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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

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The Lloyd Ships Bremen and Saale on Fire

Casualties

The following two lists are from the following sources:

Casualty List compiled from the New York Times
New York Times casualty List

List from: „Ehrenmahl Deutscher Seeleute“ Herausgegeben von der See-Berufsgenossenschaft Hamburg, 1939
Complied by/Zusammengestellt von: Christian and/und Ingrid Biedekarken,
D Bovenden, May 2005. I want to thank them very much for their great effort and offer of help.

This is a list of 147 employees, primarily of the North German Lloyd, who died while serving aboard the ships that caught fire.
Biedekarkern List


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

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