Every June, residents gather at Lutheran/All Faiths Cemetery in Middle Village to mark the anniversary of New York City's worst marine disaster.

New York has been the site of more than 2,000 shipwrecks and marine accidents. The most infamous of them all took place 100 years ago this month amid the deadly swirling currents of Hell Gate when a ...

Tragedy to Triumph: The Story of the General Slocum Disaster and the Right to Swim for Women The General Slocum disaster in 1904 was the greatest single catastrophe in New York City's history until ...

STRATHMERE – A memorial service to remember victims of the sinking of the General Slocum will be held on the Strathmere beach at Prescott Street on Friday, June 15 at 10 a.m.

Adella Wotherspoon, believed to be the last survivor of the deadly 1904 fire and sinking of the excursion ferry General Slocum, has died. She was 100. Mrs. Wotherspoon died Jan. 26 at a convalescent ...

I have received the report of the “Commission of the United States on the Investigation of the General Slocum Disaster,” and the report of the Department of Justice of Oct. 12, recapitulating what has ...

Black History Month: During General Slocum Disaster, Harry George Was a Hero The General Slocum steamship disaster was the greatest single catastrophe in New York City’s history until Sept. 11 ...