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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

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The Lloyd piers after the fire. Piers after the fire, view from the Hudson River Large smoke cloud as the piers burn, with the Hamburg Amerika Line steamer Kaiser Friedrich seen to the left. Pier 3, the place where the fire started, after the fire. Postcard of the fire. Another postcard, note the writing on the front. The ruins of pier 2.
An artist's depiction of a rescue attempt. The steamers Main and Bremen on fire, looking at the stern sections of the ships. The steamers Main and Bremen on Fire looking towards the bow sections of the ships. The steamers Main and Bremen, smoldering and beached on the Weehawken Flats. Retrieving bodies from the Hold of the Saale. The fire was so hot that the Saale's paint had peeled off. The Lloyd steamer Saale before the fire.
Damage to the Main's superstructure. The newly built Main before the fire. She was put into service that same year, 1900. The Bremen on Fire, drifting out into the middle of the Hudson River. The Bremen healed-over on the Weehawken flats. The Bremen after the fire and at the newly rebuilt North German Lloyd docks. This was the World's largest steamer at the time, The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. She was the only ship out of the four docked at the Lloyd piers to escape with relatively minor damage. The entrance to the mass grave at Flower Hill Cemetery, North Bergen, NJ.
The gate of the mass grave at Flower Hill Cemetery. This is a monument which was dedicated by the crew of the steamer S.S. Grosser Kurfurst 3 years after the fire. The list of 100 names of those interned at the mass grave. A close-up of the names of some of the crew of the Saale. The back of the mass grave at Flower Hill Cemetery. Postcard of the funeral procession to Flower Hill Cemetery.

 
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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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