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Ship ablaze : the tragedy of the steamboat General Slocum /

Describes the 1904 disaster aboard the General Slocum, a steamship chartered for a daytime excursion in the waters surrounding Manhattan, the fire that swept through the ship, and the more than one thousand people who died as a result.

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Main Author: O'Donnell, Edward T., 1963- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Broadway Books, 2003.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
General Slocum (Steamboat)
Fires > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
Ships > Fires and fire prevention > New York (State) > New York > History > 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1898-1951.
Incendies > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Navires > Incendies et prévention des incendies > New York (État) > New York > Histoire > 20e siècle.
New York (N.Y.) > Histoire > 1898-1951.
Fires
Ships > Fires and fire prevention
New York (State) > New York
Disasters > New York.
Fires > Casualties > New York.
Steamboat disasters > United States.
Steamboat disasters > New York.
United States, New York, New York (City) > History.
1898-1999
History
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Call Number: F128.5 .O29 2003
 
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