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title: SINKING OF STEAMBOAT SIRIO

subject date: 2005-06-08

caption: DISASTERS On 4 August 1906 the steamship ''Sirio'' sank at the Cape of Los Palos, resulting in around two hundred deaths. The steamship ''Sirio'', of the Compagnia Generale di Navigazione Italiana, leaves from Genoa, headed with a load of emigrants towards the Americas, a few miles from the Spanish coast (Cape of Palos), a terrible impact with a rock causes that the ship will sink in a short time. Drawing by Gennaro Amato (1 April 1857 – 18 November 1947) based on the description of the survivors, cover of ''L'illustration Italiana'', Milan 15 August 1906.

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country: Italia

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continent: Europa

image century : XX

image epoch: Novecento

subject century: XX

subject epoch: Novecento

technique: Copertina

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SirioperiodicsinkingGennaro AmatoGennaro D'AmatoAmato G.D'Amato G.Italian Illustrationperiodicillustrated magazineillustrated weeklyemigrationemigrantsshipwreckshipwreckeddisasterssteamertransatlantic