Manufacturer Toronto Lithograph Co

Lithograph of the Victoria Sinking

Date1881

DimensionsOverall: 73.7 x 96.6 cm

Credit LineTransfer from the London and Middlesex Historical Society, 1958

Object number1958.001.339

Label TextThis lithograph depicts the doomed steamer Victoria submerged in the Thames River. The vessel capsized on the Thames River near present-day Greenway Park on Victoria Day (May 24), 1881. The overcrowded steamer was on its way back downtown from Springbank Park. Something caused the passengers to rush to one side of the vessel. It listed and then the boiler rolled off its mount. Falling debris crushed some. Others drowned. Almost 200 passengers died, most women and children.

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