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jhbadger
on July 25, 2020
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The Eastland disaster killed more passengers than ...
The article briefly mentions the writer/journalist Carl Sandburg, but doesn't mention that he wrote a particularly brutal poem about the event. Here's a link to a copy:
https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/30232/...
macintux
on July 25, 2020
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Thank you, that’s a fascinating read. Sandburg was right: we pay attention to flashy disasters, while slow-rolling ones are barely newsworthy.
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