Description
Maritime Disaster!
On 28th May, 1914, the EMPRESS OF IRELAND, a 14,000-ton Canadian Pacific ocean liner, saled from Quebec to her doom. Only hours into her voyage she ran into thick fog on the St Lawrence River, and collided with the Norwegian collier STORSTAD. Within fourteen minutes the vast liner had sunk to her watery grave. And over a thousand people were drowned.
In this dramatic reconstruction of the events leading up to the disaster, James Croall describes the scenes of terror, panic and heroism based on personal accounts from the remaining survivors. The tragedy of the EMPRESS OF IRELAND rivals that of the TITANIC and the LUSITANIA in the sheer magnitude of victims claimed and it is only now that the baffling mystery of the collision can fully be revealed.
‘The most authoritative account yet written of the disaster, the events leading up to it, and its aftermath.’ Lloyd’s List
‘Excellent’ Publishers Weekly
Paperback, 245 pages. In good preloved condition with the exception of slight colour change consistent with age, minor freckling on side of book, creasing in places on front and rear cover but still in remarkable good condition for its age and a fascinating read. 1st edition Sphere paperback.