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Steamer Kuru capsizes and sinks on Lake Näsijärvi near Tampere in Finland. One hundred thirty-six lives are lost.
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SS Kuru
Passenger steamship which sank in the lake Näsijärvi in Tampere, Finland (1929)
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Näsijärvi
Lake in Pirkanmaa, Finland
Näsijärvi is a lake 95 metres (312 ft) above sea level, in the Pirkanmaa region of southern Finland. Näsijärvi is the biggest lake in the Tampere area at 256 square kilometres (99 sq mi) in size. The city of Tampere was built along the Tammerkoski rapids, through which the lake…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Tampere
Third-most populous city in Finland
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