Disasters
Ocean Wave
Date: 30 April 1853
Place: Lake Ontario, 25 miles west of Kingston
From Obituaries from Ontario's Christian Guardian 1861-1870 by Donald McKenzie -- The steamer, Ocean Wave, burned on Lake Ontario Sat., c 25 miles west of Kingston
Passengers Saved
Mrs. George French, Cornwall
Mrs. Stevenson, Hamilton
Captain & Mrs. Kaih, Ogdensburgh
Thomas Perry, Ogdensburgh
Passengers Lost
Mrs. McDonald, Ogdensburgh
Miss McLennan, Cornwall
Mrs. Stewart, Toronto
3 children of Mrs. Stevenson & nurse, Hamilton
Lyman Fish, Ogdensburgh
Mr. Mitchell (Miller), Pickering
O. Doyle, near Brockville
-- Richardson (coloured), Toronto
leaving 3 cabin and 7 deck passengers missing, names unknown
Crew saved
Captain A. Wright, Prescott
Thomas Oliver, purser, Ogdensburgh
Baptiste Meir, 2nd Engineer, Ogdensburgh
Thomas Fuller, waiter, Toronto
Peter Prevost, fireman
Francis Laforte, fireman
Joseph Rousseau, fireman
John Eward, deckhand
Patrick Morin, deckhand
John Bilton, deckhand
James Graham, deckhand
Stephen Blackman, deckhand
George Graham, wheelsman
James Street, wheelsman
one deckhand, name unknown
Crew lost
J. Forsyth, 1st Mate, Ogdensburgh
John Turnbull, 1st Engineer, Ogdensburgh
Alexander Shimmons, steward, Toronto
Thomas Follard, head waiter, Toronto
Miss Gerrard, ladies maid, Hamilton
also the bar tender, cook, and 9 men, names unknown
Montreal
Date: 26 June 1857
Place: Half mile above Cape Rouge, 12 miles from Quebec (while this disaster did not take place within Ontario, passengers from and heading to Ontario were onboard)
From Obituaries from Ontario's Christian Guardian 1861-1870 by Donald McKenzie -- On Friday, about 4:30 PM, the steamer, Montreal, Rudolph, master, took fire about half a mile above Cape Rouge, about 12 miles this side of Quebec.
14 of the crew were drowned. The captain, purser, and all the officers were saved. Mr. Wilson Jr., son of the owner escaped by swimming ashore. Andrew Hays, who was saved, was in the water for above an hour.
The boat was burned to the water's edge, and upwards of 200 persons must have perished on board or been drowned. The number saved is from 175-200. The passengers were principally emigrants -- Scotch and Norwegian; the former are the larger proportion. Nearly all the passengers were from the John McKenzie, from Glasgow, which arrived at Quebec, 25th inst. (25 June 1857)
Mr. Andrew Hayes, Commission Agent, of Montreal, says, "I only noticed one Montrealer, Mr. Leslie. I can't tell if he was saved. One family was named Meikle, of whom there were six. Three of them gone. The father, age 87, is gone."
Mr. Franchere, of the firm of Franchere and Tourville, took down a list of those who were saved, and who came on board The Napoleon:
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Alex Caldwell, 18 months old
George Muir
James Muir
James Gilchrist, about 4 years old
Agnes Johnson
Peter McCaul
Richard Devlin
Bridget Devlin
Ladies' Maid of the Montreal
Mme. Prevost, Maid of the Montreal
James McDermit, boot boy of the Montreal
Catherine McCarthy
Kate and Jessie Laurie, about 6 years old
Catherine Clark and daughter
Margaret McAllister and three children
Mary M'Lean and son
Mrs. McKenzie
Mrs. Margaret Dixon
Mrs. Mary Bloomfield
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David Wilson and one boy
John Hunter
William Douglass, 14 years old
John Campbell
Maria Campbell
James Laurie
Jeannette Laurie
Jane Wylie
William Carrol
Thomas Gilchrist
Mrs. Mary Pettigrew
Archibald McAllister
Charles Cameron
Alexander Colville
John Haig
Alexander M'Allister
William Nicholson
Alexander Knox
Hugh Stewart
William Black
James Malcolmson
Alexander Watson
Thomas P. Walker and wife
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Names of persons supposed to be lost
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Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell
Mrs. and Mrs. Laurie
Four children of David Gilchrist
Mr. Clarke and one child
Mr. J. McKenzie
B.E. Wallace
A son and niece of Mrs. Margaret Dickson, who is saved
Two children of Mrs. Margaret Bloomfield, who is saved (Mr. Bloomfield lives at Toronto and is employed by the Grand Truck Railway)
Mrs. David Wilson and five children, husband saved
Mr. Douglass, father of William, who is saved
Mrs. Douglass, and a sister of either Mr. or Mrs. Douglass, together with six children
Mrs. Campbell, mother of John and Maria, and two sisters
Mr. and Mrs. Laurie, parents of James and Jeannette, who are saved, and a girl
Mr. Wylie, husband of Mrs. Jane Wylie, and three children
Mr. and Mrs. McAllister, parents of Archibald, who is saved, and a child
Mr. Nicholson, father of William, who is saved
James Maxwell
Antoine Gagnon
Michael Brennan, waiter
James Sullivan
Hugh McLean, with two children
Charles McKay
R. Wilson and two sons
Mary Wilson
Hypolite Asselin
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Xavier Hamel
Francois Charron
William Graham
James Watson, son and daughter
Cleophas Boudreau
Marie Lone Square
John Grant, steward of the John McKenzie
John McIntyre
Mrs. Colin Sinclair
Andrew Adams
John Lachlane
William McLeod
Margaret Corbett
James McQueen, son and daughter
Catharine McKenzie
Mrs. Mary Hunter and five children
James McEwing
Serg. Brown and wife
Edward Perreault
William Martin
Mr. O'Brien, Toronto
Mrs. Christian
Mrs. Maxwell, wife of James Maxwell, saved, and three sisters
Mrs. McBeth, wife of Alexander McBeth, saved, and a child
Mrs. Wilson, wife of Robert Wilson, saved, and one child
James Colquhoun, son of Colin Campbell, who is saved
Mrs. Lachlan, wife of John Lachlan, who is saved, and five children
Mrs. McKenzie, mother of Catherine McKenzie, five sons and two daughters (Mrs. McKenzie has a husband residing in the U.S.)
Mr. Christian, two boys and two girls
A sister of Andrew Adams who is saved |
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