Anniversary Of A Forgotten Tragedy: The Centennial Of The Sinking Of The Empress Of Ireland

100 years ago today, the liner RMS Empress of Ireland sank in the St. Lawrence river, with a loss of 1,102 of her 1,477 passengers. That's a 75% loss of passengers and crew compared to the Titanic's loss of 68%, and only two years after the Titanic. One of the main reasons why the Empress is not as well remembered is the conflagration that swept Europe that started two short months after the