The World Almanac & Book of Facts

1919 Peace Conference opens informally at Paris,
Jan. 12; formally inaugurated at Versailles,
Jan. 18: treaty signed at Versailles, June
28; by the Treaty Plenipotentiaries of
Germany and the Allied Powers; Presi-
dent Wilson gave the treaty to the Senate,
July 10; ratified by the German National
Assembly, July 10: by the British Par-
liament, July 25; and by King George,
July 31; by the King of Italy, Oct. 7; by
France, Oct. 13, and by Japan, Oct. 27;
defeated in the United States Senate, Nov. 19.
Three U. S. Navy seaplanes left Trepassy,
Newfoundland, May 16: one, the N-C_4.
reached the Azores, May 17; Lisbon, May
27: Plymouth, England, May 31: Harry
G. Hawker and MacKenzie Grieve fell in
mid-ocean on an attempted flight, May
18,
from Newfoundland to Ireland but
were rescued: John Alcock and A. W.
Brown made, June 14-15, a non-stop air
flight from Newfoundland to Ireland; a
British dirigible balloon, R-34, left Scot-
land, July 2, and descended in Mineola,
L. I. July 6. It left for England, July 10.
and arrived there July 13. The U. S. trans-
continental air flight, New York to San
Francisco and return, Oct. 8-18, was won
by Lieut. W. B. Maynard and Lieut. Alex.
Pearson.

Nation-wide bomb plot; at the home of At-
torney Gen. Palmer, the Red was killed
by his own bomb, June 2.
Airplane service between New York and
Chicago began, July 1.

Big port strike at N. Y., Boston, etc., began
July 16.

Dirigible balloon exploded, falling on Illinois
Trust and Savings Bank Building, Chicago,
killing 10: July 21.

Thirty-one killed, 500 injured, in race riot, at Chicago, July 27.

Boston police strike, began Sept. 9.

Steel workers strike all over U. S., beginning
Sept. 22: railway strike in England began
Sept. 27: soft coal miners in U. 8. began
strike, Oct. 31.

1920 The United States Senate for the second time
defeated the German treaty, March 19.
The U. S. transport Buford (Soviet Ark)
took to Finland Emma Goldman, Alexander
Berkman and 200 other Reds (Dec., 1919-
Jan., 1920).

The Eighteenth Amendment to the U. S.
Constitution, providing for Nation-wide
Prohibition, was proclaimed in effect Jan. 16.
International Court of Justice adopted by
League of Nations, Aug. 2.

The Nineteenth Amendment, giving suffrage
to women, was proclaimed in effect, Aug. 26.
Wall St., N. Y., bomb explosion, killed over
30: injured over 100; did over $2,000,000
property damage, Sept. 16.

1921 President Harding signed joint resolution (passed by House, June 30, by Senate July 1) of Congress declaring peace with Germany and Austria, July 2. The treaty was signed Aug. 25. at Berlin, by United States and German representatives: was ratified Sept. 17 by the German National Council; ratified by the United States Senate (66 to 20) on Oct. 18.

America's Unknown Soldier was burled at
Arlington National Cemetery, near Wash-
ington, Nov. 11.

Sinn Feiners burned Custom House, Dublin,
May 25.

Arkansas River floods and rain swept away

665 houses at Pueblo, Col., making 3,500 persons homeless; property loss over $20,000.000: 1,500 dead or missing, June 3-4. Explosion of a new gas plant at Oppau, on the Rhine, Germany. killed hundreds and destroyed property worth millions, Sept. 21. Collapse and explosion of dirigible balloon, ZR-2, over Hull, England; 42, including U. S. Naval men, were killed, Aug. 24. Limitation of Armaments Conference met at Washington, Nov. 11; it adjourned Feb. 6, 1922.

1922 Roof of Knickerbocker (movie) Theatre collapsed at Washington, D. C.; 98 died from injuries, Jan. 28.

-Dirigible balloon Roma exploded descending

at Hampton, Va.; 34 died of injuries, Feb. 21.
Irish Free State established, Dec. 6.
Last British troops of occupation evacuated
Dublin, Dec. 17.

Fourteen republics of Rusela combined, in con-
vention at Moscow, as the Union of Soviet
Socialistic Republics, Dec. 20.

1923 French and Belgian troops began occupation of the Ruhr, Jan. 11.

192

The World's friendship airplane S-C II. reached
Rio Janeiro, from New York, Feb. 8.
100th anniversary of Delaware and Hudson,
first centennial of an American railroad, was
celebrated at New York City, April 23.
Earthquake, followed by fires and tidal waves,
destroyed part of Tokio and Yokohama, over
100,000 were killed, Sept. 1.

Allles and Germany, in Agreement of London,
accepted Dawes Reparation Plan, Aug. 16:
French troops began evacuation of Ruhr by
marching out of Offenburg and Appenweler.
Aug. 18: the Agreement of London was
formally signed Aug. 30 at London by
Germany and the powers concerned, and
Owen D. Young of the United States as-
sumed duties as Agent General of Repara-
tion Payments.

