Download or read book History of the General Slocum Disaster by which Nearly 1200 Lives Were Lost by the Burning of the Steamer General Slocum in Hell Gate New York Harbor June 15 1904 written by John Stuart Ogilvie and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the General Slocum Disaster written by J. S. Ogilvie and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the General Slocum Disaster: By Which Nearly 1200 Lives Were Lost by the Burning of the Steamer General Slocum in Hell Gate, New York Harbor, June 15, 1904 In presenting a brief history of one of the greatest calamities of modern times, by which nearly twelve hundred persons were burned to death and drowned in New York Harbor, we have necessarily had to depend upon different writers and upon many sources of information for the facts contained in this book, but we have taken the greatest possible care that all statements made are as nearly the actual truth as possible, and we give them to the public, believing, as we do, that many persons will be glad to have, as a matter of reference, the facts condensed together in one volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book History of the General Slocum Disaster by Which Nearly 1200 Lives Were Lost by the Burning of the Steamer General Slocum in Hell Gate New York Harbor June 15 1904 written by J S 1843-1910 Comp Ogilvie and published by Franklin Classics Trade Press. This book was released on 2018-10-29 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book HIST OF THE GENERAL SLOCUM DIS written by J. S. (John Stuart) 1843-1910 Ogilvie and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Sinking of the General Slocum written by Charles River Charles River Editors and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-22 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the disaster by survivors and rescuers *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "There were scenes of horror on the General Slocum and on shore such as it would not be decent to set down on paper..." - J.S. Ogilvie, History of the General Slocum disaster by which nearly 1200 lives were lost by the burning of the steamer General Slocum in Hell gate, New York harbor, June 15, 1904 (1904) There is a popular saying that claims timing is everything, and in no other field of study is that truer than in history. For instance, under normal conditions, a ship that sank with more than 1,000 passengers aboard - most of whom died - would be big news, yet today the sinking of the PS General Slocum is often overlooked if not entirely forgotten. While it might have generated the type of publicity and reaction of the Johnstown Flood of 1889 or the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 under normal circumstances, deadliest disaster in New York City's history before 9/11, and the second deadliest maritime disaster in peacetime in American history has become something of a historical footnote. On June 15, 1904, an annual gala was held on the passenger ship as it steamed up the East River, with about 1,400 people from St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Consisting mostly of German immigrants, the boat was packed with women and children, and when a small fire started on the ship shortly after the trip began, faulty equipment was unable to put it out or stop it from spreading. On top of that, the lifeboats were tied up and the crew, which never conducted emergency drills, was unprepared for a potential disaster. When parents put life preservers on their children and then had them enter the water, they soon learned that the life preservers were also faulty and didn't float. As the disaster unfolded, over 1,000 passengers burned to death or drowned, many swept under the water by the East River's current and weighed down by heavy wool clothing. Few people on board knew how to swim, exacerbating the situation, and eventually the overcrowded decks began to collapse, crushing some unfortunate victims. In the end, the General Slocum sank in shallow water while hundreds of corpses drifted ashore, and the fallout was immediate. The captain was indicted for criminal negligence and manslaughter, and the ship's owner was also charged. While the captain would receive a 10 year sentence, the company in charge of the General Slocum got off with a light fine. In a somewhat fitting postscript, the ship was salvaged and converted into a barge, only to sink once again during a heavy storm in 1911. Time heals all wounds, but in the case of the Slocum disaster, the wounds weren't so much healed as overshadowed. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire took over 100 lives in New York City in 1911 and led to calls for serious workplace reforms, and a few years later, World War I began in Europe. With that, much of the sympathy Americans previously felt for the loss of over 1,000 German lives on the Slocum evaporated. The Sinking of the General Slocum: The History of New York City's Deadliest Maritime Disaster chronicles the fateful chain of events that led to one of the worst tragedies in American history. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the General Slocum like never before, in no time at all.
