Book of Donmon Teith

The true story of one of the greatest tragedies in New York history On June 15, 1904, the steamship General Slocum was heading from Manhattan to Long Island Sou

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Describes the 1904 fire aboard the excursion steamship General Slocum in New York City's East River in which more than 1000 passengers died of burns and drownin