June 15, 1896 two steamers in Kobe, Japan were crashed together and sunk. The Kawanoura Maru and the
Hozui Maru were in the bay when they were hit by a tsunami, an estimated 178 people on board were killed.
This was a minor incident when you consider that about 27,000 people on shore were killed.

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