The tragic story of the Empress of Ireland: an authentic account of the most horrible disaster in Canadian history constructed from the real facts obtained from those on board who survived
The tragic story of the Empress of Ireland: an authentic account of the most horrible disaster in Canadian history constructed from the real facts obtained from those on board who survived.
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8vo. 232 pp. Photo frntsp., numerous photo plates, text illusts. Colour-illust. boards (slght shlfwr, vry slght bmpng to couple crnrs), w/ d.j. (mnr shlfwr), VG/VG copy. Reprint facsimile edition of this account first published in 1914, containing new preface, epilogue, editor's notes, and illustrations. When the Empress of Ireland sank in less than 15 minutes in 1914 after colliding with the collier Storstad costing 1078 lives, it became one of the worst maritime disasters of all time.
