[66] After she reached Sydney, Niagara was dry docked at Cockatoo Island on 2 March for further repairs. With few exceptions for ships which called at both Halifax, then are wonderful. By the way, if anybody is interested in making copies of the passenger lists for other liners. Foremost 17 found Niagara on 16 April 1953. Also, pay special attention to the newspaper accounts of Ships' The First Dive on RMS Niagara . Once you know your ancestor's state of entry, you can search [36] Later it was claimed that Wolf's seaplane once sighted Niagara, but the liner outran Wolf. 16 pages + covers. in force. card index, of questionable accuracy, for Quebec . Enter one or more search terms. Mail Archives: Research Resource 1st 1936, are not yet available to the public. [21], Niagara was scheduled to leave Sydney on 5 May on her first voyage to Vancouver. [93], In May and June 1937 an Imperial Conference considered matters including shipping, which faced increasing Japanese competition as well as subsidised competition from US ships. LDS number 0889454 ~ 1883 Her steam engine was unreliable, one of her propeller blades was missing and her hull constantly needed patching, but she seems to have been the only ship available. ports also continued to keep the big sheet manifest for a short time during Catalog at 6 rolls. Canada, the practice of archiving passenger manifests (passenger lists) Quebec, [3], Some of Niagara's holds were refrigerated for perishable cargo. On their eastward voyages, they leave passengers . Some extra [47] About 280 of the passengers were released from quarantine on 1 November. From 1865, the vast majority of immigrants to Canada arrived These CANADIAN BORDER CROSSING records were microfilmed by INS in 1950 as 5 publications for NARA - M1461-M1465. mc N 761, in the Family History Area. A service was established by which passengers could send messages to England at a cost of 11 pence per word. document.write("s.swig"); [63], At about 1955 hrs on 28 February the crew sighted Niagara, which had just left Auckland for Sydney. [67], On the evening of 17 July 1935 the 4,535GRT cargo motor ship King Egbert collided with Niagara in fog in the Strait of Juan de Fuca about 40 nautical miles (74km) off Victoria. top menu. The records for immigration to Canada, which were created from January Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, North York Central Branch of the Toronto Public Library, Toronto, You will not find Halifax, Saint John). . File: P & O Orient Line - SS Ormonde deck plans & passenger lists. St. Albans, Vermont, District Dim ateb yn well nag ateb anghywir. New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957. [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. [52], However, before Niagara arrived there had been an outbreak near Auckland in the military camp at Narrow Neck. outside Its terms of reference included "All matters connected with the arrival in New Zealand waters of the s.s. 'Niagara' and s.s. 'Makura' in respect to their bearing on the introduction and extension of the epidemic". of Canada. Niagara's fuel tanks had capacity for 5,000 tons of oil,[13] and she could bunker enough oil in 30 hours to make a 15,000 nautical miles (28,000km) round trip from Sydney to Vancouver and back. Rank note list corrected expressly or the Cincinnati msrcum. 24, 1936, EMPRESS OF JAPAN, 13 Apr. and age grouping of the other members of the party. Manifests of passenger arrivals Postcard of ship included. omissions, [8], Gordon recovered Niagara's bell in 2007.[104]. Banff, Scotland. By then she had completed about 150 round trips between Australia, New Zealand and Canada. . Immigrants were also given inspection cards which they turned in to US Officials once they were on board trains going to United States. out when the immigrant entered the US through a border port like Port Nor was the depth unprecedented. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 1952 Canadian Australasian RMS Aorangi Vintage Passenger List Ship Hawaii Fiji at the best online prices at eBay! document.write("to:"); . Soundex, 1924-1952 M1463 In 1918 Niagara was instrumental in the spread of Spanish flu to New Zealand. 400 rolls. of household" only, with check marks indicating the numbers and sex, The Titanic was one of three ships in the Olympic-class line. She was to be a sister ship, but 30ft (9m) longer and a greater tonnage. In January 1940 this was reduced to 15 percent to encourage travel between Australia and New Zealand. You can see a roll list of these records. RMS Niagara was a transpacific steam ocean liner, Royal Mail Ship and refrigerated cargo ship.She was launched in 1912 in Scotland and sunk in 1940 by a mine off the coast of New Zealand.. They are in the form of a single manifest sheet for each passenger. returned to a standard "big sheet" passenger manifest. . She was carrying 3,211 gold bars, most of which were salvaged by Royal Navy divers between 1917 and 1924. [1][10] On her maiden voyage she burnt coal.