general slocum survivors list

They then returned to Rikers Island and their original assignment. Little Anna's body was recovered, and her shoes saved. WebPotts is one of five men still alive who served on the USS Arizona during the attack Dec. 7, 1941. ], BOZENHERD, Lucille, 11 years, of 110 First avenue [BOZENHARDT on missing?]. On June 15, 1904, more than 1,000 people died when their steamship, the General Slocum, burst into flames while moving up the East River. Im a hundred years old. Stories abound of the heroic fireboats and tugs, which raced to the scene, picking up victims along the way. Terrible affair that General Slocum explosion. What began as a recreational cruise, a Sunday school outing for St. Marks Lutheran Church, became an event so cataclysmic that it devastated the largest ethnic German community in the United States, and acted as a KOPF, Ellis, 1 1/2 years, of 337 East Ninth street, identified by father,Marin. As a result, shipboard safety was improved, although not quickly and widely enough, judging by the huge death toll of the Titanic only eight years later. [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. haul in bodies and living victims. Shortly after the boat with 1,700 passengers left the East 3rd street pier in New York City, it caught fire. 261). When the ship finally beached at North Brother Island, only a few survivors were pulled from the wreckage. (6 minutes), If you enjoyed this episode, you may like these. HERMAN, Katie, 50 years, of 168 First avenue, identified by son Herman. [MICHAELS ], MICHEL, William, 14 years, of 24 East Twelfth street, identified by Peter STOCK of 142 Seventh street (box No. The program is designed to transform the inside team from a client relations mind-set, to a world-class sales team. COHRS, Freda, 26 years, of 106 Avenue A, identified by brother Henry. Pearl Harbor survivor Don Stratton, 97, passed away recently, leaving just two USS Arizona crewmembers.. Stratton, who died Feb. 16, and five other sailors were Mothers screamed for their children, husbands for their wives. 344) [25 years ], FULDHEUSEN, Nicholas, 12 years, of 50 West Ninety-sixth street. Father of General Slocum victims Anna and Helen Liebenow. WebLast living survivor of General Slocum. We may never know. 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. [GRUBEN ], GUSTENBERGER, James, 25 years, of 147 West Thirty-seventh street, identified by C.H. 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. 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. [HEIDENKAMP], HEERZ, Mrs. M., 32 years, of 412 Sixth street [HERZ on missing? Over 1,000 people died in the tragedy, making it New York City's deadliest disaster until the September 11, 2001 attacks. At the morgue, Coroners Joseph Berry and William OGorman oversaw the policemen and Coroners Department workers as they labored to lay out the hundreds of corpses as they arrived. Dozens learned they had lost their entire families. Keep up to date with the latest news with The Irish Echo. GATES, Margaret, 2 1/2 years, of 80 First avenue, identified by father Edward. Wired in place, none of the lifeboats could be dislodged. 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. Virtually every facility on the river and both shores was pressed into service for the living and the dead. RUTHMAYER, Mrs. Vetta, 38 years, of 47 St. Mark's place, identified by husband, Edward. 1781-1853). WebIn 2004, Adella Wotherspoon, the last survivor of the General Slocum, passed away at the age of 100. MAYER, Frances, 42 years, Cooper avenue, Bayonne, N.J. MAYER, Mrs. Louise, 39 years, of 430 East One Hundred and Seventh street,identified by husband, Nicholas. They put in at North Brother Island to hand over their load, then returned to deep water for more. [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.] 162). 