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march 4 1920 goodbye tacoma she sank after a coal fire in the cargo holds spread to the trash she was carying the gasoline she had in her holds exploded bursting her plates and letting on water the there was no time time to vent steam of turn off the throttle as the wheel sucked people in shredding them when the boiler hit the water it exploded letting on even more water 1 out of her 2 lifeboats was launched as she slipped below the waves a loud sizzling sound was heard she was gone taking 16 lifes with her the men in lifeboats spent all night trying to save as many as they could the ship had no marconi system and had to rely on flares an unknown cargo ship came to rescue them a day later

Description
march 4 1920 goodbye tacoma she sank after a coal fire in the cargo holds spread to the trash she was carying the gasoline she had in her holds exploded bursting her plates and letting on water the there was no time time to vent steam of turn off the throttle as the wheel sucked people in shredding them when the boiler hit the water it exploded letting on even more water 1 out of her 2 lifeboats was launched as she slipped below the waves a loud sizzling sound was heard she was gone taking 16 lifes with her the men in lifeboats spent all night trying to save as many as they could the ship had no marconi system and had to rely on flares an unknown cargo ship came to rescue them a day later