Photos taken on the day the steamer "Chodoc" sailing back from the Far East shipwrecked off Cape Guardafui in July 1905. The top photograph shows some of the 600 passengers and crew in front of one of the local Somali boats used in the rescue. The beached "Chodoc" is visible in the background (center left). The other photos shows scenes on the beach soon after the shipwreck. The passengers were picked up two days later by the Russian transport ship "Smolensk". The photos, most likely taken by a passenger or a crewman, were published in the French magazine "L'Illustration".