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On June 15, 1904, the paddle steamer General Slocum caught fire in New York’s East River carrying over 1,300 passengers—mostly women and children from Manhattan’s Little Germany attending a church picnic. Within an hour, more than 1,000 lives were lost in what remained New York City's deadliest disaster until September 11, 2001. In this episode of Ship Talk, maritime historian Sal Mercogliano breaks down the cascade of regulatory failures, unmaintained equipment, and tactical decisions that turned this excursion into an avoidable catastrophe. Key Highlights: ⚓The Outing: St. Mark’s Lutheran Church charters the General Slocum for a school picnic out of the Lower East Side into Long Island Sound. ⚓The Outbreak: A fire begins in the forward lamp room—filled with rags and oil—and quickly turns uncontrollable. ⚓Failed Safety Equipment: Rotten linen fire hoses burst under pressure, lifeboats remain wired to their chocks, and deteriorating cork life preservers fail in the water. ⚓The Tactical Mistake: Why steaming ahead into the wind toward North Brother Island turned the wooden steamer into an incinerator. ⚓The Aftermath & Accountability: The devastation of Klein Deutschland, the trial of Captain Van Schaick, and how the disaster reshaped U.S. steamboat inspection laws. Contact What's Going on With Shipping via: Patreon: www.patreon.com/wgowshipping Twitter: @mercoglianos Bluesky: @mercoglianos.bsky.social Facebook: @wgowshipping Email: [email protected] Bart's Thread on X https://x.com/BartGonnissen/status/2102657243975938475

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