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. ENGELMAN, Louise, 28 years, of 425 East Twelfth street, identified by husband, George. MULLER, Flora, 27 years, married, of 28 West Ninety-seventh street,identified by brother. Watching From The River's Edge. Properly trained and coached, the internal sales team will close more sales on their own, in addition to working with their team to move sales forward. What began as a recreational cruise, a Sunday school outing for St. Marks Lutheran Church, became an event so cataclysmic that it devastated the largest ethnic German community in the United States, and acted as a A century ago today, a steamship called the General Slocum left the piers at East 3rd Street. Part of the Slocum Memorial in Lutheran All-Faiths Cemetery on Metropolitan Ave. near the Correction Academy in Middle Village is an attached carved-in-stone illustration captioned:The sinking of the steamboat Gen. Slocum on the East River June 15, 1904, in which 1020 lives were lost. KOLB, Madeline, 72 years, of 743 Summit street, the Bronx, identified byson. Or that of my grandaunt who missed the boat to "play hooky" and spend the day with her fiance. By the time of the 1910 census, only a handful of German families remained in Kleindeutschland. Was this the same boat manned by Dr. Broder and the prisoners? Anna Liebenow was a young mother whose face was permanently scarred by burns she received on the Slocum while seeking to save her six and a half-month-old daughter Adella. Rescuers swam to the ship and pulled 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? SEEMAN, Neta, 26 years, single, of 227 East Twenty -first street, identified by Henry C. AHRENS, of 37 West One Hundred and Thirty second street [Meta ], SEIDENWARD, Henry, 18 years, of 184 Third street, identified by brother Charles. Graft, my dear sir. ], MICHAEL, Carrie, 12 years, of 171 Avenue A. Starter Page], http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~generalslocumbook/. Where several households within a larger family have contributed, each has its own page and their relationships have been documented. Marian Fontana's husband was a Brooklyn firefighter who was killed on September 11, 2001. When she died at age 100 in 2004, she was believed to be the last survivor of the General Slocum ferry disaster. Their painstaking documentation of the event and subsequent trials also situated their ordeal in a larger framing history of a fairly typical New York German family with 19th century immigrant roots, proud of their American citizenship, but still reading German language newspapers and baptizing their children in the German Lutheran Church. This project is dedicated to collecting the stories from the descendants, The Bequest of Adella Liebenow Wotherspoon, left to The New-York Historical Society this spring illustrates the tragedy's impact on the family. After 1904 Germans spread out over the region, abandoning their ethnic concentration on the Lower East Side. [Lizzie, 10, on missing], BEHRANDT, Fannie, 10 years, of 88 East Third street [Fannie, 8, on missing], BEHRENS, ___, of 334 East Forty-eighth street, BEHRENS, Alice, 16 years, of 127 Garden street, Hoboken, BELL, Agnes, 18 years, of 242 Fifth street. haul in bodies and living victims. HOAG, Susie, 48 years, of 158 First avenue, identified by son Emerich. Vernon. By the time they notified Captain William Van Schaick of the emergency fully 10 minutes after discovering the fire the blaze raged out of control and the ship was in the middle of the treacherous waters of the Hell Gate channel. They were held for transport to the temporary morgue Unfortunately, with the stern stuck over deep waters and the bow in flames, passengers were forced to jump in over their heads. World leaders and European royalty sent money and letters of condolence to Mayor George B. McClellan and the people of St. Marks. Han Slowlo. In yet another similarity to 9/11, many grabbed photographs of their loved ones and went about asking people if theyd seen them. (12 minutes), David Sedaris talks about American and French reaction to the recent news in Paris, where he lives. hide caption. Slocum June 15, 1904 above; North Brothers Island, East River, N.Y. below. Nearly all of the medical personnel on North Brother Island, where the flaming wreck came to rest, assisted however they could. KING, Catherine, 26 years, of 314 East Forty-sixth street, KLATBAUR, George, 14 years, of 506 Fifth street, identified by father. [121 ], DIECKHOFF, Edward, 121 Fourth avenue, Brooklyn, DIECKHOFF, Marie, 124 Fourth avenue, Brooklyn, DIECKHOFF, Willie, 4 years, of 124 Fourth avenue, Brooklyn, identified by father, Fred. Anthony Meucci. 