Some living victims were also delivered to the island and cared for there. In the wake of the Slocum tragedy, the Little Germany community seemed to fall apart, with widowers committing suicide and shrunken families moving away from this ethnic enclave, with its memories of missing relatives and neighbors. Helen's body was never found, although what her mother later identified as her earrings turned up in the badly charred hold of the ship. Rotten and filled with disintegrated cork, they had long since lost their buoyancy. GRAFFLING, Lillie, 27 years, of 55 Avenue A. GRAVES, Fred, of 54 Seventh street [GREVE on missing? BRAUN, Mollie, 32 years, of 233 Fifth street, BREDA, Minnie, 29 years, of 150 North Ninth street, Brooklyn. This was repeated until all were too tired to continue. The Bequest of Adella Liebenow Wotherspoon, left to The New-York Historical Society this spring illustrates the tragedy's impact on the family. KALG, Gussie, 22 years, of 517 Fifth street, identified by sister Kate. Watching From The River's Edge. Non-traditional sources for 20th Century Military Records. GRAFF, Elsie 40 years, of 134 Second street, identified by brother. SCHWARTZ, Mrs. Louise, 43 years, of 141 Fifth street, identified by husband. Salt Lake Telegram | 1906-06-16 | Page 6 | Memorial Services for 321). [COHRS? Captain Van Schaick decided not to beach on the river's Bronx side, since lumber yards and gas tanks lined the shore there around 130th Street. In yet another similarity to 9/11, many grabbed photographs of their loved ones and went about asking people if theyd seen them. When the ship finally beached at North Brother Island, only a few survivors were pulled from the wreckage. Perhaps eclipsed by the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, the devastating events ], MUTH, Kate, 6 years, of 785 East One Hundred and Forty-sixth street. So Uncivilized. They were held for transport to the temporary morgue HORWAY, Cortlandt, 27 years, of 313 East Ninth street, identified by mother. They then returned to Rikers Island and their original assignment. The disaster did mark the twilight of wooden passenger boats, since the alarmed public shifted its allegiance to less-flammable steel-hulled vessels. 261). A spark, most likely from a carelessly tossed match, had ignited a barrel of straw. In contrast, the officials at the Knickerbocker Steamship Company escaped with only a nominal fine. ADDICKS, Margaret, 12 years, of 49 Avenue A. ALBRECHT, 44 years, of 201 East Tenth street [same person as above?]. VOLKENBERG, Miss Lucy, 25 years of East Seventeenth street, between First and Second avenues, identified by Albert HENTZE of 201 First avenue. ], ANSEL, Alfred, 4 years, of 103 East Fourth street, ARMAND, Lillian, 14 months, of 334 Sixth street, ARMBOUST, Barbara, 46 years, of 166 East Fourth street [same person as above? The General Slocum tragedy left a lasting impact on New York City. KOPF, Ellis, 1 1/2 years, of 337 East Ninth street, identified by father,Marin. LURIN, Lena, 17 years, of 111 East Fourth street. These tragic scenes were punctuated by the suicides of several men and women who lost their entire families in the fire. Gen. Slocum has a distinguished combat record in several operations, including operations Deny Flight, Provide Comfort, Northern Watch, Southern Watch, Enduring Freedom, and Inherent Resolve. BELUNKEN, Anne, 13 years, of 344 East Forty-eighth street, identified by Herman, the father. I suspect it was another team of heroes who could not remain on the shore, safe while others perished. LINK, Lottie, 15 years, of 76 Avenue A, identified by brother Charles. ], SIERICKS, Lotta, of 425 East Twelfth street, identified by brother. KALSH, Kate, 6 years, of 800 East Fourteenth street. Ten minutes later, disaster struck. WECKER, Daisy, of 504 East Sixteenth street. Related NPR Stories HETTRICK, Robert, of 420 East Fifteenth street [HETTERICH