Here's a link to the thread about some songs that covered the horrible fire and sinking of the General Slocum in NYC on The east River in 1904. it was almost as bad a loss of life as the Titanic but since it was only an excursion ship taking people on day trips, it remains more of a local tragedy in memory. Mudcatters did a great job of adding lyrics and links to stories about the wreck.
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