The General Slocum disaster: A hidden memorial for an epic tragedy that was NYC's largest single loss of life before 9/11
How can a city largely forget a tragedy that claimed more than 1,000 lives, mostly women and children? Such has been the fate of the General Slocum disaster, which was Gotham’s single greatest loss of life in a disaster until Sept. 11, 2001.
It happened on June 15, 1904, 108 years ago today.
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