on missing? Why had the Captain avoided beaching the ship on the mud flats near the Bronx shore, rather than North Brother Island? Several small boats followed the floating inferno as it roared upriver. Paul Liebenow One beefy police officer floated on his back to shore with a horde of children clinging to him like a raft. HOAG, Susie, 48 years, of 158 First avenue, identified by son Emerich. Why? Eight years before the sinking of the Titanic, New York experienced a terrible shipboard tragedy that took 1,021 lives, plunging the entire city into grief. Accelerate Inside Sales Now enlists a variety of interactive adult learning technologies. 309), GARDES, Christina, 28 years, of 341 Rivington street, GARDES, Henrietta, 28 years, of 341 Rivington street. (Box No. BURFEIND, Dora, 22 years, of 247 West Twenty-seventh street, CLOUST, Minnie, 13 years, of 144 East Seventh street, COHRS, Freda, 26 years, of 105 Avenue A [same as above?]. 'Living Exhibits' at 1904 World's Fair Revisited, Novelist Bids to Tell Real Story of San Francisco Quake, Excerpt from Historian Edward O'Donnell's book, 'Ship Ablaze'. Han Slowlo. After 1904 Germans spread out over the region, abandoning their ethnic concentration on the Lower East Side. The inexperienced crew provided no help. ], KLENNER, Ethel, 1391 Washington avenue, Bronx, KLENNER, Meta, 1391 Washington avenue, Bronx, KLEUCK, Minnie, 436 Sixth street [Minnie at 438? REKANSKI, Wanda, 10 years, of 337 Fifth street, identified by mother. 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. Graft, my dear sir. How could a tragedy of such magnitude occur within a few hundred yards of the shores of the nations most modern city? ], SCHRUMPF, William, of 208 Avenue B [same as above? Mothers screamed for their children, husbands for their wives. Adella Wotherspoon, the last survivor of the disaster, died six years ago at 100. KNAPP (Box No. The General Slocum And Little Germany | New-York Im a hundred years old. [Anna ], BLOHM, Margaret,19 years, of 18 Jackson street,identified by father, Jacob. [FRICKBOHM on missing? WebLast living survivor of General Slocum. Crisis respite nursery, workshops and counseling if no insurance or Medicaid. Survivors poured over the railings into the water. WebPotts is one of five men still alive who served on the USS Arizona during the attack Dec. 7, 1941. ], GRUBER, Carrie, 14 years, of 420 East Seventeenth street, identified by uncle. [KLEINHENZ on missing? They put in at North Brother Island to hand over their load, then returned to deep water for more. World leaders and European royalty sent money and letters of condolence to Mayor George B. McClellan and the people of St. Marks. When the Slocum was sighted, fully ablaze, covered in smoke, and heading for North Brother Island, John Merther and Dan Casey, both prisoners literally compelled Dr. Broder to take them over to the scene of the rescue efforts. ], SCHOENINGER, Mrs., of 118 East Third street, SCHRENEMANN, John, of Hewes street, Brooklyn, SCHRUMPF, John, of 208 Avenue B [SCHUMPF on missing? As was true after September 11th, public charity and sympathy was extended to the victims, and surviving families. [SCHULTZ ], SCHUMACHER, Catharine Louise, 14 years, of 434 Sixth street, SCHUMPF, Mrs. Elizabeth, 40 years of 208 Avenue B, identified by husband. Just as with Sept. 11, no one seemed to know where to go. One of those churches, St. Marks Lutheran church, on East 6th Street, held an annual outing to celebrate the end of the Sunday school year. ], BORGER, Pauline, 5 years, of 104 First avenue, BOZENHERD, Emily, 33 years, of 110 First avenue [see BOZEUBARR above. Starter Page], http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~generalslocumbook/. (Box No. Until now, June 15, 1904 and the epic of the General Slocum have been fodder for the writers of sensational fiction and refried press coverage. Among them was one piloted by a Captain