PS General Slocum
The PS General Slocum was a passenger steamboat built in Brooklyn, New York, in 1891. During her service history, she was involved in a number of mishaps, including multiple groundings and collisions. On June 15, 1904, the General Slocum caught fire and sank in the East River of New York City. At the time of the accident, she was on a chartered run carrying members of St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church (German Americans from Little Germany, Manhattan) to a church picnic. An estimated 1,021 of the 1,342 people on board died. The General Slocum disaster was the New York area's worst disaster in terms of loss of life until the September 11, 2001 attacks. It is the worst maritime disaster in the city's history, and the second worst maritime disaster on United States waterways. The events s
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PS General Slocum
The PS General Slocum was a passenger steamboat built in Brooklyn, New York, in 1891. During her service history, she was involved in a number of mishaps, including multiple groundings and collisions. On June 15, 1904, the General Slocum caught fire and sank in the East River of New York City. At the time of the accident, she was on a chartered run carrying members of St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church (German Americans from Little Germany, Manhattan) to a church picnic. An estimated 1,021 of the 1,342 people on board died. The General Slocum disaster was the New York area's worst disaster in terms of loss of life until the September 11, 2001 attacks. It is the worst maritime disaster in the city's history, and the second worst maritime disaster on United States waterways. The events s
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Die General Slocum war ein Rad ...... eordneten Henry Warner Slocum.
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La PS General Slocum fu una na ...... numerosi libri, drammi e film.
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ジェネラル・スローカム (General Slocum) は ...... 6月15日にイースト川で火災を起こし、1031人が死亡した。
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1890-12-23
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1891-06-25
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1891-04-18
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*Burned and sank June 15, 1904
*Foundered December 4, 1911
*Salvaged and converted intobargeMaryland
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Knickerbocker Steamship Company
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Sidewheel boat; each wheel had 26 paddles and was in diameter.
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De General Slocum was een stoo ...... op het WTC, 11 september 2001.
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Die General Slocum war ein Rad ...... eordneten Henry Warner Slocum.
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La PS General Slocum fu una na ...... arie collisioni ed arenamenti.
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Le General Slocum était un bat ...... américain Henry Warner Slocum.
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ジェネラル・スローカム (General Slocum) は ...... 6月15日にイースト川で火災を起こし、1031人が死亡した。
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