horrors. I also am very pleased with the MH tshirts I picked up, top notch quality and order process. Very high recommend. I live in Perth Australia not far from a wreck called the Alkimos with historic connection to WW2. I am new here, but the locals reckon its haunted...may be it might be worth a look at :)

  • @rich7787
    @rich77875 ай бұрын

    An excellent video, I really like this long format, even if it means videos less often. This was very informative and I already knew about the Eastland. Now I know a whole lot more about the Eastland.

  • @wolflilith5137
    @wolflilith51375 ай бұрын

    You're working on the Great Lakes..... *eyes off Great Lakes Disasters playlist*. Stay safe out there, okay?

  • @seppo532
    @seppo5325 ай бұрын

    Oh yeah this was the best I’ve seen on the Eastland

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot5 ай бұрын

    I just read an excellent book about this disaster as well as the Iroquois theater fire which also took place in Chicago.

  • @thing_under_the_stairs

    @thing_under_the_stairs

    5 ай бұрын

    Chicago had some of the craziest disasters ever. Can't forget the great molasses flood!

  • @grapeshot

    @grapeshot

    5 ай бұрын

    @@thing_under_the_stairs I think that happened in Boston.

  • @thing_under_the_stairs

    @thing_under_the_stairs

    5 ай бұрын

    @@grapeshotWas it? Oops. Hard to keep every strange historical accident straight sometimes! Though it's also hard to forget the Great London Beer Flood and the Great Dublin Whiskey Flood and Fire...

  • @grapeshot

    @grapeshot

    5 ай бұрын

    @@thing_under_the_stairs Yep

  • @TobyPitcairn

    @TobyPitcairn

    5 ай бұрын

    We also had the Stock Yard Fire that took the lives of many Chicago Firefighters. It held the morbid distinction of most firefighters killed durning an incident until 9/11.

  • @catherinelynnfraser2001
    @catherinelynnfraser20015 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this. I appreciate all of the detail and all of the history.

  • @ReeseMacalma
    @ReeseMacalma5 ай бұрын

    An hour long video?! Aye! We do not deserve this, but thank you, sir!

  • @SplitScreamOFFICIAL
    @SplitScreamOFFICIAL5 ай бұрын

    Holy moly, it's an hour+ This going to be good

  • @stacyjackson6276
    @stacyjackson62765 ай бұрын

    Ive read many books on the disaster & still learned a wealth of knowledge from your show. Great job on your research and & finished product.

  • @aidanyelsma7762
    @aidanyelsma77625 ай бұрын

    I live in southeast Michigan. I need to get over to any of the great lakes again. It's been fart too long. The closest thing I did this year was the few times I went to the Detroit River between Lake Erie and Lake St Clair.

  • @HeyCupertino

    @HeyCupertino

    5 ай бұрын

    Fart too long, indeed.

  • @aidanyelsma7762

    @aidanyelsma7762

    5 ай бұрын

    @@HeyCupertino dammit. I’m not changing it though.

  • @szasstam204
    @szasstam2045 ай бұрын

    Amazing video! I laugh that you apologize for lack of content, at the end of an hour long video. Thanks for your time in creating these for us, you're amazing!

  • @theamericangamer2696
    @theamericangamer26965 ай бұрын

    Love your videos and all the effort put into them. Sidnt know much about the SS Eastland. But its greatly appreciated.

  • @darkfox2076
    @darkfox20765 ай бұрын

    Great video as always. Really enjoyed this one thankyou for all your efforts to keep us entertained.

  • @Phantom70702
    @Phantom707025 ай бұрын

    Great video, I also like the different background music you used, adds a unique environment to it. Good job as always.

  • @deboxmojave6541
    @deboxmojave65415 ай бұрын

    This is an absolutely superbly done documentary. I really appreciate the effort you put it - and it really shows.

  • @TheGreyGhost_of43rd

    @TheGreyGhost_of43rd

    5 ай бұрын

    I don't like it

  • @grantwatson8059
    @grantwatson80595 ай бұрын

    Wow! What an awesome, detailed video. You put so much effort into this. Kudos to you, my good man.

  • @combatwombat2134
    @combatwombat21345 ай бұрын

    Yeah! Man I've missed this content so much!

  • @MikeHunt-fo3ow
    @MikeHunt-fo3ow5 ай бұрын

    can we have a pretend ship name contest? hopefully the channel will see this and give us a theme.... or id say the tallywacker is a good name lol

  • @TheGCRust
    @TheGCRust5 ай бұрын

    The revelation of how ship value after the fact impacted liability almost makes me wonder if the Captain's objections to cutting into the ship was with this in mind.

  • @willdunn8846
    @willdunn88465 ай бұрын

    Oh shit, you put loads of effort into this. Thanks mate!

  • @Izaiha
    @Izaiha5 ай бұрын

    I know nothing about this topic or about ships or about the ocean or any massive bodies of water. But I have to say you make it so enjoyable and informative to watch. This guy is by far the most well spoken and open creator to listen to.

  • @Seeabeats
    @Seeabeats5 ай бұрын

    Thank you for all your awesome videos. Would you consider doing a video on the Felicity Ace?