Flannery, who pulled his tugboat alongside the burning Slocum and allowed dozens to jump aboard. Despite damning eye-witness accounts, a sensational trial ultimately acquitted the company and steamship inspector, while the captain was sentenced to ten years in prison. Slocum [BECKMANN on missing? Erected 1905 by Survivors and relatives of the General Slocum disaster. However, similarities between the two events beg us SMITH, Mrs. Mary, 46 years, of 137 Seventh street, identified by son. [PRAWDZRSKI ], PRAWDZRSKI, Annie, 15 years, of 85 East Third street, PRAWDZRSKI, Gertrude, of 85 East Third street, PROBST, Kate, 26 years, of 515 East Twelfth street. We may never know. All Rights Reserved. PETERS, Helen, 27 years, of 121 East One Hundred and Twenty-sixth street, PFEIFFER, Lillian, of 937 Bedford avenue, Brooklyn, PIENING, Dora, 45 years, of Seventh avenue [POINING on missing? Was this the same boat manned by Dr. Broder and the prisoners? Several authors have recompiled the data over the years describing in infinite detail the horror of the moment. Keep up to date with the latest news with The Irish Echo. MORRIS, Kate, 15 yrs, of 69 First ave, identified by uncle, Joseph McKEEVER 21 Marion st. MOTZER, Mrs. Anna, 38 years, of 405 Sixth street, identified by Elizabeth, MUELLER, Mrs. B., 29 years, of 95 Second avenue, identified by Otto. catalyst for sweeping changes in how the public and the law looked at marine commercial transportation. Non-traditional sources for 20th Century Military Records. ], MICHAELS, Carrie, of 171 Avenue A. [MINSKI, Hannah, same address, same person? The 61 who could not be identified including many of the bodies recovered days after the event were buried in a common grave. The flames, accelerated by fresh coat of highly flammable paint, rapidly enveloped the ship and passengers began to jump overboard. Black crepe draped City Hall, and schools cancelled graduation ceremonies. Their destination was a church picnic on Long Island. But less well known are the stories of the people of Rikers Island. [HESS ], HARDEKOPF, Meta, 40 years, of 343 Rivington street, HARRMAN, Emily, 25 years, of 410 Fifth street, HARTMAN, Mrs. Mary M.T., 46 years, of 309 East Tenth street, HARTUNG, Elsie, of 342 East Twenty-first street, HARTUNG, Frances, of 342 East Twenty-fifth street, HARTUNG, Mildred, of 342 East Twenty-first street, HAUSLER, Augusta, 11 years, of 154 First avenue, HAVEMEYER, William, 8 years, of 1499 First avenue. 1781-1853). Topics. Almost everyone aboard was from one neighborhood in New York, and by ], ARMBRUST, 45 years, of 166 East Fourth street [same person as above?]. The atmosphere of the program is motivational; the content is concise, and achievement driven. MICKSEL, Carrie, 12 years, of 171 Avenue A. MILLER, Elizabeth, six months, of 406 Sixth street, identified by father. Slocum survivor Adella Wotherspoon recounted the story before her death earlier this year, at the age of 100. Another containing policemen James Collins and Hubert Farrell rescued 26 from the water. MEYER, Albert, Jr., 19 yrs of 434 East Fifteenth st, identified by father, Colonel MEYER. Paul is the author of eight business classics, including Mastering the Art of Wholesaling, and 22 Keys to Sales Success: How to Make It Big in Financial Services, published by Bloomberg Press. Every inch of the island was used in the rescue, and then in the inevitable recovery of the dead. at 138th St. or the pier near Bellevue Hospital at 26th St. But mostly they found only the lifeless bodies of the ships ill-fated passengers. By mid-afternoon, those not yet reunited with their family members began to lose hope. Within minutes, all who could be saved, including the captain and several crew, were moved away from the burning hulk. This American Life is produced in collaboration with WBEZ Chicago and delivered to stations by PRX The Public Radio Exchange. And Im the last survivor