Empress of Ireland disaster
December 27, 2025
The Empress of Ireland remains the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in Canadian history
On my walk to Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto I visited the memorial site of the Salvation Army officers who lost their lives on the Empress of Ireland that sank in 14 minutes on May 29, 1914 on the St. Lawrence River claiming the lives of 1,012 victims. This was called “Canada’s Titanic”. This will […]