Which ship sank and made the news for its chaotic evacuation around the year 1912?
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The best candidate appears to be the SS Sirio, from 1906. It's "a few years ago" relative to the article and it fits the rest of the description well:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Sirio
The shipwreck gained notoriety because the captain, Giuseppe Piccone, abandoned ship at the first opportunity.
A panic broke out on the ship, with people being trampled and others throwing themselves in the sea while knife-fights broke out over the lifeboats. Terrifying scenes of mothers grieving over their drowned children were described. One report claimed that the captain and his officers tried to restore order, but it soon emerged that he had been the first to abandon ship.
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