Sultana steamboat disaster
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The Sultana steamboat disaster was an 1865 Mississippi River maritime catastrophe in which an overloaded steamboat exploded and sank, killing an estimated 1,200–1,800 people, many of them recently released Union soldiers, making it one of the deadliest maritime disasters in U.S. history.
All labels observed (1)
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| Sultana steamboat disaster canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17238785 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Sultana steamboat disaster Context triple: [General Slocum steamship disaster, precededBy, Sultana steamboat disaster]
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SS Eastland wreck
The SS Eastland wreck is the remains of a passenger steamship that tragically capsized in the Chicago River in 1915, resulting in one of the deadliest maritime disasters in Great Lakes history.
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General Slocum steamship disaster
The General Slocum steamship disaster was a 1904 New York City ferry fire and sinking that killed over a thousand people, becoming one of the deadliest maritime tragedies in U.S. history.
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Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck
The Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck is the remains of a famous American Great Lakes freighter that sank in a 1975 storm on Lake Superior, becoming one of the region’s most legendary maritime disasters.
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Sultana
Sultana is an alternative name for Mount Foraker, a prominent peak in the Alaska Range and one of the highest mountains in North America.
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S.S. Columbia
S.S. Columbia is a large, early-20th-century-style ocean liner attraction and landmark docked in the American Waterfront port of the Tokyo DisneySea theme park.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Sultana steamboat disaster Target entity description: The Sultana steamboat disaster was an 1865 Mississippi River maritime catastrophe in which an overloaded steamboat exploded and sank, killing an estimated 1,200–1,800 people, many of them recently released Union soldiers, making it one of the deadliest maritime disasters in U.S. history.
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A.
SS Eastland wreck
The SS Eastland wreck is the remains of a passenger steamship that tragically capsized in the Chicago River in 1915, resulting in one of the deadliest maritime disasters in Great Lakes history.
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B.
General Slocum steamship disaster
The General Slocum steamship disaster was a 1904 New York City ferry fire and sinking that killed over a thousand people, becoming one of the deadliest maritime tragedies in U.S. history.
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C.
Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck
The Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck is the remains of a famous American Great Lakes freighter that sank in a 1975 storm on Lake Superior, becoming one of the region’s most legendary maritime disasters.
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Sultana
Sultana is an alternative name for Mount Foraker, a prominent peak in the Alaska Range and one of the highest mountains in North America.
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E.
S.S. Columbia
S.S. Columbia is a large, early-20th-century-style ocean liner attraction and landmark docked in the American Waterfront port of the Tokyo DisneySea theme park.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.