Remembering the steamboat Jenny Lind disaster

Maria Eivers-Medley stands among others honoring the victims of the steamboat Jenny Lind disaster during a monument ceremony in San Jose.   (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Claire Britton-Warren greets a friend after the steamboat Jenny Lind disaster monument ceremony at Alviso Marina County Park in San Jose. An ancestor of Britton-Warren’s was a victim of the disaster.   (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Russell Breed, vice commodore of the Treasure Island Yacht Club, rings a ship’s bell eight times, signifying “all’s well,” during the Jenny Lind monument ceremony in San Jose.   (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Once a bustling seaport, Alviso is now a managed wetland near the Steamboat Jenny Lind Disaster Monument at Alviso Marina County Park.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

Bagpiper Richard Charette plays “Amazing Grace” during the Steamboat Jenny Lind Disaster Monument ceremony at Alviso Marina County Park in San Jose.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)