Cika wannan jumla: Ruwan "Princess Victoria" ya faru ne a lokacin hadari mai karfi na Turai wanda ya haifar da hadarin jirgin ruwa.
Ambaliyar Tekun Arewa ta 1953, ta yi ikirarin mutuwar mutane 531 a Burtaniya kadai, kodayake wannan shine mafi munin abin da ya faru a wannan guguwar. Akwai mutuwar 135, ciki har da Mataimakin Firayim Ministan Arewacin Ireland, Maynard Sinclair da MP na Arewa Down, Sir Walter Smiles. Babu mata ko yara a cikin wadanda suka tsira. Shaidun da suka gani da idanunsu sun ba da rahoton cewa sun ga kwalekwalen da ke ɗauke da wasu mata da yara a cikinsa ya yi karo da gefen "Princess Victoria" ta wurin manyan raƙuman ruwa. Bala'in ya girgiza mutane da yawa saboda, kodayake ya faru a cikin mawuyacin yanayi, ya ƙunshi tafiya ta yau da kullun, a kan ɗan gajeren ƙetare () a cikin abin da aka yi imanin ya zama ruwa mai aminci.