Nikolai Lenin (V. I. Ulianov), 54, Premier of Soviet Russia, died of apoplexy, near Mo6cow, Jan. 21.

Former President Woodrow Wilson died at his home, Washington, Feb. 3.

U. S. Senate, 47 to 34, adopted resolution asking President Coolidge to call for resignation of Sec'y of Navy Denby on account of oil leases, Feb. 11; he resigned, Feb. 18, as of March 10.

President Coolidge asked Atty. Gen. Daugherty
by letter to resign, which he did immediately.
March 28.

Twenty were killed, sixty injured, and property
was destroyed for miles around when ex-
plosion destroyed nitration works at Nixon,
N. J.. on Raritan River. Nearly 1,000,000
gallons of ammonia nitrate blew up, March 1.
Earthquake partly destroyed the capital city
of San Jose, Costa Rica, March 4.
U. S. Senate ratified treaty with Britain on
searching of rum running ships off U. S.
coasts, March 13. This was the first of the
pacts of the kind.

Three army airplanes left Santa Monica, Cal.,
March 6, on trip around the world; they
reached N. Y. City on the return trip, Sept.
8, and landed at Seattle, Wash., Sept. 28.
Without a dissenting vote, or the formality of
a rollcall, the U. S. Senate adopted the Reed
amendment to the Immigration Bill, which
bars from admission to the U. S. any Japanese
except Ministers, members of the learned
professions and arts, and students and their
wives and children, April 15.

Republic of Greece, inaugurated at Athens,
May 1.

N. F. Leopold, jr., 19, and Richard Loeb, 19,
kidnapped for ransom and killed Robert
Franks, 13, at Chicago, May 22; they pleaded
guilty. July 21, and were sentenced to prison
for life.

The German Reichstag, 247 to 183, accepted
the Dawes reparation plan, June 6.
President Millerand of France resigned, June 11.
The Prince of Wales began his American tour
at N. Y., Aug. 29; he left Syosset, N. Y.,
Sept. 21 for his ranch, at High River, Alberta,
Can.: he was at Duluth, Minn., Oct. 12:
at Chicago, Oct. 3; with Henry Ford, at
Detroit, Oct. 14; at Toronto. Can., Oct.
15; he returned to N. Y. City, Oct. 24, and
left there for England on a steamship, Oct. 25.
The ZR-3, dirigible, left Friedrichshafen, Ger-
many, Oct. 12, 12:35 A. M.; arrived at New
York, Oct. 15, 8:40 A. M.; reached Lake-
hurst, N. J., 9:55 A. M. (all eastern standard
time).

Great Britain repudiated its Labor Govern-
ment's treaty with Russia, Nov. 21.

1925 President Coolidge handed down his arbitral award in the controversy between Chile and Peru over possession of Tacna and Arica, calling for a plebiscite by which these provinces shall determine their own nationality, and holding that the town and Province of Tarata shall revert to Peru, March 9. Gen. John J. Pershing was made head of the Plebiscite Commission, but the entire proceedings were abandoned in 1926, owing to disorders in Chile and Peru and hostility to the Coolidge decision.

The U. S. Senate ratified, March 13, a treaty recognizing Cuban sovereignty over the Isle of Pines; in effect, March 23.

A storm in Missouri, Southern Illinois and Indiana killed over 830 persons, injured 3,800 and destroyed property valued at $10,000,000. The main path covered 165 miles, from Annapolis, Mo., to Princeton, Ind.. March 18.

1925 200 were killed by the explosion of bombs in
the Cathedral of Sveti Kral, at Sofia, at the
funeral of Gen. Georghieff, who was as-
sassinated April 14. The dead included
Police Prefect Kissoff, Mayor Paskaleff, ex-
War Minister Davidoff, Gens. Naidenoff,
Nezrezoff, Loloff, Zlatereff, and Popoff;
Dept. Prefect Medelecheff, April 16.
Great Britain, by act of Parliament, restored
the gold standard, May 5.

A snake was found in Ireland and put in the
Nat'l Museum, Dublin, May 12.
Earthquakes in Japan killed 381, hurt 526,
destroyed 2,500 houses, and caused $50,-
000,000 property loss, May 23.
Earthquakes partly destroyed the City of
Santa Barbara, Cal., June 29, following
severe shocks, June 27-28, in Mont., Idaho,
Wash., and Wyo.

John T. Scopes was found guilty at Dayton,
Tenn., of having taught evolution in the
high school and was fined $100.

The U. S. war fleet visited Australia and New
Zealand in July-Oct.

The 2 Chinese Nine Power Treaties of the
Washington Arms Conference were ratified

at Washington by the U. S., France, Japan, Italy, Great Britain, China, Portugal, Belgium and Holland, Aug. 5.

