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.

Bibliographic Details
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 Books.
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Description
Summary:	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.
Physical Description:	332 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical essay (pages 327-332).
ISBN:	9780767909051 0767909054