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A Historian Learns About: The General Slocum Disaster
On Wednesday, June 15, 1904, a group of mostly German Immigrants from the St. Mark's Evangelical Church in New York boarded the PS General Slocum for their parish's yearly outing. Within hours, 1,100 of the 1,300 people on board would be dead. What happened? Join me as I find out about the General Slocum Disaster!
Sources:
O'Donnell, Edward T. Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum. NY, NY: Broadway Books, 2008.
https://www.nyhistory.org/blogs/witness-to-tragedy-the-sinking-of-the-general-slocum
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By Here For HistoryOn Wednesday, June 15, 1904, a group of mostly German Immigrants from the St. Mark's Evangelical Church in New York boarded the PS General Slocum for their parish's yearly outing. Within hours, 1,100 of the 1,300 people on board would be dead. What happened? Join me as I find out about the General Slocum Disaster!
Sources:
O'Donnell, Edward T. Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum. NY, NY: Broadway Books, 2008.
https://www.nyhistory.org/blogs/witness-to-tragedy-the-sinking-of-the-general-slocum