Bodies being recovered after the sinking of the SS Eastland on July 24, 1915, where 844 passengers and crew drowned after the ship rolled over while still tied to the dock on the Chicago River. Most of the passengers were employees of the Western Electric Company’s Hawthorne Works in Illinois, who were on their way to a company picnic in Indiana. Something happened on the river to draw the attention of passengers, who all went to port side to see. This caused to boat to list.