Strike of anthracite coal miners began, Aug. 31, in Pa.: ended, Feb. 12, 1926.

The U. S. Navy rigid dirigible airship Shenandoah (which had left Lakehurst, N. J., on Sept. 2, bound for St. Paul) was torn to pieces at 5 A. M. by a thunder squall while passing over Ava, Ohio; 14 of the crew were killed, including Lieut. Com. Zachary Lane downe, Sept. 3.

The Persian Nat'l Assembly deposed the Shah, head of the Kazar dynasty which had ruled since 1779. Premier Reza Khan headed the Government. He was crowned Shah, April 25, 1926.

The body of King Tutankhamen, who died 3,275 years ago at the age of 15 to 18, was taken from its coffin in the royal subterranean tomb at Luxor, Egypt, by Howard Carter. The face was exposed Nov. 19. Germany ratified the Locarno treaties, Nov. 27. They were ratified by Great Britain, Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, Poland. and Czechoslovakia, at London, Dec. 1.

HIGHEST LATITUDES REACHED IN POLAR EXPLORATIONS.

(Prepared by the National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C., Gilbert Grosvenor, LL. D., President.) The following is a record of the highest latitudes Western Hemispheres, both by land and by sea: attained in Arctic and Antarctic exploration during *Represents new records. the past three hundred years in the Eastern and

Date. No. Lat.

1596 79° 49'

1607 80° 23' 1773 80° 48′ 1806 81° 30'

1827 82° 45′ 1868 81° 42' 1873 81° 50' 1893-5 86° 4' 1894-731° 20' 1899 82° 4' 1899 86° 34'

1904 82°

1926 90°

ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

Date.

Latitude.

(Jan. 30)

1774

1823

1839

71° 10′ S.
74° 15' 8.
70° 8.
78° 10' S.
78° 34' S.
82° 17' 8.
88° 23' S.
90°

(Jan. 9) 1909 (Dec. 14) 1911 (Jan. 18) 1912 90°

Dr. Frederick A. Cook claimed to have discovered the North Pole on April 21, 1908.

Capt. Cagni, on his journey in 1899, reached 86° 34' N., 64° E-at that time the most northerly point attained by man-within 206 miles of the North Pole.

Sir Ernest Shackleton in 1908 personally led the party which pushed to latitude 88° 20′ S., 162° E. longitude, surpassing his predecessors by 365 geographical miles and reaching within 97 miles of the South Pole.

Admiral Charles Wilkes first saw the Antarctic Continent on Jan. 16, 1840, at 158° E. longitude.

Longitude. 106° 54' W. 34° 17′ W. 105° W. 161° 27′ W. 164° 10' W. 163° E. 162°

Locality.

Spitzbergen & Gr'nland Sea Spitzbergen & Gr'nland Sea Spitzbergen & Gr'nland Sea. Spitzbergen & E. Greenland. North of Spitsbergen. Spitzbergen.

Fran: Josef Land.

North of Franz Josef Land
Franz Josef Land.
Franz Josef Land.

North of Franz Josef Land.
Franz Josef Land.

Spitzbergen and return.
Spitzbergen te Ale ka.

Means.

Sailing vessel Sailing vessel Sailing vessel Sailing vessel

Steamship and sledge journeys.
Steamship and sledge Journeys.
Steamship and sledge journeys.
Steamship and sledge Journeys.
Steamship and sledge journey's

In the afternoon of Sunday, July 11, 1897, the Swedish aerial engineers, Andrée, Strindberg and Fraenkel, departed from Virgo, Spitsbergen, on board the balloon Ornen for the North Pole

Until the year in which the World War began relics of their voyage continued to be plekod up, rumors came of the finding of bodies and of the wreck of the balloon and there was a story of their descent and death 3,000 miles away from their starting point.

But whatever their fate and the fate of the Ornen. they were never seen by civilized man again.

Marine Disasters.

NOTABLE MARINE DISASTERS IN 100 YEARS.
(Figures indicate number of lives lost.)

Bollers of steamer Blue Ridge on
Ohio River explode: 30.

1829-June 4. U. S. steam frigate, Fulton, destroyed | 1848-Jan. 8.
by magazine explosion at Brooklyn Navy Yard: 26.
-Sept. 10-U. S. warship Hornet lost in a gale-Aug. 12. Steamer Edward Bates blew up: 28.
in the Gulf of Mexico; last heard of off Tampico-Aug. 24.
on date named: 140.

1831-April 9. Brig Billow wrecked on Ragged
Island, Nova Scotia; 137.

-Aug. 19. Immigrant ship Lady Sherbrooke,
Ireland to Quebec, wrecked off Cape Ray: 273.
-Steam packet, Rothesay Castle, wrecked near
Liverpool: 100.

1832-April 9. Steamship Brandywine burned on
Mississippi River near Memphis; 110.

1833-May 11. Ship Lady of the Lake, England to Quebec, hit by iceberg: 215.

