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General Slocum Shipping Disaster

On June 15 1904 the excursion boat, SS General Slocum, caught fire. It was carrying about thirteen hundred people, mostly women and children, on an outing from St. Mark's Lutheran Church located on 6th Street east of Second Avenue. The life preservers and hoses were rotted and the wind was very strong. The fire burned out of control. Most of the crew and passengers were burned to death or drowned when the jumped overboard to escape the fire. The grief stricken German American community of Kleindeutschland never recovered. Many left the Lower East Side and moved away, many to Yorkville, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. More than 1,000 people died that day, making it New York City's worst disaster until September 11, 2001.

19 memorials

Anna Margaretha Wierk* Beckman* Flowers have been left.

Jan 1881 – 15 Jun 1904

Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA

Anna Margaretha “Annie” Beckmann Jr. Flowers have been left.

26 Oct 1903 – 15 Jun 1904

Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA

Grace Gade Flowers have been left.

Jun 1888 – 15 Jun 1904

Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA

Anna Katherine “Annie” HeckertSponsored Flowers have been left.

9 Dec 1893 – 15 Jun 1904

Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA

Julia HeckertSponsored Flowers have been left.

16 Oct 1903 – 15 Jun 1904

Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA

Wilhelmina Friedrica Roller* Hessel* Flowers have been left.

11 Jun 1841 – 15 Jun 1904

Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA

Anna Elisabeth “Lizzie” Muth Flowers have been left.

7 May 1893 – 15 Jun 1904

Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA

Catherine “Kate” Hessel* Muth* Flowers have been left.

24 Feb 1867 – 15 Jun 1904

Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA

Catherine “Katie” Muth Flowers have been left.

1 Oct 1898 – 15 Jun 1904

Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA

Christina Wilhelmine “Tennie” Muth Flowers have been left.

23 Oct 1895 – 15 Jun 1904

Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA

Anna Wilhelmina “Annie” Kohrs* Oellrich*

1870 – 15 Jun 1904

Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA

Anne Wilhelmina “Minnie” Oellrich Flowers have been left.

26 Oct 1899 – 15 Jun 1904

Burial Details Unknown

Elizabeth “Lizzie” Oellrich Flowers have been left.

18 Jan 1901 – 15 Jun 1904

Burial Details Unknown

Frederick C. “Freddie” Oellrich Flowers have been left.

31 Jul 1898 – 15 Jun 1904

Burial Details Unknown

Helen Magdalene Oellrich Flowers have been left.

9 Oct 1902 – 15 Jun 1904

Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA

Charles “Carl” Ohl Flowers have been left.

9 Dec 1894 – 15 Jun 1904

Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA

Emily “Emily” Ohl Flowers have been left.

13 Mar 1893 – 15 Jun 1904

Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA

Catherine “Katie” Schnitzler Flowers have been left.

5 Jun 1899 – 15 Jun 1904

Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA

Christina Hessel* Schnitzler* Flowers have been left.

5 Jun 1878 – 15 Jun 1904

Middle Village, Queens County, New York, USA

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