We may never know. GRAFFLING, Lillie, 27 years, of 55 Avenue A. GRAVES, Fred, of 54 Seventh street [GREVE on missing? MOELLER, Henry, 13 years, of 20 St. Mark's place, identified by father,Henry. [same as Rose AUGUR, above? DORRHOEFER, Frederick, 11 years, of 121 Avenue A. DRECIOES, Catherine, 68 years, of 54 Fourth street, identified by son,Herman. Samaritans, the heroes, the caregivers, the passers by whose families were touched by the largest maritime disaster and most deadly fire in New York Ms Lamberton, who is a member of the Genealogical Society of Rockland County, the German Genealogy Group, and the Chicago Genealogy Society, lectures on a variety of topics in genealogy and local history. Brother of Slocum victim Martha Liebenow. Sister Helen was six and toddler Anna only three. BECKMAN, Anna, 7 months, of 1894 Third avenue, identified by father, Arthur. Some living victims were also delivered to the island and cared for there. [FELDHEUSER ], FELZKE, Augusta, 30 years, of 211 Fifth street, FELZKE, Herman, 8 months, of 211 Fifth street, FICKBOHM, Mamie, 40 years, of 41 Avenue D., identified by husband John. Nearly all of the medical personnel on North Brother Island, where the flaming wreck came to rest, assisted however they could. WNET is the media sponsor. By the 1870s, the neighborhood featured countless German institutions, including fraternal societies, athletic clubs, theaters, bookshops, restaurants, beer gardens, synagogues and churches. Citys history. ALBRECHT, Selma, 44 years, of 201 East Tenth street, identified by husband, Joseph. As in 9/11, the Slocum tragedy made clear that ordinary people could perform extraordinary acts of heroism. GOSSMAN, Michael J., 5 years, of 128 Fourth street, identified by father,Michael. On June 15, 1904, more than 2,000 people boarded the General Slocum at the East 3rd Street pier for a day at Locust Grove on Long Island Sound. BERDOLT, Mrs. Gussie, 30 years, of 1050 Prospect avenue, Brooklyn. The generally accepted number of dead has been given as 1,021. BECKER, Theodore, 34 years, of 1010 East One Hundred and Seventy-eighth street, identified by father, Frank. BECK, Mrs. Christina, 57 years, of 313 East Ninth street. NUNCLE, Arthur, no age given, of 11 Seventh street. ZEIGLER, Emily, 19 years, of 370 East Tenth street, identified by John SCHRENK, of 370 East Tenth street. As the ship passed East 90th Street, smoke started billowing from a forward storage room. More than 1,000 people on the boat, many of them women and children, died in the disaster. Meanwhile, flames rapidly consumed the wooden stanchions supporting the decks, before the captain managed to ground the ship's bow on the rocky island shore (visible today from the Triborough Bridge). LEBNOW, Anna Christina, of 133 East One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, LINDERBAUM, Anna, 440 East Twelfth street, LINK, Eddie, of 76 Avenue A, identified by father Jacob. Karen Lamberton, has been a Quality Control Manager for 25 years, and a Technical Writer for the past five. There was even a father who posted "missing" advertisements to locate a son he hoped had survived. On June 15, 1904, more than 2,000 people boarded the General Slocum at the East 3rd Street pier for a day at Locust Grove on Long Island Sound. Sept. 11, 2001 and June 15, 1904 were certainly very different events. Their destination was a church picnic on Long Island. Before the disaster was over, bodies had arrived at Rikers Island, by boat and by current. This was repeated until all were too tired to continue. And Im the last survivor of the General Slocum disaster. Even if they had, they would never have made it safely into the water with the ship chugging along at top speed. OHL, Carl, 9 years, of 340 East Ninth street, OTTENGER (boy), 12 years, of 91 Seventh street, identified by Alfred OCHLER of 422 East Ninth street (Body No. HOFFMAN, Sylvia, 53 years, of 73 Second avenue, identified by son Frank. Each participant takes an active role in this powerful learning experience. ADDucations