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12-19-2007, 06:20 AM | # 1 Quick Link (permalink) | ||||||||||||||
| This Day In History: President Taft Pardons William H. Van Schaick  Over 1,000 people died when the General Slocum, a passenger steamship, caught fire in New York's East River in 1904. It was the city's worst loss-of-life disaster until the attacks of September 11, 2001. Van Schaick, the ship's captain, was indicted for negligence and failure to maintain fire safety equipment and received a 10 year sentence. He was paroled after serving 3½ years in prison and later pardoned by President Taft. Why were most of the passengers unable to escape the fire?More... | ||||||||||||||
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| Re: This Day In History: President Taft Pardons William H. Van Schaick
Maybe there was no life-preservers,boats, fire alarms, or maybe just a over crowded ship. Or maybe too many folks partaketh in the pre-Christmas drinking festivities and were too wasted to do something about the fire.  | |||||||||||||||
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