Lithograph of the Princess Louise (Ship) Standing By Sinking of Victoria
Credit LineTransfer from the London and Middlesex Historical Society, 1958
Object number1958.001.340
Label TextThis lithograph depicts the vessel Princess Louise on the water with 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. Approximately 200 passengers died, most women and children.
NameLithograph
c. 1881
c. 1881
RON NELSON
c. 1943-45