of the General Slocum disaster. General Slocum Adroitly, the ship company's president maneuvered to escape responsibility. Bear River Mental Health Services, Inc. 663 W. 950 South, Brigham City. ], RICHTER, 13 years, of 90 First avenue [Tessie, above? Local newspapers ran special editions for weeks, covering the lengthy search for bodies, the emotional series of trials, the mass funerals and the grief-stricken neighborhood. [In fairness to Dr. Broder, one needs to remember that he risked being overcome by the two inmates if they decided to engage in an escape instead; so his initial reluctance is understandable from a security perspective.]. David Rakoff tells the story of the day that used to hold the record as the worst disaster in New York history: June 15th, 1904, when the steamship The General Slocum, caught fire and sank in the Hudson river, killing 1,031 passengers. You know why? [Charlotte, above?]. Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum Body No. 356), ROSENBERGER, Mary, of 417 East Sixteenth street. ], UHLENDORFF, Mrs. Selma, 45 years, 93 Third avenue, identified by husband Louis [95 Third ], ULLMAN, Edward Jr., 14 years of 409 Sixth street, identified by Patrolman John, ULLMAN, Lena, 409 Fifth street [same person as above? FELDLUSEN, Margaret, 52 years of 50 West Eighth street, identified by Cortlandt F. MAYBORG. TODT, Mary, of 103 East Seventy fifth street; body identified at morgue by Detective Sergeant MC CAFFERTY. Unfortunately, with the stern stuck over deep waters and the bow in flames, passengers were forced to jump in over their heads. ], KUBERA, August, of 375 East Fourth street, KUCHER, Katherine, of 185 Russell street, Greenpoint, KUCHER, Margaret, of 185 Russell street, Greenpoint, KUNZ, Gussie, 20 years, of 889 Broadway, Brooklyn [KUNZE on missing? GRAFF, Elsie, 40 years, of 134 Second street. Shortly before By contributing their stories, these descendants have chosen to honor their families in a uniquely personal way. (Body No. Pierre Toussaint (ca. The story of the General Slocum made headlines across the nation and around the globe. HINDES of the Mulberry street station (Body No. During the last 14 years, she has also pursued her familys history in Germany, Scotland, Ireland, and the United States. Rescue workers openly wept as the corpses piled up. New-York Historical Society170 Central Park Westat Richard Gilder Way (77th Street)New York, NY 10024. According to the New York Times, Dr. Nathan E. Broder (or Bruder) was on duty that morning supervising several prisoners of the workhouse. There, the Organization of General Slocum Survivors will commemorate the 100th anniversary, as it has solemnly done for five score years. BECKER, Theodore, 34 years, of 1010 East One Hundred and Seventy-eighth street, identified by father, Frank. HEIDENKAMP, John, 35 years, of 805 First avenue, HEIDENKAMP, John, 58 years, of 805 Sixth street, HEIDENKAMP, Margaret, of 805 Sixth street [repeat of above?]. I suspect it was another team of heroes who could not remain on the shore, safe while others perished. ], HEERZ, Mrs. M., 32 years, of 412 Sixth street, identified by husband George (Box No.429) the following two listed under N. HEHL, Gus, 41 years, of 55 First avenue, identified by father, Thomas. (Photo: KSL NewsRadio) Mr. Potts now has his own day after Utah Gov. SMITH, Hildreth, 3 years, of 18 Jackson street, identified by father,George. COHRS, Freda, 26 years, of 106 Avenue A, identified by brother Henry. By the time the ship finally beached at North Brother Island, it was almost completely engulfed in fire. But a fire broke out in the hold as the Slocum steamed up the East River. ], SIEDERWAND, Henry, of 194 East Third street, SIEFERT, Henry, 28 years, of 215 West Twenty-third street, SIEGMOND, Annie, of 225 Fifth street [SIEGWART on missing? The General Slocum Disaster of June 15, 1904 MULLER, Flora, 27 years, married, of 28 