-Aug. 30. Ship Amphitrite, bound for Australia with British women convicts, wrecked off Boulogne, France: 128.

1836 Oct. 25. Steamboat Royal Tar, burned in
Penobscot Bay: 32.

-Nov. 21. American ship Bristol, England to
New York, wrecked of Far Rockaway Beach,
N. Y.: 77.

1837-Jan. 2. American bark Mexico, England to
New York, wrecked on Hempstead Beach, near
Point Lookout, N. Y.; 62.

American emigrant ship Ocean Monarch, from Liverpool, burned off Carnarvonshire, North Wales; 200.

1849-Nov. 15.

Steamer Louisiana explodes at

New Orleans: 60.

-Nov. 16. Emigrant ship Caleb Grimshaw burned
at sea; 60.
1850-March 7.

Steamer Orville St. John, burned
near Montgomery, Ala.: 30.
-March 30. Steamer Royal Adelaide wrecked off
Margate: 400.

--April 27. Steamer Anthony Wayne, Sandusky to
Buffalo, on Lake Erie, explodes boiler and sinks;
38.

-June 15. Steamship Orion strikes rock on shore
north of Portpatrick; 50.
-June 17. Steamer Griffith burned on Lake Erie;
300.

Nov. 12.

Emigrant ship Edmund, Limerick to
New York, wrecked off coast of Ireland; 100.
1852-Jan. 24. Steamer Amazon burned off Scilly
Islands; 100.
Troopship Birkenhead, Queenstown to
Cape of Good Hope, wrecked; 454.

-Feb. 16. British ship Jane and Margaret, Eng--Feb. 26.
land to New York, lost near Isle of Man; 200.
-May 9.

Steamer Sherrod burned on Mississippi-July 27. Steamboat Henry Clay, burned on

River; 175.

-Aug. 15. Steamboat Dubuque, blew up
Mississippi River near Bloomington, Wis.
-Oct. 9. Steamboat Home, New York to Charles-
ton, wrecked off Ocracoke: 100.

-Oct. 29. Steamboat Monmouth sunk in collision
on Mississippi River; 234.

1838 April 25. Steamboat Moselle blown up on
Ohio River, near Cincinnati, Ohio: 100.

-June 14. Steamboat Pulaski, Savannah to Balti-
more, blew up off North Carolina; 140.
-June 16. Steamboat Washington burned on Lake
Erie: 50.

Hudson River; 70:

-Aug. 20. Steamer Atlantic sunk by collision on
Lake Erie: 250.

-Sept. 4.

River: 38.

Steamboat Reindeer, blew up on Hudson

1853-Feb. 15.

Steamship Queen Victoria, wrecked

near Dublin; 67.

-Feb. 16. The Independence burned off coast
Lower California; 140.

-May 3. Immigrant ship William and Mary,
sunk at Bahamas; 170.

-May 20.

Ship Aurora, from New York, vanished

at sea; 25.
Emigrant ship Annie Jane wrecked off
coast of Scotland: 348.

-Nov. 21. East Indianman Protector, wrecked-Sept. 29.
off Bengal: 170.

-Nov. 25. Steamboat Gen. Brown, blew up on
Mississippi River, at Helena, Ark.: 60.
1840-Jan. 13. Steamboat Lexington, New York
to Stonington, burned off Edens Neck, L. I.; 140.
-Aug. 9. Brig Florence, Rotterdam to New York,
foundered off Newfound nd: 60.

1841-Jan. 4. Steamer Thames, Dublin to Liver-
pool, wrecked off St. Ives: 56.

-Feb. 19. Ship Governor Fenner, England to New York, sunk in collision off Holyhead, England: 122.

-March 11. Steamer President, New York to Liverpool, with 136 persons on board; never heard from.

-Dec. 23-31. Steamer San Francisco, bound for California with 700 United States troops, foundered at sea; 240.

-Dec. 30.

Staffordshire,
Ship

Liverpool for
Boston, grounded near Seal Island; 178.
1854- Jan. 20. Emigrant ship Tayleur wrecked off
Lambay: 380.

-Jan. 28. Steamer Georgia, burned
Orleans; 60.

-March 5. Steamboat

New

burned Caroline,

Mississippi at mouth of White River: 45.
Steamer City of Glasgow, Liverpool to
March.
Philadelphia, with 450 passengers, never heard
from.

Eng-April 15. Steamer Secretary blew up in San
Pablo, Cal. Bay; 50.

-April 19. American ship William Browne,
land to Philadelphia, sunk by iceberg: 70.
-Aug. 9. Steamer Erle burned on Lake Erie: 175.
Transports Abercrombie, Robinson and
-Aug. 28.
Waterloo, wrecked off Cape of Good Hope; 189.
1842-April 14. Steamboat Medora, blew up at
Baltimore; 28.

-June 28. Steamboat Edna, burned near mouth of
Mississippi River: 33.

