A fire aboard the steamboat <a about="#mwt60" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"SS","href":"./Template:SS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"General Slocum"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS_General_Slocum" id="mw7A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="PS General Slocum" typeof="mw:Transclusion">SS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>General Slocum</i></a> in New York City's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_River" id="mw7Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="East River">East River</a> kills 1,000.