Titan imploded under the crushing weight of the sea, killing all four passengers along with OceanGate cofounder Stockton Rush ...

It shows now hardly any signs of the disaster that overtook it ... it has been seen in New York since the burning of the General Slocum. The fire was practically all over in half an hour.

In 1904, 1,021 men, women & children perished when the General Slocum burned and sank in New ... against a marine officer following a marine disaster. Then a Federal Grand Jury in Manhattan ...

The General Slocum disaster was one such ship that burned up in New York City. Curious? Click through this gallery and discover everything you need to know about the worst maritime disaster in New ...

Saturday, June 15, marked the 120th anniversary of the General Slocum disaster, when more than 1,000 people, mostly German immigrants from Manhattan’s Lower East Side on a church outing ...

11, 2001 -- the worst disaster in New York City's history. A century ago today, a steamship called the General Slocum left the piers at East 3rd Street. The boat was filled with more than 1,300 ...

On June 15, 1904, over 1,300 passengers boarded the ship General Slocum for a Sunday church ... tragedy until the Titanic and the deadliest disaster in New York City until September 11, 2001.

News of the disaster spread around the county. Bodies of the victims of the General Slocum are laid out on nearby ground. (AP) "The public was appropriately horrified," Shapley says. "People were ...

However, even to this day, reminders remain, particularly of the General Slocum disaster. St. Mark’s German Evangelical Lutheran Church still stands on East 6th Street, though in 1940 it became ...

The PS General Slocum Trouble erupted ... The New York City Fire Department was alerted to the disaster and stationed fire engines to the long dock at 138th Street in the Bronx, hoping the ...

The General Slocum disaster in 1904 was the greatest single catastrophe in New York City’s history until 9/11. More than a thousand passengers — mostly women and children — who tried to ...