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    NAME: Victoria
    OTHER NAME(s): - 
    REASON: collapsed due to overloading
    DATE:  24 May 1881
    LOCATION: Thames River, near London, Ontario
    TYPE:  steamer
    HULL TYPE: wooden
    BUILDER: built at London, Ontario - 1880
    OWNER: 
    MASTER: 
    TONNAGE: 43 gt
    LENGTH: 80 ft
    BEAM: 28 ft
    DEPTH: 
    CASUALTIES: 200+
    SURVIVORS: ?
    
                   On her return trip from Springbank, with over
                   600 excursionists aboard, the vessel took on a
                   list due to overcrowding and began filling.
                   The upper deck collapsed under the strain and
                   the Victoria rolled over and sank.


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Sources: Ludington Record, Ludington, MI., May 26, 1881
         Historical Collections of the Great Lakes