list of maritime ship disasters was compiled by Robert Junker and last updated on Jan 16, 2023 @ 3:45 pm Some huddled in the few places not yet reached by the flames, too terrified to jump. The rise and fall of a school maintenance man in Schenectady, New York who terrorized his staff and got away with it for decades. Or that of my grandaunt who missed the boat to "play hooky" and spend the day with her fiance. [SCHULTZ ], SCHUMACHER, Catharine Louise, 14 years, of 434 Sixth street, SCHUMPF, Mrs. Elizabeth, 40 years of 208 Avenue B, identified by husband. DIECKHOFF, Annie, 17 years, of 124 Fourth avenue, Brooklyn, identified by father, Fred. HORWAY, Cortlandt, 27 years, of 313 East Ninth street, identified by mother. What I cant understand is how the inspectors ever allowed a boat like that. A few were rescued by nearby boats, but most did not know how to swim and simply drowned. Also mentioned were New York Police Officer John Schueing, Lt. Harry Dobert, tugboat fireman Patrick Lynch and Ernest Plate, a firefighter who dove off a Exhibitions at New-York Historical are made possible by Dr. Agnes Hsu-Tang and Oscar Tang, the Saunders Trust for American History, the Evelyn & Seymour Neuman Fund, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. (Box No. The flames, accelerated by fresh coat of highly flammable paint, rapidly enveloped the ship and passengers began to jump overboard. Adella Wotherspoon, the last survivor of the deadliest disaster in New York City history until Sept. 11, 2001 -- the burning and sinking of the steamboat General GERDES, Mrs. Margaret, 66 years, of 430 Kosciusko street, Brooklyn, GERMAN, Freda M., 15 years, of 315 East Eighteenth street, GERSTENBERGER, Annie, 147 West Thirty-seventh street, GETTLER, Caroline, 65 years, of 231 Fifth street, GILLIS, Charles, 16 years, of 512 Fifth street, GILLIS, George, 12 years, of 512 Fifth street, GIRRCLER, Edith, 18 years, of 201 Avenue A., identified by brother, William. HEINS, Mrs. Annie, 40 years, of 397 East Fourth street, HELIER, Christina, 68 years, of 404 Sixth street, HELLER, Christina, 4 years, of First avenue and Sixth street. Rescue workers openly wept as the corpses piled up. ROTHENBERG, Miss Annie, 18 years, of 368 Bowery, identified by Bruno MILLER of 368 Bowery (Body No. It was both the deadliest single fire and deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in American history. Haruki Murakami interviewed dozens of survivors about what happened, and how they got on with their lives afterwards. Every inch of the island was used in the rescue, and then in the inevitable recovery of the dead. REKANSKI, Wanda, 10 years, of 337 Fifth street, identified by mother. HORWAY, Carl, 1 year, of 313 East Ninth street. Nor did the 3,000 lifejackets on board. [Magdalane ], WORKMAN, Jenny A., 116 Lake street, Jersey city, WORMSTITCH, Albert, 38 years, of 413 Fifth street. Most brutal thing. She was six MILLER, Flora, of 28 West Ninety-third street. Bear River Mental Health Services, Inc. 663 W. 950 South, Brigham City. [Anna ], BLOHM, Margaret,19 years, of 18 Jackson street,identified by father, Jacob. ], FRICK, Charles, 4 years, of 409 Fifth street [FRECH? Cover of historian Edward O'Donnell's book, Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum. Bodies wash ashore on North Brothers Island, East River, N.Y. Burial of the unidentified Gen. ], GALLAGHER, Veronica, 32 years, of 324 East Fifteenth street, GALLAGHER, Walter, 9 years, of 324 East Fifteenth street, GAMBERG, Henry, 6 years, of 427 East Ninth street, identified by father, Henry. (4 minutes), Ira talks with Chicago Public Radio reporter Shirley Jahad about white Chicagoans and Arab-American Chicagoans facing off, each side waving American flags and shouting "U.S.A."and how each means very different things when they do it. Reformers called for stricter boat inspections, crews trained with fire drills, less-flammable ship materials and even swimming lessons for the public. PAULI, Elsie, 13 years, of 26 Avenue A, identified