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663 - Death of Little Germany: How a Ship Sank an Enclave
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Exactly 110 years ago this month, New York suffered the second-deadliest disaster in its history. Only 9/11 would claim more lives than the wreck of the General Slocum [1] on 15 June 1904. The 1,021 people who burned alive on board or drowned in the East River while fleeing the flames represented a ...