feb 22, 1901 - The City of Rio de Janeiro, a passenger liner operated by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, strikes a reef as it is entering San Francisco Bay on its way through a dense fog as it is arriving from Honolulu, and sinks within 20 minutes

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Of the 208 people on board, 131 drowned. The sinking happened so quickly that lifeboats that could not be lowered in time went down with the ship, along with the people inside the boats. Other people jumped overboard as the ship steamer went down and were pulled down by the suction of the sinking vessel.

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