The Tragic Story of the Empress of Ireland, and Other Great Sea Disasters

by Logan Marshall

COULD NOT SEE LIGHTS

“They were moving at a good speed when we hit them. We had seen the boat previously five miles off, and as we got nearer a fog came up and we could not see her at all. We could not see any lights, and although we heard the sirens going, we could not exactly tell where the boat was, and we certainly heard no shouting through a megaphone to keep ahead.”