RMS Queen Elizabeth, World's Largest Liner. The line started operations in 1840 and was first known as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. Some oil remains in her wreck, and the scale of environmental threat it may pose continues to be debated. LDS number 0889467 ~ 1899, LDS number 0889429 ~ 1881 to 1882 Ancestry.ca Free Trial, Janie Riley is an avid genealogist with a habit of stumbling on to dead bodies. Canadian Sources: (other than the National Library & Archives) Board, Regina and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Provincial Archives of June 9 1939. From Canadian Atlantic ports, 1895-1954 M1464 [41], After Niagara left Suva, passengers and members of the crew also began to fall ill.[39] So many people were infected that women passengers were recruited as volunteer stewards. By the1870s, most passengers were carried New York, NY, Boston, MA, Portland, ME and later to Halifax, NS and Saint RMS Niagara. early as 1840, there were still many sailing ships in 1865. Fortunately, all 349 passengers and crew got away safely in 18 lifeboats; the only casualty was the ship's cat, Aussie. now also purchased and catalogued Ships' He proposed a pair of 22,000GRT, 22-knot (41km/h) liners at a cost of 2.5 million if the governments would subsidise the service. Lawrence Steamboat Co. [10], Much of Niagara's interior dcor was in historicist styles. [127] Where the strong room used to be is now a crater littered with dbris. They do NOT include Canadians before 1906! [16] Unlike Niagara, the new ship was propelled entirely by turbines, and had only two screws. 1895--1924. Emigrants to South Australia, 1837-1866: Immigrants Launched on 17 Aug 1912 at Clydebank, Scotland. 48.5. . But the wreck is deteriorating, and climate change is increasing the sea temperature. Catalog Of Ocean Liner Passenger Lists. The Port Health Officer, Dr CC Russell, went aboard and examined the patients. Asked Questions, Diaries & Journals & LDS number 0889430 ~ 1883 to 1884 . [63] Ika had drifted about 50 nautical miles (93km), and a southwesterly wind was driving her farther off-shore when Niagara reached her. She was carrying passengers including RAAF Air Vice Marshal Stanley Goble, who with his wife was en route to Canada[108] to be air liaison officer in Ottawa. 16 pages + covers. The passengers were saved and most of the gold was salvaged. The records include permanent and temporary admissions on Record of Registry, on card manifests, or Primary Inspection Memoranda. [3], Some of Niagara's holds were refrigerated for perishable cargo. of the original records for a fee but you must know the name [37] Niagara changed course and rescued the three fishermen with one of her lifeboats about 10 nautical miles (19km) off Hen and Chicken Islands. 1921-12-08, *Eastern US ports (Can. Choose "To Canada" in the She was the first oil-burning steamship to be certificated by the Board of Trade to carry passengers. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Vintage Pacific Line Passenger List RMS Orduna 1930, 16 pages at the best online prices at eBay! Early passenger lists typically include the name of the ship, the names of passengers, ages, ports of arrival and departure, date, country of origin, and occupation. 640 rolls. and duly cited. 1 July 9, 1929, SS ARABIA MARU--Jan. 1, 1930 RMS NIAGARA and the alphabetical microfilm reels contain all Canadian bound Soundex Index to Entries into the St. Albans, VT, District through Canadian Pacific and Atlantic Ports 1924-1952. //--> google_color_link = "0000FF"; document.write("slist@g"); years 1881 to Hunter's Island Register PEI site, Immigrant Ships document.write("s.swig"); by using the navigation-bars at the top of each page . until 1921-11-04, QUBEC/MONTRAL 1919 - 1924: see Immigration Form . Her first class accommodation was amidships, spread over her main, upper, shelter and promenade decks and included two cabins de luxe, each with its own bathroom. Canada, the practice of archiving passenger manifests (passenger lists) She drifted for two days and nights, by which time she was half-full of water. Roll Contents procedure [3] Many members of her crew were Australian, and they were employed under Australian articles.[19]. From 1865, the vast majority of immigrants to Canada arrived RMS Scythia 1929 Souvenir Passenger List (Liverpool to NY) - List of Tourist Third Cabin Passengers, Cunard Line, R. M. S. "Scythia" (Twin Screw - Gross Tonnage, 19,730) Sailing From Liverpool to Boston and New York (via Queenstown and Galway), Saturday, 19th October, 1929. Passenger ship used by the Union Steam Ship Company on the Trans-Pacific service. [100][101], On 1 September 1939 the Second World War began. 6, 1935, EMPRESS OF ASIA--Aug. 7, 1936, RMS NIAGARA [19], in February 1923 a cyclone struck Niagara in passage from Suva to Auckland. 1921-22. New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957. New for October 2014 the The least to expect is the name of "head