July 9. Steamer Shamrock, blew up on
Lawrence River: 68.

-April 16. Ship Powhatan, Havre to New York,
grounded on Long Beach, N. Y.: 311.
-May 10. Troopship Lady Nugent, from Madras,
foundered in a storm: 400.

-Sept. 27. Steamer Arctic, from Liverpool, sunk
In collision in fog, 40 miles off Cape Race, N. F.;
350.

St.-Nov. 13-16. Eleven transports with supplles for the army in the Crimea wrecked in storm on Black Sea; 500.

-Oct. 13. Steamer Eliza strikes snag below mouth of Ohio River, and sinks; 30.

-Nov. 13. East Indiaman Rellance, China to London, wrecked off Morlemont, near Boulogne: 109.

-Nov. 26.

Phoenix wrecked in storm off coast of Newfoundland; many lives lost.

1855-May 1. Emigrant ship John wrecked off
Falmouth; 200.
1856-Jan. 30.

Chilian warship Cazador wrecked:
314.
Steamer Pacific. Collins Line, van-
Sept. 23.
ished at sea: 240.

1844-Feb. 28. Steamer De Soto and Buckeye-July 17. collide, Buckeye sinks; 60.

Steamer Northern Indiana, burned on Lake Erie; 30.

Oct. 23. Steamer Lucy Walker explodes three-Sept. 24. Steamer Niagara, burned on Lake boilers at New Albany, Ind.; 50.

Michigan; 60.

-Dec. 14. Steamer Belle of Clarksville run down-Nov. 2. by Louisiana and sunk: 30.

1846-Feb. 12. Steamer Tweed lost off Yucatan;
60.

-June 27. Brig Sutley from Pictou, N. S., to
Fall River, Mass., wrecked in Vineyard Sound; 30.

Steamer Lyonnais sunk off Nantucket in collision; 260.

1857-Feb. 26.

Steamer Tempest, Anchor Line; 150 on board; never heard from. -May 31. Steamer Louisiana, burned near Galveston, Tex.; 55.

-Dec. 8. U. 8. Brig Somers struck by squall off-June 26.
Vera Cruz and sunk: 44.

Steamer Montreal, Quebec to Montreal, burned: 250.

1847-April 28. Emigrant ship Exmouth, London-Aug. 20. Ship Dunbar wrecked near Sydney,

Australia; 120.

-Sept. 12. Steamer Central America, Havana to
New York, sunk; 400.

Lake-Sept. 13.

British steam frigate Avenger, wrecked

off north coast of Africa; 200.

1858-June 13. Steamboat Pennsylvania exploded
on Mississippi River, near Memphis; 160.
Steamer Austria, Hamburg to New
York, burned in midocean; 471.
1859-Feb. 27. Steamboat Princess, blew up near
Baton Rouge, La.; 25.

1859-April 27. American ship Pomona, Liverpool to |
New York, wrecked; 400.

-Oct. 25. Steamer Royal Charter wrecked on the
Anglesea coast; 446.

1860-Jan. 6. Steamer Northerner, wrecked near
Cape Mendocino; 38.

-Feb. 19. Steamer Ondine, sunk in collision with
Heroine, at Biddeford; 60.

-Feb. 19. American ship Luna wrecked off
Barfleur: 100.

Feb. 19. Steamer Hungaria wrecked near Cape
Sable, N. S.; 205.

-June 24. Steamer Ben W. Lewis, blew up at
Cairo, Ill.; 50.

-Sept. 8. Steamer Lady Elgin sunk by collision
on Lake Michigan; 287.

1861-June 4. Steamer Canadian, sunk by ice, Strait of Belle Isle; 35.

1863-Feb. 7. British steamer Orpheus wrecked off coast of New Zealand; 190.

-Dec. 6. Emigrant ship Cospatrick burned at
sea; 470.

1875-May 7, Hamburg mail steamer Schiller,
wrecked in fog on Scilly Islands; 200.
-Sept. 9. Steamboat Equinox, wrecked in Lake
Michigan; 26.

-Nov. 4. American steamer Pacific sunk by
collision off Cape Flattery: 236.

-Nov. 9. Steamer City of Waco, burned off
Galveston; 53.

-Dec. 6. Steamer Deutschland, Bremen to New York, wrecked at mouth of the Thames; 157. -Dec. 31. American ship Harvest Queen, sunk In collision off Queenstown; 27. 1876-Dec. 29. British ship Circassian stranded on Bridgehampton Beach, L. I.; 28. 1877-Jan. 5. American steamer George Cromwell stranded off Cape St. Mary's, Newfoundland: 30. -Jan. 20. American steamer George Washington stranded off Mistaken Point, Newfoundland: 25. -Jan. Colombo of Wilson Line left port, never heard from; 44. 15. British steamer Eten wrecked off Valparaiso; 100. Sultana with ex--Nov. 24. United States sloop-of-war Huron changed Union prisoners of war aboard, destroyed wrecked off North Carolina coast; 100. on Mississippi River, 7 miles above Memphis, by-Nov. Steamer Atacama wrecked off Caldera, boiler explosion; 1,400. Chill; 104.

