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The Cabinet July 25, 2026 · North Brother Island, New York

Mary Mallon, the Cook Known as Typhoid Mary, Quarantined for 26 Years as America's First Identified Healthy Carrier

Mary Mallon, an Irish-born cook in New York, was the first person in the United States identified as a healthy carrier of typhoid fever. Linked to at least 53 cases and 3 deaths, she was quarantined on North Brother Island from 1907 to 1910, released on condition she stop cooking — and caught cooking again in 1915. She spent the rest of her life in quarantine.

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The Coroner’s Report June 27, 2026 · East 90th Street, East River

The East River Excursion Steamer That Caught Fire on 15 June 1904 With Approximately 1,300 German-American Picknickers Aboard and Killed 1,021 of Them

The PS General Slocum caught fire in the East River off East 90th Street at approximately 10:00 a.m. on 15 June 1904. About 1,300 mostly German-American passengers from the St Mark's Lutheran Church annual Sunday-school picnic were aboard. The fire hoses were rotted, the life jackets were filled with cork dust packed with iron weights to meet the legal weight requirement, and 1,021 people died — most of them women and children.

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