One of the finest ships of the Canadian line. Soon after leaving Quebec on her voyage to Liverpool with over 1,300 souls on board, she was struck by the Norwegian collier “Storstad” off Father Point, Quebec, on May 29, 1914, at 2.10 A. M., and sank about fifteen minutes later, carrying a thousand of her passengers down with her.

CONTENTS

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Introduction[9]
I.The Empress of Ireland Sails to Her Doom[13]
II.Captain Kendall Blames the Storstad[29]
III.Captain Andersen’s Defense[33]
IV.Miraculous Escape of the Few[37]
V.The Stricken Survivors Return[44]
VI.Heroes of the Empress Disaster[64]
VII.The Surgeon’s Thrilling Story[71]
VIII.Ship of Death Reaches Quebec[74]
IX.Solemn Services for the Dead[83]
X.Crippling Loss to the Salvation Army[92]
XI.Notable Passengers Aboard[110]
XII.List of Survivors and Roll of the Dead[118]
XIII.The Storstad Reaches Port[125]
XIV.Parliament Shocked by the Calamity[132]
XV.Messages of Sympathy and Help[134]
XVI.Placing the Blame[140]
XVII.Empress in Fact, as in Name[156]
XVIII.The Norwegian Collier Storstad[161]
XIX.The St. Lawrence: A Beautiful River[163]
XX.The Tragic Story of the Titanic Disaster[175]
XXI.The Most Sumptuous Palace Afloat[178]
XXII.The Titanic Strikes an Iceberg[186]
XXIII.“Women and Children First”[197]
XXIV.Left to Their Fate[221]
XXV.The Call for Help Heard[231]
XXVI.In the Drifting Life-Boats[235]
XXVII.The Tragic Home-Coming[254]
XXVIII.Other Great Marine Disasters[284]
XXIX.Development of Shipbuilding[292]
XXX.Safety and Life-Saving Devices[300]
XXXI.Seeking Safety at Sea[307]

FACTS ABOUT THE WRECK OF THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND

NUMBER of persons aboard, 1,475.

Number of persons saved, 397.

Number of persons dead, 1,078.

Total number of first-class passengers, 87.