General Slocum fire

[Jim Eshelman]

On June 15, 1904, the passenger steamboat (PS) General Slocum caught fire in the East River adjacent to Manhattan, resulting in 1,021 deaths (out of 1,342 people on board). This was the highest death toll from a NYC fire until 9/11.

The ship departed dock at 9:30 AM. Soon after, the fire broke out. The location (for those who want to narrow it further) would be East River at 90th Street.

The fire was first noticed at 10:00 AM. Safety equipment was aged, failing, and useless. The ship eventually sank just off North Brother Island (near Bronx). I'm using June 15, 1904, 10:00 AM, New York, NY.

The charts are not particularly good, other than one really crazy lunar ingress; and there is a strong ribbon of Venus through the whole - probably because it was a pleasure cruise. There's plenty of strong Mercury for transportation matters. Uranus seems to be the driving "crisis" planet, and there isn't especially any indicator of fire.

Year: Capsolar
Mercury on WP (0°11')
Saturn on Dsc (4°04')
Moon-Uranus conj. (0°16' in mundo)
Moon-Pluto op. (1°39' in mundo)

Bridge
t. Uranus conj. CapQ Moon (0°36')

Quarter: Arisolar (Dormant.)
Moon-Venus conj. (1°27')
Moon-Uranus sq. (0°35')
-- Venus-Uranus (0°52')
Moon-Pluto sq. (1°43' in mundo)

Month: Caplunar
Mercury on Dsc (1°03')
Saturn on IC (7°58', stationary)
Moon-Jupiter sq. (2°01')
Venus on WP (2°11')

Week: Arilunar
Uranus on Dsc (0°04')
Pluto on Asc (0°29')
-- Uranus-Pluto op. (0°28' in mundo)
Neptune on Asc (6°29')
Sun on Asc (7°37')
-- Sun-Pluto conj. (2°01')
-- Su/Ne on Asc (0°28')
Moon-Jupiter conj. (0°36')
Venus on EP (2°33')
Mars on Asc (9°48')
-- Sun-Mars conj. (2°11' in mundo)
-- Venus-Mars conj. (2°51' in mundo)

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits
t. Uranus conj. p. Moon (0°36')
p. Asc conj. p. Venus (0°28')
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t. Sun conj. s. Moon (0°26')

Day: Cansolar Quotidian
p. MC sq. p. Venus (1°23')


SUMMARY
Year: Mercury (Saturn). Moon-Uranus-Pluto.
Bridge: Uranus (Cap).
-- Quarter: (Dormant.) Moon-Venus-Uranus Moon-Pluto.
Month: Mercury (Venus Saturn). Moon0Jupiter.
-- Week: Uranus Pluto (Sun Venus Neptune). Moon-Jupiter Sun-Mars Su/Ne Sun-Pluto Venus-Mars Uranus-Pluto.
Day (Capsolar): Venus Moon-Uranus (CapQ). Sun (transit).
Day (CanQ): Venus.