MAKE A MEME View Large Image ...Qld 1 42735 Pearl (ship).jpg en Pearl ship The steamer Pearl moored above the Victoria Bridge second temporary structure in 1896 On Thursday 13 February 1896 at 5 05pm the Pearl left Queen's Wharf for the Musgrave Wharf South Brisbane with ...
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Keywords: StateLibQld 1 42735 Pearl (ship).jpg en Pearl ship The steamer Pearl moored above the Victoria Bridge second temporary structure in 1896 On Thursday 13 February 1896 at 5 05pm the Pearl left Queen's Wharf for the Musgrave Wharf South Brisbane with between 80 and 100 passengers following the closure of the temporary bridge structure as a result of flood damage Passsing between the steamer Normanby and the Government steamer Lucinda the Pearl was carried onto the Lucinda's anchor chains and capsized Approximately fifty people drowned The hulk of the Success is in the background Information taken from The Queenslander 22 February 1896 1896-02-01 handle 10462/deriv/143791 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland N Colclough PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Ships of Australia Pearl ship Ships in Queensland Brisbane River 1896 in Queensland Black and white photographs
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