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“ SHIPS ~ EMPRESS OF IRELAND 1904 - 2014.”

First Day Cover !

Reverse of Cover gives details, a few words:

On May 29, 1914, on a foggy night on the St. Lawrence River, just east of Rimouski, Quebec, the coal ship SS Storstad collided with the Royal Mail Ship (RMS) Empress of Ireland.

Ill-fated passengers who didn't drown in their beds were thrown overboard or blown into the water when the boilers exploded.

Fourteen minutes after the impact , the Empress had fully capsized. Of the 1,477 onboard, only 465 survived.

On the 100th anniversary of this tragic event, we honour a legacy that lives on through ...

FDI: 2014. 05. 29 POINTE-AU-PERE QC

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