West Ninety-seventh street,identified by brother. Most survivors and their relatives were unwilling to remain in a neighborhood suffused by tragedy and simply moved. PATTENBAUM, Herman, 5 years, of 61 St. Mark's place, identified by brother. [same as Rose AUGUR, above? [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. It was the second-most deadly fire (after the Peshtigo fire of 1871) and most deadly peacetime maritime disaster in American history. [SCHRUMPF ]. WebLinotypes Burned and Composing Rooms Gutted; Telegram Badly Handicapped but Still in Ring; Campbell Meets Street Car Men and Trouble May be Settled; Session On ], IDEN, Grace, 6 years, of 100 Fourth street, identified by brother, Henry. Even if they had, they would never have made it safely into the water with the ship chugging along at top speed. MAURER, Clara, 14 years, of 421 East Ninth street, MAURER, George, 52 years, of 421 East Ninth street, MAURER, Tillie, 14 years, of 421 East Ninth street. WEISL, Mrs. Caroline, 50 years, of 337 East Sixth street, identified by sister. HOFFMAN, Sylvia, 53 years, of 73 Second avenue, identified by son Frank. James Wotherspoon. ], RICHTER, Annie, 8 years, of 404 East Sixth street, RICHTER, August, of 404 East Sixth street, RICHTER, Catherine, 3 years, of 104 First avenue, RICHTER, Fred, 11 years, of 104 First avenue, RICHTER, Lena, 35 years, of 104 First avenue, RICHTER, Lillie, 4 years, of 104 First avenue, RICHTER, Lizzie, of 404 East Sixth street, RICHTER, Lizzie, Sr., of 404 East Sixth street, RICHTER, Tessie, 13 years, of 90 First avenue, RIESS, Catherine, of 40 Shepard avenue, Brooklyn, RITZ, Tessie, 13 years, of 90 First avenue [REITZ on missing? general Slocum Stories abound of the heroic fireboats and tugs, which raced to the scene, picking up victims along the way. Wholesalersbootcamp.com | All Rights Reserved.| powered by thecodifiers. [GREISSLER, no first name given, same age, same address ], GOETZ, Catharine, 28 years, of 80 First avenue, GOETZ, Leone, 13 years, of 337 Fifth street, GOETZ, Margaret, 2 1/2 years, of 80 First avenue [GATES?]. [In fairness to Dr. Broder, one needs to remember that he risked being overcome by the two inmates if they decided to engage in an escape instead; so his initial reluctance is understandable from a security perspective.] ALFELD, Anna, 45 years, of 339 Sixth street, identified by husband, Charles. BERG, Lena, 46 years, of 158 Goerck street, identified by husband, John. ROTH, Mrs. Josephine, 42 years, of 203 Fifth street, identified by husband Joseph. How were Frank Barnaby's records falsified to show that he had purchased new life preservers? above?]. There was even a father who posted "missing" advertisements to locate a son he hoped had survived. [196 ], EIMER, Kate, 45 years, of 84 Stockholm street, Brooklyn, ELK, Addie, 23 years. MAYER, Mrs. Louise, 39 years, of 430 East Seventeenth street, identified by husband Nicholas. SCHOEFFLING, Maria, 35 years, of 189 Third avenue, SCHOENINGER, Gottlieben, 60 years, of 118 East Third street [SCHOENGET on missing? In 1904, the number of casualties was never fully determined because there was no precise count of how many had boarded the ship. All kinds of little stories that we ordinarily can't use on the radio show because they are just too short. ], LAHN, Dora, 25 years, of 1000 Union avenue, Bronx, identified by father Philip, LAU, George, 227 East Eleventh street [listed twice in a row]. . ], MULLER, Mrs. Bernhardt, of 195 Second avenue [Mrs. B. MUELLER, above?]. BENSCH, Mary, 42 years, of 401 Fifth street. Before the disaster was over, bodies had arrived at Rikers Island, by boat and by current. Was this the same boat manned by Dr. Broder and the prisoners? . The glaring differences between the World Trade Center disaster and the Slocum include the fact that the Trade Center was a deliberate act of terrorism aimed at taking lives while the Slocum Steamboat disaster of 1904 was an accident even if surrounded by severe negligence. A few were rescued by nearby boats, but most did not know how to swim and simply drowned. 