General Slocum

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

On June 15, 1904, a fire broke out on the General Slocum, a steamboat crossing the East River. An estimated 1,021 people died—the deadliest day in New York City’s history until September 11, 2001.

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