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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

Welcome to Pier3.org
This website begins right here, just as the fire that destroyed the North German Lloyd docks at Hoboken began at pier 3. That is a known fact, though there are many other events that happened that day and the following days, that remain a mystery lost in the chaos of June 30th, 1900.

Hopefully, this website can attempt to create some form of digital record, detailing the series of events that unfolded during the fire. I appreciate the various sources cited in the Bibliography section, for they have helped me to learn so much when I knew so little.

This website was made with the purpose of interacting with the online community, to share what I know and to learn something from those who would like to contribute. Thank you for visiting!
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03/23/08 A wondeful website courtesy of Maggie Blanck, who has a famililial connection to the fire, should be a required visit for anybody with an interest in this tragedy. The web address is:

http://www.maggieblanck.com/Hoboken/PhotosFire.html

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Maggie for her kind words and offer of research material. Please be sure to visit her website, and you can see many contemporary illustrations as well as some beautiful pictures of the Mass Grave at Flower Hill Cemetery.
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05/16/05 Added a new casualty list of 147 employees, primarily of the North German Lloyd, who died while serving aboard the ships that caught fire. This list was compiled and provided by Christian and Ingrid Biedekarken and I am very appreciative of their efforts. You can view this list in the "Casualties" section.
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03/23/05 Added a computer-generated image of how the North German Lloyd Piers, circa 1900, would look in Hoboken circa 2004. You can see it in the "Visuals" section.
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03/23/05 A 3d animation of the overview of the North German Lloyd piers before the fire has been added to the bottom of the "Visuals" section.
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Hallo alle Deutsche Sprecher! Ich spreche ein bißchen Deutsch. Wenn Sie Hilfe brauchen, bitte Sie mir ein E-mail schicken. Sie können auch die Website Babel Fish von Alta Vista für das Übersetzen benutzen. Ich hoffe daß Sie diese Website interessante finden können.
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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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