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1904 and 1908: Holey and Gittel, the Cats with 10 Lives on the Lower East Side

Posted: 25th July 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Cat Stories, Cats in the Mews
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The following cat tale of the Lower East Side is dedicated to my cat Romeow, who passed away after 16 years of life on July 21, 2014. On June 15, 1904, the General Slocum caught fire and sank in the East River. An estimated 1,021 of the 1,342 people on board the side-wheel passenger boat […]