Hand Etched Souvenir of the Victoria Disaster
Date1881
Credit LineTransfer from Woodstock Museum National Historic Site, Woodstock, Ontario, 1986
Object number1986.014.002
Label TextThis cork block is a piece of salvage from the steamer Victoria, which capsized while en route from Springbank Park to downtown on Victoria Day (May 24), 1881. The tragedy claimed almost 200 lives. The carving on the cork reads, "This Cork is/From the wreck/of Victoria steamer on/the river Thames /London/C.W./24th May 1881."
NameSouvenir
c. 1881
After 1881
1880-1890s