-April 27. Steamer Anglo-Saxon wrecked in fog
off Cape Race, N. F.; 237.

1864-Nov. 4. British steamship Racehorse, wrecked-July
off Chefoo, China; 99.
1865-April 27. Steamboat

--Aug. 24. Emigrant ship Eagle Speed foundered 1878-Jan. 31. Steamer Metropolis wrecked off near Calcutta: 265. North Carolina; 100.

-Dec. 24. Steamer Constitution, wrecked off-March 24. British training ship Eurydice founCape Lookout; 40.

1866-Jan. 11.

of Biscay; 220.

dered near the Isle of Wight; 300.

Steamer London foundered in Bay-Sept. 3. British steamer Princess Alice sunk in

-Jan. 30. Steamer Missouri, bollers exploded on
Ohio River; 100.

-Jan. 30. Steamer Miami, bollers exploded on
Mississippi River; 150.

collision in the Thames; 700.

-Sept. 28. German steamship Hermann Ludwig,
vanished at sea; 50.

-Dec. 10. Steamship Emily B. Sonder, sank off
Cape Hatteras; 38.

-May. Steamer Gen. Grant, wrecked off New-Dec. 17. British Steamship Homer, vanished at Zealand; 87.

Steamer Cambria lost off Inishtrahull;

-Oct. 20. Steamer Varuna, New York for Gál-
veston, sunk off Florida coast; 72.
1871-Jan. 14. Steamer T. L. McGill, burned on
Mississippi River; 58.

sea; 43.

-Dec. 18. French steamer Byzantin sunk in
collision in the Dardanelles; 210.
1879-Jan. 11. British steamship Zanzibar, left
port, never heard from; 48.
-Feb. 12-16. Thirteen American fishing schooners
foundered off George's Bank, Newfoundland: 144.
-Feb. 18. British steamship Surbiton, left port
never heard from; 33.

-March 19. British steamship Bernicia, left port
never heard from: 45.

-Nov. 7. American steamship Champion wrecked
in collision with ship Lady Octavla, 15 miles
from Delaware lightship; 31..

-Dec. 2. Steamer Borusia sank off the coast of
Spain; 174.

1880 Jan. 31. British training ship Atlanta left
Bermuda with 290 men; never heard from.
-June 11. American steamer Narragansett.
wrecked in collision near Cornfield Point Shoal.
Long Island Sound; 27.

-June 28. Steamboat Seawanhaka, burned in
East River off Ward's Island; 24.

-Aug. American steamer San Salvador lost si
sea, Honduras to Cuba; 29.

-Aug. 29. Steamer City of Vera Cruz foundered
off Florida coast; 68.

-Oct. 16. American steamer Alpena foundered on
Lake Michigan: 60.

-Nov. 24. French steamer Uncle Joseph sunk by
collision off Spezzia; 250.

1881-Jan, 8. British steamship City of Limerick, vanished at sea; 43.

-Jan. 27. Steamer Kensington collides with bark Templar off Cape Hatteras, both wrecked; 150. -Jan. 28. Steamer H. R. Arthur explodes: 87. -July 30. Staten Island ferryboat Westfield's-May 24. Steamer Victoria, capsized in Thames bollers exploded in New York harbor; 100; 200 injured.

-Dec. 20. Steamer Delaware wrecked off Scilly
rocks; 45.

-Dec. 23. Steamer America, Buenos Ayres to
Montevideo, burned; 60.

1872-April 11. Steamer Oceanus explodes; 40.
-Aug. 30. Steamer Metis sunk in collision on
Long Island Sound; 50.

-Oct. 8. Scanderia of Anglo-Egyptian line, left
port, never heard from; 38.

-Oct. 22. Steamship Missouri, New York for
Havana, burned at sea; 32.

1873 Jan. 22. British steamer Northfleet sunk in
collision off Dungeness; 300.
-April 1. White Star steamer Atlantic wrecked
off Nova Scotia; 547.

-Aug. 8. Steamboat Wawasset, burned in Potomac
River: 75.

-Aug. 23. Steamboat Geo. Wolfe, blew up on
Mississippi River: 30.

-Sept. 27. Steamship Ismailia, Anchor liner, lost
at sea; 52.

-Nov. 23. French Line steamer Ville du Havre.
New York to Havre, in collision with ship Loch
Earn and sunk in sixteen minutes; 230.

1874 July 26. Steamboat Pat Rogers, burned on
Ohio River; 50.

River, Canada; 200.

-Aug. 30. Steamer Teuton wrecked off the Cape of Good Hope: 200.

-Nov. 13. British steamship City of London, vanished at sea; 41.

1882-July 4. Steamer Sclota wrecked in collision
on Ohio River: 57.