1825.Gift of Miss Georgina Schuyler. Her mother, Anna Liebenow, was badly burned and bore the scars for the remainder of her life. First person interviews done within hours of the tragedy were included in the newspapers of the day. This project is dedicated to collecting the stories from the descendants, MANHEIME, Mamie, of 86 East Seventh street, MANHEIMER, Lillie, 21 years, of 44 St. Mark's place. First, it caused the rapid dissolution of the German enclave of Kleindeutschland. Creating a Genealogical Display. Wagons arrived laden with tons of ice for the preservation of the bodies. The General Slocum Centennial Scrapbook contains the uniquely personal recollections of the survivors and their families, the good ], ELLAR, Elsie, of 219 East Thirteenth street, ELLAR, Matilda, 46 years, of 219 East Thirteenth street, ENGELMAN, Lena, 39 years, of 425 East Twelfth street. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor achievements and trophies list - Polygon 209) [GESTENBERGER ], HAAG, William, 14 years, of 210 East Fourteenth street [HAAD on missing? Right now, while many advisors continue to limit face-to-face meetings with wholesalers, the inside team possesses an enormous opportunity to drive new sales. The Department of Public Charities sent doctors and nurses from Randalls Island, Metropolitan, Infants, and the Alms He's the author of Me Talk Pretty One Day and other books. Second, the General Slocum disaster brought about a major upgrading of steamboat safety regulations and a sweeping reform of the United States Steamboat Inspection Service. Several authors have recompiled the data over the years describing in infinite detail the horror of the moment. 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. In another instance, the Evening Sun, that night, reported that the bodies of seven women and two children were picked up by a rowboat along with one woman and two small boys, who were still alive. (Box No. Suddenly, a fire broke out, possibly triggered by a lit cigarette dropped in hay being used to pack beer steins for the picnic at Locust Grove, Long Island. Daily Plant By the time they were done counting the bodies and tabulating a list of the missing, the death toll stood at 1,021. Survivor Its unlikely that 9/11 will be so easily forgotten, given the nature of the attacks, the fact that so many millions saw the horror on television, and that the U.S. launched a subsequent war on terrorism in response. ], POLIUSCH, Olga, 11 years, of 320 Fifth street, PRAWDYSKI, Henrietta, 14 years, of 85 East Third street, identified by an uncle of same address. SACKMAN, Margaret, 34 years, of Rivington street, SANDERS, Helen, of 416 East Sixteenth street, SCHAEFFER, Annie, of 77 East Houston street, SCHAEFFER, William, of 69 Manhattan street, SCHEELE, Lavinia (Vinie), 8 years, of 14 St. Mark's place, SCHEUER, Julia, 8 years, of 237 East Tenth street, SCHEUER, Mrs. Margaret, 24 years, of 237 East Tenth street, SCHICK, Minnie, of 430 East Fifteenth street, SCHINDE, Henry C., 35 years, of 1958 Washington avenue, Bronx, identified by W.F. Remembering the worst disaster in NYC maritime history: The [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. Steamer Gen. Dozens learned they had lost their entire families. MUTH, Mrs. Anna, 62 years, of 1254 Lexington avenue. 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. ], ULLMAN, Mrs. Lena, 37 years, of 409 East Sixth street, identified by brother. GADE, Grace, 61 years, of 405 Fifth street, identified by husband, Henry. WebThe General Slocum was a steamship that burned in the East River in New York City on June 15, 1904. [MICHAELS ], MICHEL, William, 14 years, of 24 East Twelfth street, identified by Peter STOCK of 142 Seventh street (box No.