the General Slocum Disaster of 1904

There is a reference to the disaster in James Joyce's Ulysses, the events of which take place on the following day (June 16, 1904).
The first scenes of the film Manhattan Melodrama recreate the disaster.
The 2001 movie Spider-Man features a minor character named General Slocum.
The 2005 Hugo award nominated novella "Time Ablaze" by Michael A. Burstein (Analog, June 2004) concerns a time traveler who comes to record the disaster. The story was published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the disaster.
The General Slocum disaster was featured in the documentary My Father's Gun.
The General Slocum disaster is at the center of the novel The Unresolved, by T.K. Welsh.
The disaster is also mentioned in Kevin Baker's novel "Dreamland."
The story of the General Slocum was described as an "Avoidable Catastrophe" in Bob Fenster's book, Duh! The Stupid History of the Human Race, in Part One, which discusses stories involving stupidity.

References
^ Kleinfeld, N. R. (2007-09-02), "A Debate Rises: How Much 9/11 Tribute Is Enough?", The New York Times, <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/nyregion/02fatigue.html?ex=1346385600&en=7c3b9a843ec42d62&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink>. Retrieved on 2 September 2007
^ Gentile, "Shipwrecks of New Jersey", 2001
^ Eric Robinson, New-York Historical Society Library
^ "Thousands Sob as Baby UnVeils Slocum Statue", New York Times, June 16, 1905, p. 9. Retrieved on 2007-06-26.
There is a reference to this in Elizabeth Gurley Flynn's autobiography "The Rebel Girl: An Autobiography- My First Life (1906-1926)"

Further reading
Jay Nash, Darkest Hours. Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1976. ISBN 0882291408
Werner Braatz and Joseph Starr, Fire on the River: The Story of the Burning of the General Slocum. Krokodiloplis Press, 2000. ISBN 0974936308
Ed O'Donnell, Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum. Broadway, 2003. ISBN 0767909054