The character named General Slocum foreshadows some of the disasters to come. In 1904 the passenger steamboat "General Slocum" caught fire on the East River in New York City a catastrophe in which nearly 1000 people lost their lives. It was the deadliest disaster to befall New York until the September 11, 2001 attacks, and it remains the deadliest maritime disaster in New York history.

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