The Princess Alice disaster

The collision of the Bywell Castle and the Princess Alice. This image is inaccurate as it depicts the
Princess Alice travelling in the wrong direction.

(From The London Illustrated News, 14th September 1878.)

One of the survivors coming ashore.

(From The Graphic, 14th September 1878.)

Anxious inquiries at Woolwich Police Station.

(From The Graphic, 14th September 1878.)

Bodies being brought ashore at Roff’s Wharf.

(From The Graphic, 14th September 1878.)

The bodies of the deceased being brought ashore at Woolwich.

(Reproduced with the kind permission of the Thames River Police Museum.)

Identifying the dead’s possessions.

(Reproduced with the kind permission of the Thames River Police Museum.)

Burying the unidentified dead from the disaster at Woolwich Cemetery.

Thames Division searching the wreck of the Princess Alice.

(Reproduced with the kind permission of the Thames River Police Museum.)

The recovery of the wreck.

(Reproduced with kind permission of the Greenwich Heritage Centre.)

The recovery of the wreck.

(Reproduced with kind permission of the Greenwich Heritage Centre.)

The recovery of the wreck.

(Reproduced with kind permission of the Greenwich Heritage Centre.)

The ensign of the Princess Alice, now held at the Thames Police Museum.