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EPISODE · Jul 9, 2025 · 16 MIN

The Flames of the Montreal (1857)

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The Sydney Morning Herald on the 7th of September, 1857, published what they had learned from Canadian Newspapers that had just arrived about the Montreal: “There were 330 steerage passengers, and 10 cabin passengers, who sailed in the John McKensie from the Clyde at the above date. Two died at sea. Of the steerage passengers who arrived in Canada 78 did not go on by the steamer Montreal, from Quebec, some preferring the railroad, and others remaining in that city. The remaining 256 of the Scottish emigrants, however, started from Quebec at four o’clock on the afternoon of the 26th, by this ill-fated vessel…”Ship Name: Montreal Year Built: Unknown Tonnage: Unknown Ship Type: Wooden Sidewheel Steamship Nationality: Canadian Year Wrecked: 1857Location Wrecked: Cape Rouge, St Lawarance RiverReason for Wreck: Ship Fire Lives Lost: Between 200 and 300 Sources: https://www.pressreader.com/canada/montreal-gazette/20080629/281775624919305?srsltid=AfmBOopOQ6ZpbzMuL-o1pgaE2eot11GVFr39cYloBnZT-QODq5DeaVqRhttps://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article482820.htmlhttps://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=tdj18570629-01.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN----------https://books.google.com/books?id=AZZgcChlY4AC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=montreal+lawrence+river+fire+1857&source=gbs_navlinks_shttps://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18570801.2.5&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13000361https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4464210/4464215/38/montrealhttps://newspapers.library.wales/view/3054856/3054860/28/montrealhttps://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1857/07/06/78501624.html?pageNumber=3https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1857/06/30/78501189.html?pageNumber=1https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1857/07/03/issue.htmlhttps://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1857/07/15/78502123.html?pageNumber=4https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1857/07/18/78502393.html?pageNumber=4

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