Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-04-23
DISASTERS OF THE PAST.


Some Of the More Notable catastro-
phes on the Ocean.
Among the important marine disas-
ters recorded are:
1866, January 11-Steamer London,
on her way to Melbourne. foundered in
the Bay of Biscay; 20 lives lost.
1857, October 29-Royal Mail steam
ers Rhone and Rye and about fifty 9TH
er vessels driven ashore and wrecked
at st. Thomas, West Indies, by hur-
-ricans;- about 1000 lives lost.
1858, March 24-British training ship
Northfeet sunk in collision of Dunge-
ness: 300 lives lost.
1873, November 2S-white Star At
lantic wrecked of Nova Scotia; SAT
lives lost.
1874, December 28-Emigrant vessel
took fire and sank of Auckland; 476
lives lost. 3
1873, March 24-British training
ship Eurydice, frigate, foundered near
the Isle Of Wight; 800 lives lost.
1873. September 3-British iron
steamer Princess Alice sunk in collision
in the Thamas river; 700 lives lost.
1878, December 17-French steamer
Byzantine In collision with the British
steamer Rinaldo in the Dardanelles;
210 lives lost.
1880, January 31-British training
ship Atlanta left Bermuda with 2s0
men and was never heard from.
1887, January 2s-Steamer Kapunda
in collision with the bark Ada Melore
Off coast of Brazil; 800 lives lost.
1887, November 15-British steamer
Wah Young, caught fire between Can
ton and Hong Kong, 400 lives lost.
1890, February 17-British steamer
Duburg wrecked in the China sea; 400
lives lost.
1890, September 1s-Turkish frigate
Ertogrul foundered off Japan; $40
lives lost.
1891, March 17-Anchor line Euto-
pia sunk in collision with British
steamer Anson off Gibraltar; 547 lives
lost.
1892, January 13-Steamer Name
How wrecked in China sea: 414 lives
lost.
1894, June 25-Steamer Norge
wrecked on Rock Fall reef in north
Atlantic; go lives lost.
1895, January 30-German steamer
Elbe sunk in collision with British
steamer Crathie In North sea; 1856 lives
lost.
1895, March 11-Spanish cruiser
Reina Regenta foundered in the Allan
tic at entrance to Mediterranean; 400
lives lost.
1898, July 4-French line steamer La
Bourgogne in collision with British
sailing vessel Cromartyshire; 571 lives
lost.
1898, February 15-United States
battleship Maine blown up in Havana
harbor; 260 lives lost.
1909, August british steamer
Wartah, from Sydney, via Port Natal
on July 26: 300 lives lost.
1904, June 15-General Slocum, ex-
cursion steamer. took fire, going
through He'll Gate, East river; more
than 1000 lives lost.
1906, January 21-Brazilian battle
ship Aquidaban sunk near Rio Janiero
by an explosion of the powder maga-
zines; 220 lives lost.
1906, August Italian -emfgrant
ship Sirio strucka a rock off Cape Pa
los: $50 iives1o
1907, July 20-American steamers
Columbia and San Pedro collided on
the California coast; 100 lives lost.
1908, March 23-Japanese steamer
Mutsu Maru sunk in collision near
Hakadato; 300 lives lost.
1908, April 30-Japanese training
cruiser Matsu Shima sunk off the Pes
Cadorse owing to an explosion; 200
lives lost.
1909, January 14-Collision between
the Italian steamer Florida and the
White Star Republic about ITO miles
east of New York during fog: large
number Of lives were saved by the ar
rival Of the steamer Baltic which re-
ceived the wireless distress signal sent
out by the Republic operator; January
%; the Republic sank while being tow
ed; six lives lost.
1911, September 27-French battle
ship Liberte, sunk by explosion In
Toulon harbor. 2a3 lives loet