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Empress of Ireland Disaster Near Rimouski Sinks After Collision
A dense fog shrouded the St Lawrence as the Empress of Ireland rammed the collier Storstad off Watner Point near Rimouski Quebec. Ninteen minutes later the liner sank with about 1437 souls aboard as rescue vessels and crews rushed to the scene. Survivors faced exposure and injuries while townspeople at Rimouski opened hospitals and aid stations.
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Watner Point
Rimouski
Que
Canadian Pacific
Storstad
Gulf of St Lawrence
Quebec
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Kendall
Anderson
Sydney
Father Point
St Lawrence
Walsh
Montreal
Ireland
Vital
J. G. Kendall
Canadian
Liverpool
Queter
Empress of Ireland
Eureka
Land
Intercolonial Railway
Lmines
Pureka
Lady Evelyn
J. L. Black
Fairfield Shipbuilding Company
Glasgow
Helvetia
St. John's
Newcastle
England
Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
A. F. Mlaverness & Co
Christiania
Norway
Marconi Wireless
Hawley Harvey Crippen
Belle Elmore
Royal Naval Reserves
Montrose
Crippen
Ethel Clare le Neve
Sove
Dew
Continents
Llewellyn Jones
Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving
Sir Henry Irving
F. R. Benson
Dundee
Mr. Irving
Mabel Lucy Hackney Irving
Crawshay
Raffles
Sardou
Robespierre
Masiin Gorki
American Press Association
ST. Lawrence River