Ship Ablaze

Ship AblazeBy: Ed O'Donnell There were few experienced swimmers among over 1,300 Lower East Side residents who boarded the General Slocum on June 15, 1904. It shouldnt have mattered, since the steamship was chartered only for a languid excursion from Manhattan to Long Island Sound. But a fire erupted minutes into the trip, forcing hundreds of terrified passengers into the water. By the time the captain found a safe shore for landing, 1,021 had perished. Ship

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groping for a way forward

while many of the children who survived were left with strange markings

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and every time he sees Cybil Ackerman

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enters the scene

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staunchly Southern Julia Reed wends her way below the Mason-Dixon line and observes many phenomena– from politics

or conflicting conclusions