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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

Computer-generated imagery of how the North German Lloyd Piers, circa 1900, would look in Hoboken circa 2004. Moored from left to right are: "Saale", "Bremen", "Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" and "Main". The piers spread from about a quarter of a block to the right from the foot of 2nd street and half-way to 3rd street. The new, larger piers that were rebuilt by 1903 stretched all the way from 2nd street to 4th street.

 

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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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