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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. · May 9, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 19.

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Note and Comment

By Editor

Ocean Disasters

THE following ocean disasters are recorded since the year 1866:—
1866—Steamer “London,” on her way to Melbourne, foundered in the Bay of Biscay; 220 lives lost.
1867—Royal mail-steamers “Rhone” and “Wye,” and about fifty other vessels were driven ashore and wrecked at St. Thomas, West Indies, by a hurricane; about 1,000 lives lost.
1873—British steamer “Northfleet” sank in collision off Dungeness; 300 lives lost.
1873—White Star liner “Atlantic” was wrecked off Nova Scotia; 547 lives lost.
1874—Emigrant vessel “Cespatrick” took fire and sank off Auckland; 476 lives lost.
1878—British training-ship “Eurydice,” a frigate, foundered near the Isle of Wight; 300 lives lost.
1878—British iron steamer “Princess Alice” sank in collision on the Thames; 700 lives lost.
1878—French steamer “Byzantine” sank in collision with the British steamer “Binaldo,” in the Dardanelles; 210 lives lost.
1880—British training-ship “Atlanta” left Bermuda with 290 men, and was never heard from.
1887—Steamer “Kapunda” in collision with bark “Ada Melore” off coast of Brazil; 30 lives lost.
1887—British steamer “Wah Young” caught fire between Canton and Hongkong; 400 lives lost.
1890—British steamer “Duburg” was wrecked in the China Sea; 400 lives lost.
1890—Turkish frigate “Ertogrul” foundered off Japan; 540 lives lost.
1891—Anchor liner “Utopia” in collision with British steamer “Anson” off Gibraltar; 574 lives lost.
1892—Steamer “Namehow” was wrecked in China Sea; 414 lives lost.
1894—Steamer “Norge” was wrecked on Rockall reef in the North Atlantic; nearly 600 lives lost.
1895—German steamer “Elbe” sank in collision with British steamer “Crathie,” in North Sea; 335 lives lost.
1895—Steamer “Chicora” vanished in Lake Michigan; 26 lives lost.
1895—War-ship “Reina Regina,” collision; 400 lives lost.
1895—Steamer “Colima,” was wrecked; 171 lives lost.
1896—Steamer “Copernicus” sank; 152 lives lost.
1897—Steamer “Kapunda” foundered; 300 lives lost.
1898—Steamer “La Bourgogne,” collision; 540 lives lost.
1904—Steamer “General Slocum” was burned; 958 lives lost.
1904—Steamer “Norge” was wrecked on reef; 750 lives lost.
1905—Steamer “Hilda” sank; 123 lives lost.
1906—Steamer “Valencia” foundered; 119 lives lost.
1906—Steamer “Sirio” foundered; 225 lives lost.
1906—Brazilian cruiser “Aquadaban” sank; 212 lives lost.
1907—Steamer “Larchmont” was lost; 185 perished.
1907—Steamer “Hongkong” struck rock; 130 lives lost.
1907—Steamer “Berlin,” was wrecked; 125 lives lost.
1907—Steamship “Lakota,” struck a reef; loss unknown.
1907—Steamship “Columbia”; 70 lives lost.
1912—“Titanic”; 1,595 lives lost.