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A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
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PS General Slocum
Passenger steamboat; sank in New York City in 1904
PS General Slocum was an American sidewheel passenger steamboat built in Brooklyn, New York, in 1891. During her service history, she was involved in a number of mishaps, including multiple groundings and collisions.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
East River
Navigable tidal strait in New York City
The East River is a saltwater tidal estuary or strait in New York City. The waterway, which is not a river despite its name, connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates Long Island, with the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)