The RMS Empress of Ireland ocean liner sank in just 14 minutes in the St. Lawrence River near Rimouski, Quebec, Canada, on ...

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1914: The Canadian ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sank in the St. Lawrence River in eastern Quebec after colliding with the Norwegian cargo ship SS ...

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But in Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck, Vancouver-based investigative journalist and podcaster Eve Lazarus does a deep dive into a national maritime tragedy that ...

His work has appeared in Joyland and Yolk, among others. Beneath Dark Waters is about the tragic sinking of the RMS Empress of Ireland in 1914, during its 192nd voyage from Quebec City to ...

On May 28, 1914, the RMS Empress of Ireland began her 192nd trip across the Atlantic from Quebec City, Canada, en route to Liverpool, England, carrying 1,056 passengers and a crew of 423.

And the men on the wharf were British sailors brought to aid in the salvage operation after Canada's deadliest maritime disaster: the sinking of the RMS Empress of Ireland in 1914. "As soon as I ...