1906. The disaster of the General Slocum steamer. 1021 souls perished when the steamer which had been charted to take 1400 people to a Sunday school picnic on Long Island caught fire1906. The disaster of the General Slocum steamer. 1021 souls perished when the steamer which had been charted to take 1400 people to a Sunday school picnic on Long Island caught fire
1906. The disaster of the General Slocum steamer. 1021 souls perished when the steamer which had been charted to take 1400 people to a Sunday school picnic on Long Island caught fire