My 3rd great-grandfather, drowned on the Empress of Ireland on the St. Lawrence May 1914....
My parents/cousins their age digging around some history. A new note from them to me.
"He just walked out on his family one day and then ended up working on the ship as a Bedroom Steward, oh, and also […]
A picture of an enamel pin with rounded edges that shows the Empress of Ireland steaming along blue waves behind a blue sky. The words RMS Empress of Ireland are below
Colleen Healey sent me a photo of this #EmpressofIreland pin that her grandmother Evaleen McClellan gave her. She was 4 when she sailed to Canada from Ireland in 1912 & settled in Alberta. Two years later the Empress sank claiming more passenger lives than the Titanic
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Excited to be in Sidney next Saturday to chat about the #EmpressofIreland, the CPR liner that sank in 1914 killing more passengers than the Titanic. I'll be talking about some of the local connections, including Dr. James Grant, the 26-year-old ship's surgeon and hero www.sidneyliteraryfestival.ca
A wonderful review of Beneath Dark Waters #empressofireland by Craig Baird @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social
A postcard which has a picture of a CPR steamship which is black and white with two yellow and black funnels. The words Empress of Ireland 1914-2014 are underneath. At the other side there is a lighthouse and relevant places plotted on a map such as Pointe-au-Pere. Above that is a Canada Post stamp
Today is #WorldMaritimeDay and a great excuse to remember the #EmpressofIreland, the CPR liner that sank in 1914 and claimed four more passenger lives than the Titanic. There were 75 passengers onboard from BC - only 10 returned #shipwreck #beneathdarkwaters
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Photo shows the Salvation Army staff band holding their instruments just before they embarked on a trip to England on the Empress of Ireland in 1914. there is a huge drum in the front and the caption says that those marked x were rescued.
Oliver Mardall of Vancouver was one of 161 Salvationists heading to the International Congress in England when the Empress of Ireland sank in 1914 #beneathdarkwaters #empressofireland
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Poster shows a head and shoulders photo of Eve Lazarus who has short light brown hair and is wearing glasses and a short sleeved top. Underneath is a cover of her book Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck, and above that is the time and date Saturday September 20, 2025 at 2:00 pm and below that a description of the event at the Fraser Valley Regional Library in Abbotsford
Excited to be giving a talk and showing off some of the photos from #BeneathDarkWaters at the #Abbotsford Community Library this Saturday afternoon! It's free, but the library would love you to register at www.fvrl.bc.ca/events/7298
#empressofireland #shipwreck
Cimetière de Ste-Luce. Croix érigée pour les victimes du naufrage de l’Empress of Ireland (1914). Un super musée consacré à l’événement peut se visiter à Pointe-au-Père.
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Albert Mullins died in the RMS Empress of Ireland shipwreck. 111 years later, some of his belongings found his family
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Albert Mullins est décédé dans l'épave du RMS Empress […]
Photo of a group of men and two women standing outside the Landeau Hotel in Comaplix, BC around 1914. The hotel has a Ladies Entrance and is a simple building. Freda Evans is standing in the front row and wearing a long dress ran the hostel with her husband Russell. She was travelling on the Empress of Ireland, but did not survive the sinking.
"Of the many places that victims of the #EmpressofIreland disaster came from, one of the most obscure was Comaplix, a sawmill town in BC," writes Greg Nesteroff. "Freda Evans, 27 ran the Lardeau Hotel with her husband Russell."
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Shows Ken McGoogan, Eve Lazarus and Amanda Farnel on stage behind a table and a blue chest
At the shipwreck panel "Going Down in History" with Ken McGoogan and Amanda Farnel at the Saskatchewan Festival of Words last Saturday. The blue chest belonged to Glenda Julian's grandmother who came to Canada on the #EmpressofIreland in 1913 #beneathdarkwaters
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Love these stories! Mystery solved. 🕵️♂️ #EmpressOfIreland #shipwreck #artifacts
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Loved my store visit and signing at Volume One Books in #Duncan yesterday! Thanks so much to everyone who dropped by to say hello! This is Sue - her grandfather was John Langley who lived in Merritt, BC and survived the sinking of the #Empressofireland in 1914 and WW1! #beneathdarkwaters #shipwreck
Poster of an author visit by Eve Lazarus to Volume One Books in Duncan on Saturday June 14 at 11:00 am There is a photo of Eve on the right side of the page, and a cover of her book Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck below
I'm off to the Island this week for some biking and book signing. Looking forward to visiting Volume One Bookstore in Duncan on Saturday. I'll be there at 11:00 am (don't come at PM!) evelazarus.com/eve-lazarus-... #beneathdarkwaters #empressofireland #bookevent #shipwreck
Known as "Canadas Titanic," The RMS Empress of Ireland tragically sank in the icy, St. Lawrence River on May 29th, 1914, taking 1012 lives. It only took 14 minutes for her to take her final plunge.
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#rmsempressofireland #empressofireland #maritimehirstory #historysky ?
