Remembering the “Empress of Ireland Disaster”
Posted on 28th May 2015,
The Empress of Ireland is an important part of history for both The Salvation Army and Canada. On the morning of May 29, 1914, the nation was shocked to learn that the Empress of Ireland had been rammed and, just 14 minutes later, sank into the St. Lawrence River. Of the 1,477 people on board, […]