Complex sentence: The S.S. "Portland" was built by New England Shipbuilding Co. in 1889 and sank in the Portland Gale of 1898 off of Cape Ann, killing all 192 people aboard.
Split into simpler sentences: The S.S. "Portland" was built by New England Shipbuilding Co. in 1889. It sank in the Portland Gale of 1898 off of Cape Ann, killing all 192 people aboard.