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General Slocum Steamboat Fire Mass Memorial
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General Slocum Steamboat Fire Mass Memorial

Birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Death
15 Jun 1904
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
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Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA
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St. Mark's German Lutheran Church hired the General Slocum Steamboat for their 17th Annual picnic to Long Island New York on June 15, 1904. Shortly after the boat with 1,700 passengers left the East 3rd street pier in New York City, it caught fire. 1,020 lives were lost with people burned to death or drowned.
St. Mark's German Lutheran Church hired the General Slocum Steamboat for their 17th Annual picnic to Long Island New York on June 15, 1904. Shortly after the boat with 1,700 passengers left the East 3rd street pier in New York City, it caught fire. 1,020 lives were lost with people burned to death or drowned.

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  • Added: Jan 14, 2000
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8133/general_slocum_steamboat_fire_mass_memorial: accessed ), memorial page for General Slocum Steamboat Fire Mass Memorial (15 Jun 1904–15 Jun 1904), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8133, citing All Faiths Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.