The General Slocum disaster: filling out paperwork on empty caskets, North Brother Island, New York City, June 1904.

The General Slocum disaster: trying to identify clothing, North Brother Island, New York City, June 1904.

The wreck of the General Slocum, North Brother Island, New York City, June 1904.

Men of the Second Battery firing a gun to help raise the bodies of General Slocum victims New York City, June 1904.

Patrol boat, New York City, June 1904.

Unidentified excursion boat, New York City, June 1904.

Men of the Second Battery firing a gun to help raise the bodies of General Slocum victims New York City, June 1904.

Men of the Second Battery moving a gun off a pier, New York City, June 1904.

Men of the Second Battery firing a gun to help raise the bodies of General Slocum victims New York City, June 1904.

Group photo of unidentified men from the Second Battery, New York City, June 1904.

Men of the Second Battery firing a gun to help raise the bodies of General Slocum victims New York City, June 1904.

Lighthouse at the northern end of Blackwell's Island, East River, New York City, June 1904.

Shore line at North Brother Island [?], New York City, June 1904.

Boat possibly searching for bodies from the General Slocum, New York City, June 1904.

Unidentified New York City shoreline, June 1904.

The General Slocum disaster: a recovery vessel, North Brother Island, New York City, June 1904.

Police officer and two unidentified men with a basket of documents [death certificates?] related to the General Slocum disaster, North Brother Island, New York City, June 1904.

Remains of the side wheel of the General Slocum, North Brother Island, New York City, June 1904.

The wreck of the General Slocum, North Brother Island, New York City, June 1904.

Unidentified police officials posing near the wreck of the General Slocum, North Brother Island, New York City, June 1904.

Debris on the deck of the wreck of the General Slocum, North Brother Island, New York City, June 1904.

Unidentified workman and police officer peering into the hold of the wreck of the General Slocum, North Brother Island, New York City, June 1904.

Crowd gathered on the wreck of the General Slocum, North Brother Island, New York City, June 1904.

Blackwell's Island Penitentiary, New York City, June 1904.