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Posted 17 months, 8 days ago

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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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  1. VikingFan82 VikingFan82, 17 months, 4 days ago
    What is the rest of the story?
  2. Savoychina1 Savoychina1, 17 months, 4 days ago
    Here you go...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Eastland
  3. VikingFan82 VikingFan82, 17 months, 4 days ago
    Oh yeah, Ive read about that.
  4. savethetoys savethetoys, 15 months, 3 days ago
    Wow, never knew this story, thanks for sharing.
  5. savethetoys savethetoys, 12 months, 7 days ago
    bumping this up, this is one of my faves
  6. savethetoys savethetoys, 12 months, 7 days ago
    oops sorry wrong photo, not a fave but fascinating

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