-Sept. 14. Northwest transit service steamer
Asla, foundered between Ontario and Sault Ste
Marle; 98.

1883 Jan. 3. British steamship Straits of Dover.
left port, never heard from; 27.

-May 3. Grapples burned near Bute Inlet, Vancouver Island: 70.

-July 3. Steamer Daphne capsized in the Clyde.
124.

-Nov. 14. Steamer Manistee, sank in Lake
Michigan; 30.

1884-Jan. 18. American steamer City of Columbus
wrecked off Gay Head Light, Mass.: 99.

-April 3. Steamer Daniel Steinman wrecked off
Sambro Head, N. S.; 131.

-April 18. Bark Pomena in collision with steamer
State of Florida off coast of Ireland, both vessels
sunk; 150.

-July 22. Spanish steamer Glgon and British steamer Lexham in collision off Cape Finisterre both sunk: 150.

Marine Disasters.

1884-Sept. 22. British gunboat Wasp wrecked off Donegal: 52.

-Feb. 11. White Star steamer Naronic, Liverpool
to N. Y. on maiden voyage; vanished.

-Dec. 24. British steamship Coniston vanished-May 29. British steamship Germania foundered at sea: 27.

1885 Jan. 20. British steamship Fernwood left port, never heard from; 25.

-Jan. 20. British steamship Preston left port,
never heard from; 29.

Jan. 24. British steamship Clanders left port,
Dever heard from; 27.

-Feb. 15. British steamship Humber left port,
never heard from: 56.

-Nov. 7. British steamer Algoma stranded at
Isle Royal, Lake Superior: 48.

-Dec. 26. Three American schooners lost at sea
between Gloucester and St. George's bank; 42.
1886-March 14. Steamer Oregon, Cunard Line,
Liverpool to New York, in collision with unknown
schooner 18 miles east of Long Island; passengers
and crew saved.

-May 30. British steamship Ly-ee-moo wrecked
off Australla; 70.

-Oct. 5. Flues of steamer La Mascotte collapsed
near Crawford's Landing,
and vessel burned
Mo.; 34.
-Dec. 17. American bark Atlantic stranded at
Golden Gate, Cal.; 27.

in Bay of Bengal; 64.

June 22. British battleship Victoria sunk by
collision with her sister ship Camperdown off
Tripoll: 350.

-Nov. 2. Ward Liner, City of Alexandria, Havana
for New York, burned at sea; 30.

1894-Feb. 2. United States corvette Kearsarge
wrecked on Roncador Reef.

-June 25. Steamship Norge, wrecked on Rockall
Reef, North Atlantic; 600.

-Nov. 1. Steamer Wairarapa wrecked off coast of
New Zealand; 134.

1895 Jan. 30. German steamer Elbe sunk in
collision with British steamer Crathle in North
Sea: 335.

-March 11. Spanish

cruiser Reina Regenta
foundered in the Atlantic at entrance to the
Mediterranean; 400.

-May 28. French steamer Dom Pedro wrecked
on coast of Galicia: 100.
Steamer Drummond Castle wrecked
1896 June 17.
off Brest, France; 250.
1898-Feb. 15. United States battleship Maine
blown up in Havana harbor; 260.

July 4. French Line steamer La Bourgogne, in
collision with British sailing ship Cromartyshire;
560.

1887-Jan. 20. Steamer Kapunda in collision with
bark Ada Melmore off coast of Brazil: 300.
-April. American ship St. Stephen, Port Townsend
for San Francisco, lost at sea; 27.
sloop yacht Mystery on
-July 10. American
pleasure trip capsizes off Barren Island, Jamaica-Nov. 26-27.
Bay, N. Y.; 25.

-Oct. 29. American steamer Vernon founders on
Lake Michigan; 41.

-Nov. 15. 400.

British steamer Wah Yeung burned;

-Nov. 19. Steamer W. A. Scholten sunk by collision in the English Channel: 134.

1888--Jan. 4. American ship Alfred D. Snow
stranded off coast of Ireland; 30.

-Feb. 27. American ferryboat Julia explodes
boller at South Vallejo, Cal.; 30.
--Aug. 14. Steamship Geiser sunk by collision
with the Thingvalla; 105.

-Aug. 22. Steamship City of Chester sunk in col-
histon with Steamship Oceanic in San Francisco
harbor; 16.

near

-Sept. 12. Itallan steamship and steamship La
France collide near Canary Islands; 89.
-Oct. 3. American bark Ohlo stranded
Point Hope, Alaska; 25.
-Dec. 24. Steamer Kate Adams burned near
Commerce Landing: 33.
1889-March 16. United States warships Trenton,
Vandalia and Nipsic and German ships Adler and
Eber wrecked on Samoan Islands; 147.

-May 13. American steamship Alaskan founders
at sea between Aslona, Ore., and San Francisco;
26.

Oct. 3. Steamer Corona explodes; 38.
-Dec. 31. British steamship Erin of National
Line, left port, never heard from: 72.

