Photograph, The Queenie Tragedy 1899, 1899

Physical description

Black and white photograph showing a group of men carrying a coffin along a pier; large group of men in foreground; sailing ships to right; small sailboat in central background. Black and white portrait of man in lower left corner of main photograph. Frame is rounded light brown wood.

Inscriptions & markings

Under portrait: Arthur Allen one of the victims of the Queenie disaster. Under main photograph: The Queenie Tragedy - bringing the bodies of the Queenie crew ashore from the tug Racer at Reid Street pier, Williamstown. 5 April 1899.

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