Known as Canada’s Titanic, the RMS Empress of Ireland is a piece of history not often told. A tragic mistake in the early morning hours of May 29th, 1914, led to the loss of over 1000 passengers. In this episode, we learn what went wrong and who was lost during this disaster.
References:
https://www.worldhistory.org/RMS_Empress_of_Ireland/
https://www.in2013dollars.com/uk/inflation/1914?amount=30
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zng8jty
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hawley-Harvey-Crippen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_George_Kendall
https://www.rcinet.ca/en/2014/06/02/new-images-revealed-of-empress-of-ireland-wreck
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-empress-of-ireland/id283605519?i=1000633854348
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