s lost.

1895, Jan. 30.--German steamer Elbe sunk in collision with British
steamer Crathie in North Sea; 335 lives lost.

1898, July 4.--French line steamer La Bourgogne in collision with
British sailing vessel Cromartyshire; 571 lives lost.

1898, Nov. 27.--American steamer Portland, wrecked off Cape Cod, Mass.;
157 lives lost.

1901, April 1.--Turkish transport Aslam wrecked in the Red Sea; over 180
lives lost.

1902, July 21.--Steamer Primus sunk in collision with the steamer Hansa
on the Lower Elbe; 112 lives lost.

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 "C. Q. D.," or distress signal sent up by
wireless by the Republic January 22. The Republic sank while being
towed; 6 lives lost.

1910, Feb. 9.--French line steamer General Chanzy off Minorca; 200 lives
lost.

1911, Sept. 25.--French battleship Liberte sunk by explosion in Toulon
harbor; 223 lives lost.

CHAPTER XXVI. DEVELOPMENT OF SHIPBUILDING

EVOLUTION OF WATER TRAVEL--INCREASES IN SIZE OF VESSELS--IS THERE ANY
LIMIT?--ACHIEVEMENTS IN SPEED--TITANIC NOT THE LAST WORD.

THE origin of trav