Over 1,000 Dead in East River Boat Fire
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A Spectacle of Horror – The Burning of the General Slocum The deadliest disaster in New York before 9/11 killed many women and children and ultimately erased a German community from the map of...
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I worked NSU 2 and had a footpost at Thompkins Square Park....I saw the Memorial plaque there and looked up the history....every yr a few people showed up and put flowers at the site Rip.....
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Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum by Ed O'Donnell (Author)Great read if you can find the book........the aftermath of the deaths, alted the makeup of the lower east side and...
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The vast majority of the dead are buried in the All Faiths Cemetery in Middle Village, the one across from the Corrections academy on Metropolitan Avenue (not to be confused w/St Johns Cemetery,...
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Kopinyc Up until the mid 50's the south part of All Faiths Cemetery was know as the Lutheran Cemetery. There was a Lutheran Church in that part of the Cemetery just South of Needlesteins Restaurant...
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