Point Ellice Bridge disaster

On May 26, 1896 in Victoria, British Columbia, a streetcar crowded with 143 holidaymakers on their way to attend celebrations of Queen Victoria's birthday, crashed through Point Ellice Bridge into the Upper Harbour. 55 men, women, and children were killed in the accident, making this one of the worst disasters in British Columbia history and the worst accident in Canadian transit history. Only passengers on the left side of the streetcar escaped.

Point Ellice Bridge disaster

On May 26, 1896 in Victoria, British Columbia, a streetcar crowded with 143 holidaymakers on their way to attend celebrations of Queen Victoria's birthday, crashed through Point Ellice Bridge into the Upper Harbour. 55 men, women, and children were killed in the accident, making this one of the worst disasters in British Columbia history and the worst accident in Canadian transit history. Only passengers on the left side of the streetcar escaped.