1890 Jan. 2. Steamer Persia wrecked on Island
of Corsica; 130.

-Feb. 17. British steamer Duburg wrecked in
China Sea; 400.

-March 1. British steamship Quetta wrecked off
Cape York; 124.

-Sept. 19. Turkish frigate Ertogrul foundered
off coast of Japan; 540.

-Nov.

-Oct. 14. Steamer Mohegan, Atlantic Transport
Line, wrecked off the Lizard; 170.
Steamer Portland, from Boston, lost
off Cape Cod: 157.
1900June 30. Fire at Hoboken destroyed or
damaged several steamships including the Main,
the Bremen and the Saale, and damaged North
German Lloyd and Hamburg American docks:
145 lives lost; property damage over $10,000,000.
1901-Feb. 22. Pacifle mail steamer Rio de Jan-
eiro wrecked in San Francisco harbor: 128.
-April 1. Turkish transport Asian wrecked in
Red Sea; 180.

-Dec. 2. British sloop of war Condor vanished off
Esquimalt, B. C.; 104.

1902 July 21. Steamer Primus sunk in collision
with steamer Hansa, on the Elbe; 112.
1903-June 7. French steamer Libau sunk in
collision near Marseilles; 150.

1904-June 15. Steamship General Slocum took
fire going through Hell Gate, East River; 1,021.
-June 28. Steamer Norge wrecked off Scottish
coast; 646.

1905 Sept. 13. Japanese warship Mikasa sunk by explosion; 599.

1906-Jan. 21. Brazilian battleship Aquidaban
sunk near Rio Janeiro by explosion of powder
magazine: 212.

-Jan. 22. American steamer Valencia lost off
Vancouver Island; 129.

-Aug. 4. Italian emigrant ship Sirio wrecked off
Cape Palos; 350.

Oct. 21. Russian steamer Variag on leaving
Vladivostok accidentally struck by a torpedo
and sunk: 140.

1907-Jan. British steamship, Bengwerm foun-
dered in North Sea; 24.

-Feb. 12. Steamer Larchmont sunk in Long
Island Sound: 131.

-Feb. 21. British steamer Berlin stranded off the
Hook of Holland; 100.

-Feb. 24.
137.

Austrian steamer Imperatrix wrecked:
Explosion on French battleship Jena

-Oct. 29. Steamship Viscaya, New York for
Havana, sunk in collision off Barnegat, N. J.: 70.-March 12.
killed 117.
10. British cruiser Serpent wrecked in
storm off coast of Spain; 167.
British steamship Thanemore vanished
-Nov. 26.
at sea: 43.
-Dec. 27. British steamer Shanghai burned in
China Sea: 100.

1891-March 17. Steamer Utopia, Anchor Line,
sunk by collision off Gibraltar: 574.

-April 16. British ship St. Catharis wrecked off
Carolina Island; 90.

-April 22. Chillan warship Blauco Encalada
blown up in Caldera Bay: 200.

Sept. 10. Itallan steamship Taormina sunk in
collision in Mediterranean; 50.

Nov. 2. Steamship Enterprise sank in Bay of
Bengal: 77.

-July 20. American steamers Columbia and San
Petro collided on the California coast: 100.
-Nov. 26. Turkish steamer Kaptan, foundered
in North Sea; 110.

1908-Feb. 3. Steamship St. Cuthbert burned off
Nova Scotia; 15.

-March 23. Japanese steamer Matsu Maru sunk in collision near Hakodate: 300.

-April 25. British cruiser Gladiator sunk in
collision with American Liner St. Paul off Isle
of Wight: 30.

April 30. Japanese training cruiser Matsu Shima
sunk by explosion off the Pescadores: 200.
July 28. Steamer Ying King foundered off
Hongkong: 300.

-Dec. 18. Steamer Abyssinia, Guion Line, burned-Aug. at sea.

1892 Jan. 13. Steamer Namchow wrecked in
China Sea; 414.

May 22. Brazilian warship sank near mouth of
La Plata River; 120.

Sept. 1. Steel steamer Western Reserve broke
In two on Lake Superior; 26.
Oct. 28. Steamer

Roumania,

Anchor Line,

wrecked off Portuguese coast; 113. 1893-Feb. 8. Steamer Trinacria, Anchor Line, recked off coast of Spain: 115.

24. Steamship Folgenender wrecked; 70. -Nov. 6. Steamer Talsh sunk in storm; 150. -Nov. 27. Steamer San Pablo sunk off the Philippines; 100. 1909-Jan. 23. Collision between steamer Florida and White Star steamer Republic, latter sunk off Nantucket Lightship during a fog: 6. -Aug. 1. British steamer Waratah, from Sydney via Port Natal for London, left Port Natal July 26; never heard from; 300.

-Nov. 14. Steamer Scyne sunk in collision with steamer Onda off Singapore: 100.

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