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. [listed also as ROTTINGER ]. . WebThe General Slocum was a steamship that burned in the East River in New York City on June 15, 1904. KLEIN, Emma, 25 years, of 314 East Sixth street, identified by husband Gottlieb. They put in at North Brother Island to hand over their load, then returned to deep water for more. Participants will receive a roadmap for success with a comprehensive, strategic, and tactical approach to inside wholesaling. The rise and fall of a school maintenance man in Schenectady, New York who terrorized his staff and got away with it for decades. 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. I suggest that the policy be this: "1. The General Slocum Centennial Scrapbook project will be actively seeking stories until publication in 2004. Funerals were held every hour for days on end in the churches of Kleindeutschland. Every inch of the island was used in the rescue, and then in the inevitable recovery of the dead. [MENKE ], MEINHARDT, Walter G., of 146 East Fourth street, MEININGER, Lizzie, of 691 Bergen avenue, Bronx, MENDEL, Arthur, of 11 East Seventh street, MENINGER, Lizzie, 30 years, of 631 Bergen avenue, MENNINGER, Lizzie, 27 years, of 506 Sixth avenue. A spark, most likely from a carelessly tossed match, had ignited a barrel of straw. Vernon, MOLLITER, Mrs. Mary, clerk Asto?, Library. Several crewmen tried to put the fire out, but they had never conducted a fire drill or undergone any emergency training. In contrast, the officials at the Knickerbocker Steamship Company escaped with only a nominal fine. [196 ], EIMER, Kate, 45 years, of 84 Stockholm street, Brooklyn, ELK, Addie, 23 years. Brother of Slocum victim Martha Liebenow. On June 15, 1904, more than 2,000 people boarded the General Slocum at the East 3rd Street pier for a day at Locust Grove on Long Island Sound. One beefy police officer floated on his back to shore with a horde of children clinging to him like a raft. [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. SPRECKTER, Elsie, 9 years, of 144 Essex street, STAHLMAN, Viola, 10 years, of 55 Avenue A, STALMAN, Augusta, 45 years, of 55 Avenue A, STEIN, Carrie, 9 years, of 45 First avenue, STOSS, Edna, 10 years, of 316 Second avenue, STOSS, Minnie, 43 years, of 316 Second avenue, SUDEN, Herman, a child, 61 Jackson street, THOMA, Christiana, 34 years, of 90 Avenue A, THORMAHLOR, Eliad, 7 years, of 100 Second street, THORMAHLOR, Matilda, 2 years, of 100 Second street, THURMABLOU, Matilda, 101 East Second street. KALG, Gussie, 22 years, of 517 Fifth street, identified by sister Kate. Beginning a Family History in the 21st Century. These tragic scenes were punctuated by the suicides of several men and women who lost their entire families in the fire. GALEWSKI, Marris, 3 years, of 54 Seventh street [Morris on missing? [COHRS? GOSSMAN, Michael J., 5 years, of 128 Fourth street, identified by father,Michael. On June 15, 1904, more than 1,000 people died when their steamship, the General Slocum, burst into flames while moving up the East River. SMITH, Hildreth, 3 years, of 18 Jackson street, identified by father,George. House Hospitals. 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. There was even a father who posted "missing" advertisements to locate a son he hoped had survived. The Department of Public Charities sent doctors and nurses from Randalls Island, Metropolitan, Infants, and the Alms LINK, Lottie, 15 years, of 76 Avenue A, identified by brother Charles. BERG, Lena, 46 years, of 158 Goerck street, identified by husband, John. NABOTTONY, Louis, of 190 East Third street, NETTLER, Albert, of 338 East Fifth street, NOLL, Kate, 20 years, of 400 east Fifth street [400 Fifth street ], NORWAY, Carl, 1 year, of 313 East Ninth street, identified by brother William.[HORWAY?]. The General Slocum Disaster of 1904 and its Impact on German-Americans. 