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The tragic story of the Empress of Ireland /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Snova,
[2019]
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| Colección: | Canada series (New York)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1; The Empress of Ireland Sails to Her Doom; The Empress Sails from Quebec; The Holiday Humor of the Passengers; Captain Kendall Warned of Fogs; The Storstad Sighted; Fog Suddenly Settles; The Storstad Crashes Into the Empress; Injury on Starboard Side; Fought For Life in Darkness; A Mortal Blow; Wireless Calls for Help; Hundreds Drown in Cabins; No Time to Rouse Passengers; In Their Night Clothes; Picked Up the Captain; Life-Boats Launched in Record Time; The Empress Goes Down; Chapter 2; Captain Kendall Blames the Storstad
- (Statement of Captain Kendall, Commander of the Empress of Ireland, Made at the Coroner's Inquest at Rimouski)Shouted to Collier; Ship Foundered Quickly; Work to Save Others; No Panic Aboard; Chapter 3; Captain Andersen's Defense; By Captain Thomas Andersen; Commander of the Storstad; Storstad's Right of Way; Did Not Back Out; To the Rescue; Injustice to Captain; Chapter 4; Miraculous Escape of the Few; Response to Wireless Calls for Help; Eureka and Lady Evelyn on the Scene of Disaster; The Search for the Quick and the Dead; Terrible Plight of Survivors; Sad Scenes at Rimouski
- Willing Hands HelpTwenty-Two Die After Being Rescued; Tales of Narrow Escapes; Those Who Died Bravely; Chapter 5; The Stricken Survivors Return; Extreme Suffering Among Survivors; Few Women and Children Saved; Crowd Greets Survivors; Many Injured; Experiences of Survivors; "All Over in Fifteen Minutes"; Knew It Was the End; "Like A Lot of Indians"; Four Climbed on Upturned Life-Boat; Saved Many Lives; Salvation Army Lassie Rescued When About to Sink; Climbed Up Side of Liner as She Keeled Over; Husband Gave Wife Belt; Plunged Out to Save Himself
- Boat Listed So Badly People Could Not Get Up Deck StairsPicked up by Boat Filled with Members of Crew; Toronto Woman Spent Long Time in Water Before Rescue; Unknown Member of Crew Saved Several Lives; Ottawa Man Put Wife in Boat; Was Saved Later; Saw Collision; Empress Was Sounding Her Siren; Fell Into Water; Montreal Man Saw No Life-Belts; Chapter 6; Heroes of the Empress Disaster; Dr. Grant the Chief Hero; Sir Seton-Karr Gave up Life for Stranger; Laurence Irving Died to Save His Wife; H.R. O'Hara Died for Family; Captain Saved Bell-Boy; How Chief Officer Steede Died; Hero Saved Wee Girl
- Gave up His Life-BeltChapter 7; The Surgeon's Thrilling Story; By Dr. James F. Grant; Ship's Surgeon on the Empress of Ireland; Had Difficulty Reaching Deck; Many Plunge into Icy Water; Weird Shrieks of Terror; Passengers Caught Like Rats; Chapter 8; Ship of Death Reaches Quebec; Escorted by British Cruiser Essex; Small White Coffins; Pathetic Search for Relatives and Friends; Wretched Condition of Bodies; Lost His Entire Family; Two Claim Same Baby; "Judgment of Solomon"; Bodies Bruised and Mutilated; Chapter 9; Solemn Services for the Dead; Trust in God; At St. James' Cathedral