Steamer EASTLAND DISASSTER 1915 Postcards CHICAGO set of 8 Unposted Max Rigot Co For Sale

Lot of 8 unused, unposted postcards published by Max Rigot Selling Co. (Chicago) BW photos of recovery efforts after the Eastland Steamer Roll Over Disaster in which over 1000 people died. You get the exact cards you see here. If you collect Chicago or Disaster themed cards - you need this set!
Descriptions on cards include:
1). Tenderly removing from the hold a body in which a spark of life remains.2). Funeral of the Sindelar family of eight, entirely wiped out by the Eastland Disaster. The auto truck contains the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Sindelar and six children.3). Members of Chicago Fire and Police Department engaged in the recovery of bodies from sunken hold of Steamer Eastland.4). The Ill-fated Eastland, which turned turtle in the Chicago River, July 24, 1915 at 7:30 a.m. causing the death of over 1200 persons, mostly women and children.5). Recovering bodies from the hull of the ill-fated Eastland. In this view the bodies of three persons are shown as they were recovered from the hold.6). The wrecking tug "Favorite" at work righting the capsized Eastland. The Favorite is the most powerful vessel of its kind in the world and has a derrick with a lifting capacity of 12,000 tons.7). View of Eastland, taken from Fire Tug in river, showing the hull resting on its side on the river bottom. The work of recovering bodies is being carried on with untiring efforts.8). View of Eastland, taken from south side of river, shortly after accident. Police had not yet removed the throngs of curious which lined both sides of the river.Steamer EASTLAND- BODY RECOVERY- 1915 Postcard CHICAGO, ILL ROLL OVER DISASTER

At 7:18 a.m. on July 24, 1915, the crew of the Great Lakes excursion steamer Eastland prepared for that morning's journey and hauled in its gangplank, forcing a tardy passenger to leap aboard from the wharf along the Chicago River.

Despite the cool, damp weather, 2,573 passengers and crew crowded aboard the Eastland, the atmosphere festive. The latecomer, E.W. Sladkey, headed to the promenade deck to join coworkers from the Western Electric Company's Hawthorne Works factory in nearby Cicero. The Eastland was one of five vessels chartered to carry Western Electric workers and their families on a day-long outing from downtown Chicago to a park 38 miles across Lake Michigan to the southeast. More than 7,000 tickets had been sold.

The blame, Hilton concluded, rested in a poorly designed boat that had been rendered top-heavy as a result of the post-Titanic safety measures.

Civil lawsuits to resolve more than 800 wrongful-death claims dragged on for two decades. Maritime law limited liability to the value of the Eastland, set at $46,000. Claims filed by the salvage company hired to tow the vessel from the accident scene and the coal company that supplied fuel took precedence. In the end, victims and families received little or unusual lot was found in a New Orleans estate. Nonsmoking environment. Free Shipping. No returns.