by brother-in-law. HEINS, Frank, 13 years, of 397, East Fourth Street, identified by brother Frank. The General Slocum Disaster of 1904 and its Impact on German-Americans. Several small boats followed the floating inferno as it roared upriver. WebHusband of Anna Wolf. ], WOBBE, Henry, of 1702 Davis street, Brooklyn, WOLF, Mrs. Magdalen, 65 years, of 1131 Fortieth street, Brooklyn, identified by Patrolman HINDES of the Mulberry street station (body No. OEHLER, Freda, 14 years, of 510 Sixth street, identified by brother Daniel (body No. The story of the General Slocum made headlines across the nation and around the globe. ZANSCHE, Mrs. Doris, 1518 Webster avenue, Bronx. Among them was one piloted by a Captain Flannery, who pulled his tugboat alongside the burning Slocum and allowed dozens to jump aboard. EHRBARD, Minnie, 13 years, of 69 First avenue, identified by mother. One was an act of hate-inspired terrorism, the other a dreadful accident born of negligence and greed. [COHRS? Every inch of the island was used in the rescue, and then in the inevitable recovery of the dead. MULLER, Rose,14 years, of 368 Bowery, identified by father, Edward, MUSEKA, Anna, 16 years, of 508 Robbins avenue, Bronx, identified by brother. For almost 100 years the story of the burning and sinking of the General Slocum excursion paddlewheeler stood as the greatest tragedy in the City of New York, and indeed, among the greatest disasters of history. [Mrs. Addie ELK on missing? Here met the Organization of General Slocum Survivors, founded by the Liebenow family. She escaped, along with the rest of her office, and now is trying to figure out what it means thatshe's alive, and how her life is different now. SPIUZ, Mrs. Augusta, 52 years, of 90 First avenue, identified by son [SPINZ ]. MULLER, Helen, 7 years, of 368 Bowery, identified by brother, Edward, MULLER, Irene, 5 years, of 368 Bowery [Irene, age 4 on missing? VOLKENBERG, Miss Lucy, 25 years of East Seventeenth street, between First and Second avenues, identified by Albert HENTZE of 201 First avenue. 402), ZINGG, Eugene, 13 years, of East Fourth street, ZIPSE, Albert, 1 year, of 335 East Twenty-first street, ZIPSE, Louise, 10 years, of 335 East Twenty -first street, ZIPSE, Mary, 14 years, of 335 East Twenty-first street. Produced by Joe Richman and Teal Krech of Radio Diaries. The Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York published his report, which listed the fatalities, the injured, and the missing as a book. Few would survive both the fire and the water, since in 1904 few New Yorkers knew how to swim. ], IDEN, Grace, 6 years, of 100 Fourth street, identified by brother, Henry. Vernon, MOLLITER, Mrs. Mary, clerk Asto?, Library. The Coroner and courts also accused steamboat inspector Henry Lundberg of negligence because he had certified the ship as "safe" a month before. Like Sept. 11, the Slocum tragedy tested the wills of New Yorkers and brought out their best. ], SCHRUMPF, William, 14 years, of 208 Avenue B [SCHUMPF on missing? Without a doubt. The captain looked to the piers along the East River, but feared he might touch off an explosion among the many oil tanks there. 77). Her grandmother, two sisters-in-law, and three nieces died and three other relatives were injured. WebAdella Wotherspoon: My name is Adella Wotherspoon. SCHMIDT, Eva, 17 years, of 149 East Fourth street, identified by brother. 356), ROSENBERGER, Mary, of 417 East Sixteenth street. Part of the Slocum Memorial in Lutheran All-Faiths Cemetery on Metropolitan Ave. near the Correction Academy in Middle Village is an attached carved-in-stone illustration captioned:The sinking of the steamboat Gen. Slocum on the East River June 15, 1904, in which 1020 lives were lost. The General Slocum disaster claimed the lives of 1,021 people, mainly women and children from Kleindeutschland. DRECIOES, Mrs. Freda, 28 years, of 54 Fourth street, identified by husband, Henry J. 1904-2004. [KLEINHENZ on missing? ROTH, Helen, 20 years, single, of 310 East Broadway, identified