Florence Nickley, 6, 616 Colorado Ave.
PARENTS: Peter & Florence Nickley
Brothers: Alferd S. and George E.
Sister Olga Nickley, 12, also injuried, fractured leg & spine.
Florence Nickley died at Lakeside Hospital, Cleveland, where she was taken Sunday on "The City of Eire".
Information Source: Cleveland Press June 29, 1924
The City of Eire played such an important role in the transporting of the inujried Lorain torando victims I felt it proper to give a few facts about this vessel.
S.S. CITY OF EIRE (SIDEWHEELER)
NAMESAKE: Erie, Pennsylvania
CONSTRUCTION: The City of Eire was built in 1898 by the Detroit Dry dock Company in Wyandotte, Michigan for the Cleveland Buffalo Transit Company.It was designed by Frank E. Kirby. The ship was lauanched Feburary 26, 1898 and made its madien voyage on June 19, 1898.
OPERATIONS: The City of Eire's route was from Cleveland, Ohio and Eire, Pennsylvannia to Buffalo, New York. It was nicknamed the "Honeymoon Special" from the number of newlyweds who traveled to Buffalo, bound for Niagara Falls, on the City of Eire.
Staring in 1929, the City of Eire operated between Cleveland and Port Stanley, Ontario.
END OF SERVICE: The City of Eire was taken out of service in 1938 and was scrapped in Cleveland in 1941
Information source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Florence Nickley, 6, 616 Colorado Ave.
PARENTS: Peter & Florence Nickley
Brothers: Alferd S. and George E.
Sister Olga Nickley, 12, also injuried, fractured leg & spine.
Florence Nickley died at Lakeside Hospital, Cleveland, where she was taken Sunday on "The City of Eire".
Information Source: Cleveland Press June 29, 1924
The City of Eire played such an important role in the transporting of the inujried Lorain torando victims I felt it proper to give a few facts about this vessel.
S.S. CITY OF EIRE (SIDEWHEELER)
NAMESAKE: Erie, Pennsylvania
CONSTRUCTION: The City of Eire was built in 1898 by the Detroit Dry dock Company in Wyandotte, Michigan for the Cleveland Buffalo Transit Company.It was designed by Frank E. Kirby. The ship was lauanched Feburary 26, 1898 and made its madien voyage on June 19, 1898.
OPERATIONS: The City of Eire's route was from Cleveland, Ohio and Eire, Pennsylvannia to Buffalo, New York. It was nicknamed the "Honeymoon Special" from the number of newlyweds who traveled to Buffalo, bound for Niagara Falls, on the City of Eire.
Staring in 1929, the City of Eire operated between Cleveland and Port Stanley, Ontario.
END OF SERVICE: The City of Eire was taken out of service in 1938 and was scrapped in Cleveland in 1941
Information source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gravesite Details
THERE IS NO HEADSTONE FOR FLORENCE. Interment date July 3, 1924
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