The Large Memorial Cross to those that perished in the Princess Alice disaster
120 people buried here who were lost in the Princess Alice disaster on the Thames on 3 September 1878 when the collier steamer 'Bywell Castle' collided and cut the pleasure steamer in two. Of the 700 people on board only 69 survived, poisoned rather than drowned due to the polluted state of the Thames. The cross was erected by a National Sixpenny Subscription to which over 23,000 people contributed, and the disaster instigated the establishment of sewage treatment plants for the Thames.
Woolwich Old Cemetery
Camdale Road, Plumstead
The Large Memorial Cross to those that perished in the Princess Alice disaster
120 people buried here who were lost in the Princess Alice disaster on the Thames on 3 September 1878 when the collier steamer 'Bywell Castle' collided and cut the pleasure steamer in two. Of the 700 people on board only 69 survived, poisoned rather than drowned due to the polluted state of the Thames. The cross was erected by a National Sixpenny Subscription to which over 23,000 people contributed, and the disaster instigated the establishment of sewage treatment plants for the Thames.
Woolwich Old Cemetery
Camdale Road, Plumstead