Pier 3 Page Logo

Reason
Explanation of events, dedication to victims, and preservation of memory.

Some Facts
1. June 30th, 1900
2. Hoboken, NJ
3. At North German     Lloyd Piers
4. 326 to 400 dead
5. $5 million in     property loss

Helpful Hints
This site is optimized for Microsoft Internet Explorer and also uses the Macromedia Flash player.
The Lloyd Ships Bremen and Saale on Fire
Bibliography
Whenever I read through a new source that offers some sort of helpful information, I will reference that source below.
This is an image used for spacing content.

1. Norddeutscher LLoyd, Bremen 1857-1970 Vol. 1, Drechsel, Edwin, 1994.

2. The first Great Ocean Liners in Photographs: 193 Views, 1897-1927, Miller, William H, 1984.

3. Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and the Tragic Hoboken Pier Fire, Sea Classics Magazine, December 2000, Volume 33, Number 12, pages 24-27, 62, Leonis, Brad.

4. Leslie's Weekly Illustrated, Extra Fire Edition, Vol. XCI. - No. 2339, 1900.

5. The Great Harbor Fire: The North German Lloyd Disaster of 1900, Gordon, Robert.

6. The Hoboken Catastrophe, Cathloic World, August 1900, pages 664-671, Sullivan, Mrs. Alexander.

7. Hoboken's fearful Conflagration - Seven Pages of Pictures, The Mail and Express, illustrated Saturday Magazine, Supplement to the New York mail and Express, Saturday July 7, 1900.

8. Great Harbor Fire remembered, 100 years later, The Record, Friday, June 30, 2000, Bergen Record Corp, Sampson, Peter J.

9. Fire of the century; 100 years ago, apocalyptic blaze took more than 250 lives, The Hoboken Reporter, July 2, 2000, Danzig, David

10. The HELEN McALLISTER, ex-ADMIRAL DEWEY and The Great Hoboken Pier Fire, based on U.S. District Court records held by the Manhattan Branch of the National Archives, December 11, 2000, Brouwer, Norman

11. Issues of the New York Times, published from July 1st to July 8th, 1900

12. Schicksale Deutscher Schiffe, Nr. 34, Schnelldampfer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, Mielke, Otto, 1954

Did You know?
In 1900, a little more than Twenty percent of the population in Hoboken was German-born.
Links
Hoboken Historical Museum

Accessibility
Key Command guide for this website:

No Mouse = tab key


Help = Alt + h*
Email = Alt + e*

*followed by the "return" key

 

Home

What Happened?

Visuals

Casualties

Communicate

Bibliography

Help

Copyright 2001 webmaster@pier3.org