Title: The General Slocum steamboat fire of 1904
Description: Describes the 1904 fire that destroyed the General Slocum and killed more than one thousand people, examining the causes, reactions of passengers, crew, and spectators, and aftermath of the disaster.
Subjects: Fires and fire prevention, General Slocum (Steamboat), Fire, 1904, Fires, Ships, Juvenile literature, History, Ships, juvenile literature
Places: New York, New York (N.Y.), New York (State)
Time periods: 1898-1951, 20th century