Download or read book HISTORY OF THE GENERAL SLOCUM DISASTER written by J. S. OGILVIE and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report of the United States Commission of Investigation Upon the Disaster to the Steamer General Slocum written by United States. Commission of Investigation on "General Slocum" Disaster and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the General Slocum Disaster by which Nearly 1200 Lives Were Lost by the Burning of the Steamer General Slocum June 15 1904 Illustrated written by John S. OGILVIE and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great Disappearing Act written by Christina A. Ziegler-McPherson and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-10 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where did all the Germans go? How does a community of several hundred thousand people become invisible within a generation? This study examines these questions in relation to the German immigrant community in New York City between 1880-1930, and seeks to understand how German-American New Yorkers assimilated into the larger American society in the early twentieth century. By the turn of the twentieth century, New York City was one of the largest German-speaking cities in the world and was home to the largest German community in the United States. This community was socio-economically diverse and increasingly geographically dispersed, as upwardly mobile second and third generation German Americans began moving out of the Lower East Side, the location of America’s first Kleindeutschland (Little Germany), uptown to Yorkville and other neighborhoods. New York’s German American community was already in transition, geographically, socio-economically, and culturally, when the anti-German/One Hundred Percent Americanism of World War I erupted in 1917. This book examines the structure of New York City’s German community in terms of its maturity, geographic dispersal from the Lower East Side to other neighborhoods, and its ultimate assimilation to the point of invisibility in the 1920s. It argues that when confronted with the anti-German feelings of World War I, German immigrants and German Americans hid their culture – especially their language and their institutions – behind closed doors and sought to make themselves invisible while still existing as a German community. But becoming invisible did not mean being absorbed into an Anglo-American English-speaking culture and society. Instead, German Americans adopted visible behaviors of a new, more pluralistic American culture that they themselves had helped to create, although by no means dominated. Just as the meaning of “German” changed in this period, so did the meaning of “American” change as well, due to nearly 100 years of German immigration.
Download or read book New York Steamboat Horror written by H. D. Northrop and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The General Slocum was a passenger steamboat built in Brooklyn. She operated in the New York City area as an excursion steamer. On June 15, 1904, the General Slocum caught fire and sank in the East River of New York City. At the time of the accident she was on a chartered run carrying members of St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church (German Americans from Little Germany, Manhattan) to a church picnic. An estimated 1,021 of the 1,342 people on board died. The General Slocum disaster was the New York area's worst disaster in terms of loss of life and the worst maritime disaster in the city's history. This fully illustrated book contains many rare pictures and photographs of the accident and the aftermath.
Download or read book The General Slocum Steamboat Fire of 1904 written by Ellen V. LiBretto and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2003-12-15 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the 1904 fire that destroyed the General Slocum and killed more than one thousand people, examining the causes, reactions of passengers, crew, and spectators, and aftermath of the disaster.
Download or read book Angels in the Gate written by Karen T. Lamberton and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains personal recollections of the survivors, their families, and others involved in the tragic fire aboard the steamboat, General Slocum, and its aftermath. Appendices include the most complete listing of victims, survivors, and their families ever compiled. L3827HB - $36.00
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Download or read book Fire on the River written by Werner Braatz and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On June 15, 1904 about 1,200 members of the Lutheran Parish of S. Mark, located in the Lower East Side of New York City, embarked on the excursion steamer GENERAL SLOCUM bound for a day's outing on Long Island. Thirty minutes later fire broke out. The crew, most of whom had only been on theship for a few days, were unable to quench the blaze which was soon out of control. Captain Van Schaick ordered full speed ahead and, ignoring the shore 300 yards away made a frantic dash for a small island nearly two miles distant. The wind, made all the stronger by the swift movement of theship, drove the fire sternward where most of the passengers, almost all of them women and children, had taken refuge. Many were burned to death but the great bulk drowned when they jumped into the rive to escape the flames, or fell in when the ship's handrail collapsed. The official death toll was1,031. It was America's second worst marine disaster. It was quickly discovered that the life-belts and fire-fighting apparatus were useless. Public opinion was outraged and the administration of President Theodore Roosevelt was seriously embarrassed when a report describing the utter incompetence of the Federal Steamboat Inspection Bureau was released. The government dismissed several members of the Bureauand even brought one of the inspectors, Henry Lundberg, to trial three times but never won any of the cases. In the end only aged Captain Van Schaick was made to pay for his own negligence as well as that of everyone else. In 1906 he was sentenced to ten years at hard labor; appeals kept himout of Sing Sing until 1908, when at the age of 71, he at last started to serve his sentence. The old man's imprisonment was considered a monstrous injustice by many who bombarded the White House with letters and petitions asking for clemency. Roosevelt stood firm. After three and one-half years in prison Van Schaickwas paroled and, a year later, pardoned by President Taft. Meanwhile, St. Mark's Parish, or little Germany as it was often called, went into an irreversible decline. The survivors attacked their leading clergyman, Pastor George Haas, for his handling of the thousands of dollars in relief money collected for the destitute. More importantly many families affected by the tragedy moved away in order to forget the horror of theaccident and within a few years one of the strongest ethnic communities in New York City had vanished.
