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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Pelak, Linda Hesse |
| Title, Analytic | The General Slocum Disaster: The 'Titanic' of New York City's German Community |
| Journal Title | Germanic Genealogy Journal |
| Date of Publication | Fall 2003 |
| Volume ID | 6 |
| Issue ID | 3 |
| Location in Work | 5-6, ill. |
| Language or Document Type | English |
| Abstract | On June 15, 1904, the members of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, one of the German churches in the Kleindeutschland [Little Germany] area of Manhattan, chartered an excursion ferry, the General Slocum. A fire aboard the ship resulted in the loss of 1,021 people, seventy-five percent of those onboard. |
| Notes | Italicize: General Slocum, Titanic, Kleindeutschland |
| Call Number | MKI Periodicals |
| MKI Terms | Ships/ Immigrants, German/ German Americans -- New York (state)/ History/ United States/ New York (N.Y.)/ General Slocum (Steamboat) |