Hand-coloured lithograph print depicting the Inman Line steamship City of Montreal on fire on the night of August 10th, 1887, her passengers and crew escaping in 8 lifeboats. The ship had left New York on August 6th, with around 90 crew and 135 passengers, and it is unclear from records, but there seem to have been no immediate casualties. The lifeboats (except one) were picked up by the German vessel Trebant that same night. The next morning they were transferred onto the Furness Line steamer York City, which brought them to London.