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Frederick "Freddie" Oellrich
Born in Brooklyn, United States on July 31, 1898.
Died June 15, 1904.
The story
Boarded General Slocum for an Evangelist Church picnic with his mother Anne and his siblings Henry (12) Wilhelmina (4) Anna (3) Elizabeth (1) at 9:30 A.M. The steamboat was in flames a few minutes later. Many passengers risked being trapped in the burning steamboat or drowning in the deep river. Only Henry survived the disaster.
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