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Durham City - a general history

Official No. 84541; Code Letters WJDP.

The following appeared in "Steam Navigation and its Relation to the Commerce of Canada and the United States", by James Croil (1898), page 190 :
"It is not often that a tidal wave visits the St. Lawrence [River], but in October, 1896, the S.S. Durham City, of the Furness Line, when off Anticosti, was struck by a big wave which carried away her deck-load, including sixty-eight head of cattle and everything movable.  It was only one sea that did the damage, but it made a clean sweep."

Masters: 1882-88 Michael P Lund: 1888-89 D Galbraith: 1890-94 JA Jacobsen: 1895 W Thompson: 1896-97 AL Paterson.

Stockton & Hartlepool Mercury 19 December 1885:

‘Captain P Lund of West Hartlepool-master of the steamship Durham City has received, through the medium of the Board of Trade, a handsome gold watch in recognition of his humane services in behalf of the crew of the water-logged schooner J.G. Ferris of America in August last, the same having been awarded by the President of the United States.’

1 February 1892 from Boston, Massachusetts for London with cattle, a general cargo & a total crew of 31 plus 23 cattlemen Durham City had her rail & ventilators damaged in force 10 WNW winds in the North Atlantic. One life was lost.

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