Transcriber’s Note
Spelling errors and other inaccuracies in the lists of survivors and rolls of the dead are preserved as printed.
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
And Other Great Sea Disasters
BY
LOGAN MARSHALL
Author of “The Story of Polar Conquest,” “The
Story of the Panama Canal,” Etc.
Containing the Statements of
CAPTAIN HENRY GEORGE KENDALL
Commanding the Empress of Ireland
——And——
CAPTAIN THOMAS ANDERSEN
Commanding the Storstad
ILLUSTRATED
With Numerous Authentic Photographs and Drawings
Copyright, 1914, by
L. T. MYERS
THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND
One of the finest ships of the Canadian line. Soon after leaving Quebec on her voyage toLiverpool with over 1,300 souls on board, she was struck by the Norwegian collier “Storstad” offFather Point, Quebec, on May 29, 1914, at 2.10 A. M., and sank about fifteen minutes later, carryinga thousand of her passengers down with her.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| 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 |
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