163) [Mrs. Fred, age 25 ], DREHER, John, 1 year, of 310 East Twenty-fifth street, DREHER, Katherine, 11 years, of 310 East Twenty-fifth street, DREIVERS, Catharine, 54 East Fourth street. WebGeneral Slocum List of Dead & Missing On June 15, 1904, 1300 passengers from St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church from the Little Germany section of Lower Manhattan ], GROLKA, Amelia, 345 East Fifteenth street, GROSS, Bruno, 5 years, of 90 First avenue, GROSS, Emma, 44 years, of 90 First avenue [also on missing], GROWALD, Elsie, 10 years, of 56 Seventh street [GREWALD on missing? Nearly all of the medical personnel on North Brother Island, where the flaming wreck came to rest, assisted however they could. Wagons arrived laden with tons of ice for the preservation of the bodies. For almost 100 years the story of the burning and sinking of the General Slocum excursion paddlewheeler stood as the greatest tragedy in the City of New York, and indeed, among the greatest disasters of history. Well, of course, where theres money going theres always someone to pick it up., (Read about Ed ODonnells new book, 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About Irish American History, at www.EdwardTODonnell.com. How could a tragedy of such magnitude occur within a few hundred yards of the shores of the nations most modern city? WebThe General Slocum Centennial Scrapbook contains the uniquely personal recollections of the survivors and their families, the good Samaritans, the heroes, the caregivers, the ], 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? By mid-afternoon, those not yet reunited with their family members began to lose hope. On March 20, 1995, the Aum cult dropped plastic bags of poison gas on the Tokyo subway. Bear River Mental Health Services, Inc. 663 W. 950 South, Brigham City. Why? 318) [OTTINGER ], OTTENGER (woman), 14 years, of 91 Seventh street, identified by Alfred, OTTINGER, Arthur, 4 years, of 91 Seventh street, OTTINGER, Emma, 15 years, of 91 Seventh street, PATTENBAUM, Elizabeth, of 61 St. Mark's place. All Rights Reserved. To make matters worse, the ships rotten fire hoses burst when the water was turned on. (15 minutes), 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 1,031passengers. LUBBERT, August, 12 years, of 412 Sixth street, identified by father John. Sadly the majority of deaths at sea in recent times have occurred as a result of overcrowding on many small vessels, often unnamed and unregistered, carrying migrants so they do not appear on this list. ALTER, Sofia, 16 years, of 628 East Twelfth street. Adella Wotherspoon (1903-2004) in 1996. [FRICKBOHM on missing? HEIMS, Henrietta, 10 years, of 300 First avenue, identified by mother. Spontaneous combustion: most scandalous revelation. I suspect it was another team of heroes who could not remain on the shore, safe while others perished. LOEFFLER, Louise, 9 years, of 9 East Third street. Home > Archive > Archive > 98 Years Ago: the General Slocum Tragedy. 209) [GESTENBERGER ], HAAG, William, 14 years, of 210 East Fourteenth street [HAAD on missing? By the time they were done counting the bodies and tabulating a list of the missing, the death toll stood at 1,021. WebOnlookers watched in horror as General Slocums passengers began to throw themselves overboard. 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. [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?]. WebThe steamship PS General Slocum caught fire in the East River on June 15th, 1904 en route to a church picnic resulting 1,021 deaths. MC GRANE, Michael, 48 years, of 2161 Eighth avenue, identified by Charles G. MC LAUGHLIN, Michael, 12 years of 69 First avenue. SPIUZ, Mrs. Augusta, 52 years, of 90 First avenue, identified by son [SPINZ ]. ], MULLER, Mrs. Bernhardt, of 195 Second avenue [Mrs. B. MUELLER, above?]. (Body No. . WEIDLER, Laura, 35 years, of 411 East Ninth street, WEIDLER, Laura, 55 years, of 411 East Ninth street. RHEINFRANK, John, of 614 East Fourteenth street, RICE, Lizzie, of 70 First avenue [age 6 on missing? (Photo: KSL NewsRadio) Mr. Potts now has his own day after Utah Gov. [Mrs. Addie ELK on missing? Grossly inadequate shipboard safety contributed to the dreadful death toll: crew members scrambled to save themselves first, inferior fire hoses burst, rotted life jackets crumbled, and lifeboats rusted to their moorings could not be launched. at 138th St. or the pier near Bellevue Hospital at 26th St. KNAPP (Box No. ], DOERRING, Gustave, 9 years, of 12 State street. According to the New York Times, Dr. Nathan E. Broder (or Bruder) was on duty that morning supervising several prisoners of the workhouse. 