Almanac: The Empress of Ireland disaster 01:54. And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac: May 29th, 1914, 102 years ago today ... the day of a largely overlooked maritime calamity.

The Empress of Ireland tragically sank on May 29, 1914. In this horrific maritime disaster, over a thousand passengers en route from Quebec to Liverpool were lost in just 15 minutes—the length ...

MONTREAL, June 3, 1914 (UP) -- Whether the sunken liner Empress of Ireland, in which it is now officially declared 1,024 lives were lost, ...

Over a thousand people were killed when the Empress of Ireland collided with a freighter off Quebec’s Gaspe Peninsula on May 29, 1914. Skip to main content. Search. Newsletters Watchlist.

When the Empress of Ireland sunk in the Saint Lawrence over 100 years ago, the maritime disaster embedded itself in the family trees of generations to come. Like the the Greenaway family .

The centennial of the sinking of the Empress of Ireland and the deaths of 1,012 passengers is being marked by exhibitions and memorials. May 18, 2014. May 18, 2014. 7 min read. Save.

The Empress of Ireland sank on the morning of the 29 May, taking with her the lives of over 1,000 people Photo: Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Estampes et photographie, EST EI-13 ...

On the Empress, death came more swiftly.” After the sinking of The Empress of Ireland, Clark returned to Liverpool. "If there is any luck on the sea, surely I have had it all," said Clark.

MONTREAL, June 3, 1914 (UP) -- Whether the sunken liner Empress of Ireland, in which it is now officially declared 1,024 lives were lost, ...