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Posted 14 years ago

Savoychina1
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It started out as a company picnic. In the end over 800 people drowned. It is of some interest to note that while they had no problem documenting this for the world, they blocked out the faces of the victems on the last two pictures to perhaps protect the families. Nice touch.

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VikingFan82, 14 years ago
What is the rest of the story?
Savoychina1, 14 years ago
Here you go...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Eastland
VikingFan82, 14 years ago
Oh yeah, Ive read about that.
savethetoys, 14 years ago
Wow, never knew this story, thanks for sharing.
savethetoys, 13 years ago
bumping this up, this is one of my faves
savethetoys, 13 years ago
oops sorry wrong photo, not a fave but fascinating

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