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. [Anna ], BLOHM, Margaret,19 years, of 18 Jackson street,identified by father, Jacob. (Body No. Each story is unique, just as each household was unique. Several of them grabbed ladders being used to renovate the facility and used them to bring the survivors off the ship. Exhibitions at New-York Historical are made possible by Dr. Agnes Hsu-Tang and Oscar Tang, the Saunders Trust for American History, the Evelyn & Seymour Neuman Fund, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Captain William Henry Van Schaick and Frank Barnaby, president of the Knickerbocker Steamboat Company, were the primary targets of the Coroner's inquiry. LURIN, Lena, 17 years, of 111 East Fourth street. OHL, Carl, 9 years, of 340 East Ninth street, OTTENGER (boy), 12 years, of 91 Seventh street, identified by Alfred OCHLER of 422 East Ninth street (Body No. Another containing policemen James Collins and Hubert Farrell rescued 26 from the water. The ships steward, Michael McGrann, fulfilled his duty to protect the ships money by filling his pockets before jumping. MANHEIME, Mamie, of 86 East Seventh street, MANHEIMER, Lillie, 21 years, of 44 St. Mark's place. [MICHEL?, Carolina on missing? WEISSO, Emily 12 years, of 216 East Eleventh street [WEISE ], WELTER, Mrs. Elizabeth, 67 years, 337 Sixth street, WENZ, George, 11 years, of 421 Fifth street, WIERETER, Mary, 84 years, of 826 East Twelfth street, WINGERT, Ethel, 7 years, of 409 Fifth street [WENGERT on missing? LUTJEN, Mrs. Katherine, 46 yrs, of 101 Clymer st, Bklyn, identified by husband,John. (Box No. TORNIPORT, Charlotte, 198 Guernsey street, Greenpoint, TORNIPORT, Francis, 198 Guernsey street, Greenpoint, TRAPPING, Lillian, 20 years, of 996 Avenue A. TRAPPING, Lillian, 26 years, of 998 Avenue A., identified by father. Samaritans, the heroes, the caregivers, the passers by whose families were touched by the largest maritime disaster and most deadly fire in New York 1,020 lives were lost with people burned to death or drowned. and where appropriate, linking the families. Edward ODonnell: Im Edward T. ODonnell. Beginning a Family History in the 21st Century. 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. They then returned to Rikers Island and their original assignment. WebHusband of Anna Wolf. 440). Image ID: PS_MSS_CD8_109 The Aftermath For days afterward, Now you are talking straight, Mr. Crimmins. GEMEIMER, William, 5 years, of 859 Jefferson place. The General Slocum Disaster of 1904 and its Impact on German-Americans. WebSt. [SCHULTZ ], SCHUMACHER, Catharine Louise, 14 years, of 434 Sixth street, SCHUMPF, Mrs. Elizabeth, 40 years of 208 Avenue B, identified by husband. Several authors have recompiled the data over the years describing in infinite detail the horror of the moment. It was both the deadliest single fire and deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in American history. Unfortunately, much of this potential is never realized because the inside sales team has not been properly trained and coached. Without a doubt. of 402 Third avenue, DANCERNICKEIL, Mrs. Henry, 1065 Jackson avenue, the Bronx, DEISSMAN, Lena, 16 years of 114 East Fourth street, DELUCCIE, Agnes, 7 years, of 54 Seventh street. Edward T. ODonnell is completing a book on the General Slocum tragedy, to be published by Broadway Books later this year. First person interviews done within hours of the tragedy were included in the newspapers of the day. DERSCH, Helen, 41 years, of 76 First avenue. at 138th St. or the pier near Bellevue Hospital at 26th St. Almost everyone aboard was from one neighborhood in New York, and by Wholesalers will be introduced to the Value-First Selling System, a state-of-the-art sales process designed specifically for todays inside wholesaler selling in todays unique financial marketplace. AUGUR, Rose, 19 years, of 1365 Third avenue, identified by father, George. Adella Liebenow Wotherspoon lost two sisters, two cousins and two aunts on the boat. ], 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. BECKER, Theodore, 34 years, of 1010 East One Hundred and Seventy-eighth street, identified by father, Frank. Body No. SMITH, Mrs. Annie, 26 years of 18 Jackson street. So Uncivilized. HERNBERG, George, 7 years, of 79 Calyer street, Brooklyn. 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. Testimony made clear that inspectors were not expected to probe deeply, particularly since they were paid per inspection.

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