Minnie Victoria Robertson - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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N 48° 24.669 W 123° 20.497
10U E 474720 N 5362055
Minnie Robertson was one of many who drowned in the collapse of the Point Ellice Bridge in Victoria in 1896. She now rests in Ross Bay Cemetery in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Waymark Code: WM17KZ2
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 03/06/2023
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On May 26, 1896, locals came out to watch mock naval battles in celebration of Queen Victoria's birthday. A streetcar filled with 143 people was on its way across the Point Ellice Bridge (now known locally as the Bay Street Bridge) when the bridge collapsed. The streetcar, along with two horse-led vehicles and a man on a bicycle, fell into the water. Nearby residents and bystanders rushed to help, but a total of 55 people died in the incident. An investigation later concluded that the streetcar's operator, Consolidated Electric Railway Company, was responsible for the incident by allowing the streetcar to be overloaded. The City of Victoria was also found partially responsible for not properly maintaining the bridge. The operator was forced into receivership as a result of the incident and reorganized as the BC Electric Railway the next year.
Minnie Victoria Robertson
December 7th 1870,
Victoria,
Drowned Ellice Bridge disaster
May 26th 1896.
A number of members of the King family are buried in this plot:
-Minnie Victoria Robertson - 1870-1896 (drowned in the Ellice Bridge disaster)
-William Archibald Robertson - 1832-1926
-Martha Matilda Mayne - 1849-1892
-Stewart Mayne Robertson - 1877-1948
-Brock Alexander Robertson - 1883-1945
-Nellie Matilda Inglis - 1914-1980
-William James Robertson - 1905-1993
-Mary Kirkwood Robertson - 1909-1995
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