The collision of the Princess Alice pleasure steamer with the Tyne collier, Bywell Castle, in the Thames in September 1878 resulted in Britain's worst-ever inland waterway accident. Almost 650 Princess Alice passengers and crew died. Whole families were wiped out; many children were left orphans; parents childless. The nation wept. Joan Lock describes vividly the lead up to the accident, the disaster itself and its aftermath. She then delves into the quarrels that the tragedy devolved into, as each side blamed the other during the extended inquiries to discover just how the accident happened and why so many people drowned. In the process, the author makes a startling discovery...
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The Princess Alice Disaster
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Prologue: ‘Where are you coming to!’
- Chapter One: Today’s the Day!
- Chapter Two: Collision
- Chapter Three: Indescribably Hushed
- Chapter Four: Yes, But How Many?
- Plates
- Chapter Five: The Vultures are Gathering
- Chapter Six: Serious Accusations
- Chapter Seven: Shameful Sunday
- Chapter Eight: Burial Monday
- Chapter Nine: Laid to Rest
- Chapter Ten: Meanwhile
- Chapter Eleven: What Are They Hiding?
- Chapter Twelve: So, Who Was to Blame?
- Chapter Thirteen: Other Views
- Chapter Fourteen: Aftermath
- Chapter Fifteen: A Deep and Lasting Sorrow
- Chapter Sixteen: Acute Memory Loss
- Chapter Seventeen: In Context
- Chapter Eighteen: Unfit for Service?
- Chapter Nineteen: Hisses in Court
- Chapter Twenty: Life Goes On
- Chapter Twenty-One: The Perils of Kissing
- Chapter Twenty-Two: What Rule?
- Chapter Twenty-Three: In Memoriam
- Chapter Twenty-Four: Déjà Vu
- The Casualties
- Sources and Bibliography
- Index
- By the Same Author
- Copyright
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