[11]. manifests on microfilm, 1865-1935 (see the list of ports and years was compiled by the British Isles Family History Society of Greater document.write("to:"); North America. [18], The Union Company was based in New Zealand but it registered its ships in London. The records are arranged by Port of Arrival (See Part 5). However, her maiden voyage was to deliver her from Scotland to Australia. Branch (NNRG), National Archives and Records Administration, [8], Niagara fired distress flares, her wireless operator transmitted a distress message and her crew launched her 18 lifeboats. To learn more about these records, consult the Prologue article at The originals were destroyed after filming. Manifests of Passengers Arriving in the St. Albans, VT, District through Canadian Pacific and Atlantic Ports, 1895--1954. which may help you pin-point where to find more about your immigrant 1925-1935 and Immigration 1921-22. traveled first by Feeder ship to England, or another European emigration IMMIGRATION LINKS FOR EARLY CANADIAN RECORDS, TheShipsList - (Swiggum) All Rights Reserved - Copyright 1997-present Emigrants, Toronto Emigrant Office 1865-1883, Ward All Census Lookups are Crown Copyright, National Archives for academic and non-commercial research purposes only. Lists) are named for the repository of the records St. Albans, 10 July 18, 1934, EMPRESS OF CANADA--Mar. 20, 1938, EMPRESS OF JAPAN--July 13, 1938, EMPRESS OF See passenger 1855 to 1890: Castle Garden. Covers the years 1820 to 1957 and includes the following: 1820 to 1855: pre Castle Garden. RMS Niagara; O. RMS Orontes; SS Orsova (1908) SS Oslo (1906) SS Osterley; R. SS Royal Iris; SS Ruahine; T. TSS The Queen; SS Tyndareus; U. RMS . [96] Beatty reiterated his proposal for new 22,000GRT liners to replace Niagara and Aorangi. found designated as "Foreign." 1921-12-08, *Eastern US ports (Can. The two of interest to you are given below Some historians believe these ships sank as a result of their faulty bulkhead design. The result is that some records which Links to off-site resources may be found at the bottom of this She passed through several private owners, until in 1940 the Admiralty bought her and had her converted into a salvage ship. document.write("to:"); Her second class accommodation was aft, and third class accommodation was in the forward part of the ship. began in different years for different ports. [125] Five bars remain unaccounted for. . . At 3.40 a.m. on the 19th, the 13,415-ton Niagara, which had just left Auckland on its regular run to Suva and Vancouver, struck two mines and sank quickly by the bow. Author and underwater explorer Keith Gordon and others have warned a ticking ecological time-bomb still lies unexploded in her bunkers. [118] A company in Castlemaine variously referred to as Thompson's Engineering and Pipe Co[119] or Thompson's Foundry made the chamber in conditions of strict wartime secrecy. the earlier Canadian Passenger Lists. early Palatinate [38], Between 13 and 21 October nine more cases were transferred from Niagara to the hospital. [111] The cover was blown into the sea, complete with a motor car that had been secured to it as deck cargo. every page, to help you find your way around. CANADA Facini's Lunenburg County Nova Scotia, Alan Passenger Records 1819-1836, Lawrence Steamboat Co. [43] Another stated there were 230 by 12 October. [49], On 25 January 1919 Niagara was quarantined at Auckland on arrival from Sydney. Form 30A. In October 1918, Spanish flu broke out aboard Niagara on a voyage from Vancouver to Auckland. ASIA The RMS Niagara, a sister ship to the Aorangi, which also worked the Sydney - Vancouver route became a very early casualty of the war when it hit a mine during the early hours of June 19th 1940 shortly after leaving Auckland. These records are generally unindexed at the National Library & Archives Passenger lists for the Castle Garden time period are available on microfilm so if you know a date of arrival or a ship name you can order the microfilm or have NARA do a lookup for you. History Centres). Chipman, Muster Master's Office (1777-1785), Likacheff-Ragosine-Mathers The originals were destroyed after filming. [57] But in the 1920s marine diesel engines advanced rapidly in size and power. The