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SS City of Chester : ウィキペディア英語版 | SS City of Chester
The SS ''City of Chester'' was a steamship built in 1875 that sank after a collision with RMS ''Oceanic'' at the Golden Gate in San Francisco Bay on August 22, 1888. ''City of Chester'' was long. She was owned by the Oregon Railroad Co. and leased by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company.〔 ==Sinking==
Headed to Eureka, California, with 90 passengers on the foggy morning of August 22, 1888, at about 10 am she collided with RMS ''Oceanic'', a liner inbound from Hong Kong.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NOAA Coast Survey ship finds 19th century shipwreck off Golden Gate Bridge — again )〕 The two ships saw each other, but as was later determined by a British Naval Court, ''City of Chester'' was caught by tidal current and carried into the path of the larger ship.〔 An eyewitness aboard ''Oceanic'' said: "Into her we crashed with irrisistible force, cutting her just as though she was a cheese." She sank in six minutes, and despite rescue efforts by those aboard ''Oceanic'', thirteen passengers, including two children, and three crew members died.〔 In terms of loss of life, this is the second most deadly wreck in the history of San Francisco Bay, after the sinking of the in 1901.〔 ''Oceanic'' had Chinese crew and her steerage passengers were Chinese immigrants; anti-Chinese xenophobia was high in the US at the time and initially the Chinese were accused of letting ''City of Chester''s passengers drown. When news of their efforts to save them came out, it helped to reduce the prejudice against the Chinese.〔〔
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