Movies, Munchies & More: Two Films: Great Lakes Shipwreck Disasters &The Eastland Disaster
Tuesday November 3, 2009
11:30 AM until 1:45 PM
11:30 - 12:30. Great Lakes Shipwreck Disasters (2001, NR, 60 min.) Several Great Lakes historians discuss the reasons why severe weather on the Great lakes makes ships more vulnerable than on the ocean. Included are details of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975, the Daniel T. Morrell in 1966, the Carl Bradley in 1958, the Noronic in 1949, the G.P. Griffith in 1850 and the storm of 1913, which caused the loss of 40 ships and 235 people.
12:45-1:45 The Eastland Disaster (1999, NR, 55 min.) On July 24, 1915, thousands of Western Electric employees and their families were boarding cruise ships for a trip across Lake Michigan for a parade and picnic when the Eastland capsized and quickly sank in the Chicago River. Nearly 850 lost their lives when the ship went down; the death list eventually reached over 1500.
Location: Baxter Room - Auditorium (main floor)
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