Vessel Loss

Memorial: M4429

Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Captain Charles O’Neill d. 1882 in the loss of the SS ‘Titania’

Location

Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'In loving Memory of / CAPTAIN CHARLES O'NEILL / WHO WAS LOST THROUGH THE FOUNDERING OF / THE S.S. 'TITANIA', JANUARY 1882, / AGED 37 YEARS / ALSO JAMES FREDERICK / ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED Nov 22nd 1873 / aged 23 years / Sleep after toil. Port after stormy seas / ALSO EMILY ALICE, [AMY] / YOUNGER DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED MARCH 5TH 1903 / AGED 22 YEARS / Only Goodnight beloved and Farewell / ALSO OF ARTHUR WILLIAM / SECOND SON OF THE ABOVE, WHO DIED AT / LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA JANY 27TH [?] 1908 / AGED 31 YEARS / In Jesus' keeping we are safe as they''

Details

Description: Headstone with border of lopped tree trunks.
Type: Gravestone
Position: L485
Materials: Stone
Vessel: SS Titania

People

O'Neill, Charles
Age: 37
Date of Death: 1/1882
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: 'Titania' iron screw steamer 1, 961 tons, built 1879 Raylton, Dixon & Co, Middlesborough. Disappeared after leaving New York for Newcastle on 24 January 1882. The Wreck Commissioner's Court concluded that she had either foundered in bad weather or hit ice.
Bibliography: 'The Times' 5 July 1882 p. 6.
Recorder: Martin Davies 1985
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