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Metadata
Catalog Number |
NP.TRIB.1904.06-16 |
Object Name |
Newspaper |
Title |
The New York Tribune |
Description |
"New York Tribune," issue of June 16, 1904 with coverage of the General Slocum steamship disaster of June 15, 1904 during which the ship caught fire and resulted in over one thousand casualties. Images of the ship in flame are on the front cover with the headline, "Horror in East River." |
Maker |
Horace Greeley & Co., publisher |
Place of Origin |
New York, NY |
Date |
June 16, 1904 |
Green-Wood Connection |
Many victims of the General Slocum Steamship Disaster are interred at Green-Wood. Additionally, the namesake of the ship, General Henry Warner Slocum (1826-1894) is interred at Green-Wood (Lot 28760, Sec. 139). Horace Greeley (1811-1872), founder and editor of the New York Tribune, is interred at Green-Wood (Lot 2344, Sec. 35). |
Material |
Paper |
People |
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 |
Subjects |
Newspapers Newspaper editors Fires Disasters Ship accidents |
Search Terms |
Horace Greeley & Co. General Slocum Steamship Disaster General Slocum (Steamboat) |