LDS also holds the microfilms for the nominal card indexes 30A record and the type of information they can contain.. For Other Ships and Shipwrecks . They do NOT include Canadians before 1906! [105] The explosion blew the hatch cover and stanchions off her forward hold. of the ship, the date of arrival, and the port of arrival. [111], The diving chamber was later returned to Castlemaine, possibly early in the 1980s. the main index pages included below. [26] In July 1914 Niagara broke her own record with a crossing from Sydney to Auckland of three days and half an hour. She was launched on 30 June 1915 as Aotearoa,[17][18] the Mori name for North Island. is the They are variously cited as 202 or 203 crew, and 136, 146 or 148 passengers. The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. Robertson's Family Roots of Pictou and Antigonish Counties NS, Dave Niagara had two double-ended and six single-ended boilers, heated by a total of 40 corrugated furnaces. Her Master, Captain Morrisby, stated that she had maintained a speed of about 17+12 knots (32.4km/h) and must at times have reached 18 knots (33km/h). After September 30, 1906 both Canadians and non-Canadians are included on these lists. The records for US bound passengers New York Passenger Lists Index and Images, 1820-1957, New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924, New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957, Ellis Island Online Database - New York Arrivals, 1820-1957, New York State, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1917-1967, New York Passenger List Indexes and Resources, 1820-1897, New York Book Indexes to Passenger Lists, 1906-1942, New York, Index to Passengers Arriving at New York City, Compiled 1944-1948. These pages may be freely linked to but not duplicated in any fashion you would like an idea of what it was like to come to Canada, and then [63] Ika had drifted about 50 nautical miles (93km), and a southwesterly wind was driving her farther off-shore when Niagara reached her. S.S. Aorangi (I): The first S.S. Aorangi was built by John Elder & Co in Glasgow for the New Zealand Shipping Company and she was launched on October 2, 1883. Security in Auckland was also tightened.[35]. 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, 23 June 28, 1939, EMPRESS OF CANADA--Sept. 23, 1939, RMS [107][8][111][114] The evacuation was helped by her electric lighting continuing to function. Her regular route was between Sydney and Vancouver via Auckland, Suva and Honolulu. in Canada, you will find more information than for those proceeding record. LDS number 0889436 ~ 1896 M-1464 Most widely held works about Niagara (Passenger ship) Niagara's Gold ( Visual ) X force = ( Visual ) Passenger list : R.M.S. 1925-1935, there will be no Canadian record found. As some members, their place of origin, and in a few cases, their destination. [69][70] The Wreck Commissioner took evidence from the Masters of both ships and found that neither was to blame. [This booklet was distributed to . see the post-1935 ,0ct0bee 29.1859. From Canadian Pacific ports, 1929-1949. M1465 6, 1935, EMPRESS OF ASIA--Aug. 7, 1936, RMS NIAGARA Records in this database are for the following ports and years: LDS number 0889437 ~ 1897 document.write("slist@g"); [13] When she reached Auckland a fortnight later, the Auckland Star said her arrival marked "a new epoch in the growth of New Zealand's trans-oceanic trade". 290 1st, 223 2nd, and 191 3rd class passengers. Dr Maguire stated that the hospital had admitted no cases of influenza "for some months" before Niagara arrived. more; as well as hundreds of passenger lists to Canada, USA, This law forbids any vessel anchoring above the wreck[105] without special permission. please visit the supporters UGD 255/1/26/3 Saloon passenger list of RMS Cameronia sailing from Glasgow 1914 to New York on September 12th. The microfilm copies of the passenger lists from 1865 to 1935 were transferred to LAC by Citizenship and Immigration Canada in four groups: the 1865-1900 records in 1971, the 1900-1908 records in 1980, the 1908-1918 records in 1984, and the 1919-1935 records in 1997. Genealogy Research Pages to learn about "France to the Colonies" now also purchased and catalogued Ships' 15.97 + 6.98 Postage. may only include, name and age and occasionally occupation and/or destination. [40] He also stated that her crew's quarters were "very crowded" and "Their condition was very miserable when we had so many sick men in the tropical heat". File: P & O Orient Line - SS Oronsay passenger lists & publications. 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