1903, June 7.--French steamer Libau sunk in collision with
steamer Insulerre near Marseilles; 150 lives lost.
1904, June 15. General Slocum, excursion steamboat, took
fire going through Hell Gate, East River; more than 1000
lives lost.
1906, Jan. 21.--Brazilian battleship Aquidaban sunk near
Rio Janeiro by an explosion of the powder magazines; 212
lives lost.
1906, Jan. 22.--American steamer Valencia lost off Cloose,
Pacific Coast; 140 lives lost.
1906, Aug. 4.--Italian emigrant ship Sirio struck a rock off
Cape Palos; 350 lives lost.
1906, Oct. 21.--Russian steamer Variag, on leaving Vladivostock,
struck by a torpedo and sunk; 140 lives lost.
1907, Feb. 12.--American steamer Larchmond sunk in collision
off Rhode Island coast; 131 lives lost.
1907, July 20.--American steamers Columbia and San
Pedro collided on the Californian coast; 100 lives lost.
1907, Nov. 26.--Turkish steamer Kaptain foundered in the
North Sea; 110 lives lost.
1908, March 23.--Japanese steamer Mutsu Maru sunk in
collision near Hakodate; 300 lives lost.
1908, April 30.--Japanese training cruiser Matsu Shima
sunk off the Pescadores owing to an explosion; 200 lives lost.
1909, Jan. 24.--Collision between the Italian steamer
Florida and the White Star liner Republic, about 170 miles
east of New York during a fog; a large number of lives were
saved by the arrival of the steamer Baltic, which received the
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