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Art of Hunting (The Gravedigger Chronicles #2)

Alan Campbell

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The second novel in the Gravedigger Chronicles The Haurstaf have been decimated. The Unmer have...

Fantasy

End of the World (2018)

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As mass of solar storms causes tsunamis, volcanoes, and flooding, a city-dwelling family attempts to...

The Village (The Spread #2)

Iain Rob Wright

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The fungus is spreading and life is changing, becoming corrupted... Continue Ryan and Aaron's...

The Ethics Police?: The Struggle to Make Human Research Safe

Robert Klitzman

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Research on human beings saves countless lives, but has at times harmed the participants. To what...

Checkbuster - The inspections & audit report app

Business and Productivity

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Checkbuster Inspection Report Conduct inspections and create reports with Checkbuster. The...

Dynamic Risk Analysis in the Chemical and Petroleum Industry: Evolution and Interaction with Parallel Disciplines in the Perspective of Industrial Application

Nicola Paltrinieri and Faisal Khan

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Dynamic Risk Analysis in the Chemical and Petroleum Industry focuses on bridging the gap between...

Chris Hooker (419 KP) rated Ship Ablaze:The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum in Books

Dec 30, 2017

A Timely Tale

This was a good book about a little known tragedy. The General Slocum was a steamer that traveled on the rivers that surrounded New York City. Often these ships were used by groups for excursions to the shore or picnic areas up river. On June 15, 1904 a German church group had booked passage. It was mainly women and children.

As the book title suggest the worst thing that could happen on a ship did when it caught on fire. The early 1900's were still a time of corruption and profit over safety. This helped lead to the deaths of over 1,000 people.

The story in this book is a timely warning to us as safety laws are rolled back for profits. It was a well written and researched tale. We need to heed the warnings of our past so as not to repeat them with larger tragedies.