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Posted Tuesday, May 30, 2023
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On This Day in History
May 29, 1914 #OTD The ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland (Pictured) collided with Norwegian collier SS Storstad and sank in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, with 1,012 out of the 1,477 passengers and crew lost. Despite sinking only a few hundred yards from shore with a distress signal wired within seconds of the collision, the ship listed to one side, rendering half of the lifeboats useless while heavy fog delayed rescue boats by a crucial 20 minutes. Among the noted casualties were British playwright Laurence Irving and his wife Mabel, and British explorer and politician Henry Seton-Karr.
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