by Michael COHEN, of 138 East Houston street. Accelerate Inside Sales Now enlists a variety of interactive adult learning technologies. HELLER, Christina, 68 years, of 404 Sixth street, identified by son William. According to the New York Times, Dr. Nathan E. Broder (or Bruder) was on duty that morning supervising several prisoners of the workhouse. Spouse. [REICHENBECK ], REISS, Annie, 2 years, of 70 First avenue, REISS, Kate, 32 years, of 70 First avenue, REISS, Lizzie Marie, 6 years, of 70 First avenue, REISS, Rosie, 16 years, of 70 First avenue, REISS, Susie A., 3 years, of 70 First avenue. HERMAN, Katie, 50 years, of 168 First avenue, identified by son Herman. The wealthy and glamorous Titanic passengers captured more attention than the working class people of Little Germany. MAYER, Mrs. Louise, 39 years, of 430 East Seventeenth street, identified by husband Nicholas. Watching From The River's Edge. LUTJEN, Mrs. Katherine, 46 yrs, of 101 Clymer st, Bklyn, identified by husband,John. [121 ], DIECKHOFF, Edward, 121 Fourth avenue, Brooklyn, DIECKHOFF, Marie, 124 Fourth avenue, Brooklyn, DIECKHOFF, Willie, 4 years, of 124 Fourth avenue, Brooklyn, identified by father, Fred. Postscript: readers familiar with Ulysses may recall that James Joyce refers to the Slocum tragedy in the work which is set on June 16, 1904, the day after the fire: Yes, Sir. [MC LOUGHLIN ], MEDDLEN, Frederick, 9 years, of 338 Fifth street, MEDDLEN, Robert, 11 years, of 338 Fifth street, MEIKE, Daisy, 11 years, of 504 East Sixteenth street, identified by father,Otto. RHEINFRANK, John, of 614 East Fourteenth street, RICE, Lizzie, of 70 First avenue [age 6 on missing? Nurses and patients at the islands contagious disease hospital rushed to offer assistance. Adella Wotherspoon, the last survivor of the disaster, died six years ago at 100. Topics. Reporter Starlee Kine observes what would have happened if the U.S.-led invasion of Grenada in 1983 had been decided not by Ronald Reagan, but by a bunch of middle schoolersand she remembers a class trip to the Nixon library, where Nixon aide HR Haldeman spoke. HEIMS, Henrietta, 10 years, of 300 First avenue, identified by mother. ], DOERRING, Gustave, 9 years, of 12 State street. Adella Liebenow Wotherspoon lost two sisters, two cousins But less well known are the stories of the people of Rikers Island. TORNIPORT, Charlotte, 198 Guernsey street, Greenpoint, TORNIPORT, Francis, 198 Guernsey street, Greenpoint, TRAPPING, Lillian, 20 years, of 996 Avenue A. TRAPPING, Lillian, 26 years, of 998 Avenue A., identified by father. Survivors poured over the railings into the water. ], BORGER, Pauline, 5 years, of 104 First avenue, BOZENHERD, Emily, 33 years, of 110 First avenue [see BOZEUBARR above. Two other disasters occurring soon thereafter seem to have made a longer-lasting impression: the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in 1911, and the sinking of the "unsinkable" Titanic in 1912. Finally, it also demonstrated that although badly shaken, the spirit of New York City and its people remained resilient in the face of tragedy. ], SCHOENINGER, Mrs., of 118 East Third street, SCHRENEMANN, John, of Hewes street, Brooklyn, SCHRUMPF, John, of 208 Avenue B [SCHUMPF on missing? SCHWARTZ, Mrs. Louise, 43 years, of 141 Fifth street, identified by husband. By the time the ship finally beached at North Brother Island, it was almost completely engulfed in fire. WebIn 2004, Adella Wotherspoon, the last survivor of the General Slocum, passed away at the age of 100. KLEIN, Mina, 13 years, of Miller avenue, Brooklyn, KLENHANZ, Caroline, 196 Avenue A. Stories abound of the heroic fireboats and tugs, which raced to the scene, picking up victims along the way. Those interested in giving or obtaining information, can visit the following web site for more information: [Top of Page][NYCHS Han Slowlo. Same person? FELDLUSEN, Margaret, 52 years of 50 West Eighth street, identified by Cortlandt F. MAYBORG.
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