Golden Gate’s Own Titanic
The SS City of Rio de Janeiro was a sad catastrophe, and some people refer to it as the Titanic of the Golden Gate. It’s unclear if there was a great love story that happened aboard the ship, but we know that numerous people tried their best to save themselves as the ship sunk.
There were 210 people on the ship when it sunk, and only 82 passengers survived. William Ward was the boat captain, and he was among those who died in the sinking. The watch chain recovered his remains in 1902 when it washed up on a beach by Fort Point.