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It’s the 20-year anniversary of my first book! SECOND WATCH involves the actual Empress of Ireland steamship disaster 111 years ago in the St. Lawrence.
In libraries and as print-on-demand from Amazon.
#EmpressOfIreland #HistoricalNovel #MGNovel #CanadianHistory #IWriteCanadian #history
The General Post Office, Montreal, Quebec sent in 1914 to Westmorland: "Received parcel safely. I wrote to you but they think it went down on the Empress."
From the date this was sent, it would be the #EmpressOfIreland disaster where the post was lost.
#PostedInThePast
111 years ago, the #EmpressOfIreland went down in the #StLawrenceRiver after colliding with the #SSStorstad. Of the 1,477 people on board, 1,012 died, making it the worst peacetime maritime disaster in Canadian history.
29 mai 1914
naufrage de l' #EmpressOfIreland … un #paquebot de la #CanadianPacificRailwayCompany.
Son #naufrage dans l' #estuaire du #Saint-Laurent:
1 012 #victimes sur 1 477 #passagers.
Le navire coule en 14 minutes
Photo shows a close up of the passenger decks of the Empress of Ireland, a CPR liner in the early 1900s. The decks are crowded with people and steam is coming out of one of the two funnels
On May 29, 1914 the Empress of Ireland was hit by a Norwegian collier in heavy fog in the St. Lawrence River. She sank in just 14 minutes. More passenger lives were lost on the Empress (836) than the Titanic (832) New book: evelazarus.com/book/beneath... #shipwreck
#nonficton #empressofireland
On this day, 111 years ago, May 29, 1914, the Canadian Pacific ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sank near the mouth of the St. Lawrence River after a collision with the SS Storstad in heavy fog.
#1910s #EmpressOfIreland #canadianhistory #salvationarmy #torontohistory #OnThisDay #OTD #jeremyhopkin
My story in the North Shore News today. The Empress of Ireland's North Vancouver connection #shipwreck #northvancouver #empressofireland #nonfictionreads www.nsnews.com/opinion/eve-...
I gave a talk about my new book #BeneathDarkWaters at @blackbondbooks.bsky.social in #Ladner on Thursday. Few people have heard of the #EmpressofIreland, a CPR liner that sank in 1914. This crowd not only knew about the #shipwreck but most had a relative onboard evelazarus.com/empress-of-i...
Vancouver writer uncovers truths of survivors of Empress of Ireland shipwreck #Vancouver #EmpressofIreland #Shipwreck #Canada
Eve Lazarus's Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck looks at the 1914 tragedy
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Poster shows a photo of Eve Lazarus with short dark blonde hair and wearing glasses and a blue short sleeved jacket. And there is the cover of her book Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck
I am so looking forward to my Ladner book launch at BLACK BOND BOOKS next Thursday. Hope you can join me for a talk, a reading, and lots of discussion! #empressofireland #shipwreck #booklaunch #canadianauthor #Ladner #readlocalbc
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Photo shows Eve Lazarus wearing a brown shirt and standing in front of a bookcase and reaching into a large gold covered jar which once held protein powder but now has the names of people who entered to win a copy of her new book. Her trusty assistant Max, a large grey cat on the desk beside her, next to a copy of Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck
Thanks so much to everyone who entered to win a copy of Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the #EmpressofIreland Shipwreck! The winners are: Diane Smith, Tracy Martens, Sherri Todd, Bryan Cousineau, Marjorie Stintzi @arsenalpulp.bsky.social #bookgiveaway
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It was such a thrill to be interviewed by the amazing Margaret Gallagher for #NorthbyNorthwest at #CBC studios today. I've been a fan for many years! #beneathdarkwaters #empressofireland #canadianauthors #readlocalbc #cbc
The cover of the book "Beneath Dark Waters" by Eve Lazarus, with stacked text above reading, "Happy book birthday!", along with the book title and author's name. Below, footer text lists the publisher, Arsenal Pulp Press, and their website, arsenal pulp dot com. Taking up the top half of the cover is the book title, “Beneath Dark Waters,” against a grey background. A collage of handwritten letters made to resemble a turquoise ocean takes up the bottom half. Passing through the centre of the ocean is a black and white photo of the Empress of Ireland, a large ship. At the bottom, laid over the ocean, is the subtitle, “The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck,” and the author’s name, “Eve Lazarus.”
Eve Lazarus, photographed by Rebecca Blissett.
New from reporter & author Eve Lazarus, #BeneathDarkWaters is an epic chronicle of the #EmpressOfIreland shipwreck, which claimed the lives of more passengers than the Titanic & stands as the worst maritime disaster during peacetime in Canadian history.
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Thank you CBC Books! Thrilled to be included in this list of the most anticipated Canadian titles for April 2025 @arsenalpulp.bsky.social
#readlocalbc #canadianauthors #beneathdarkwaters #empressofireland
So honoured that Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the #EmpressofIreland #Shipwreck is one of the spring books that the Globe and Mail has chosen to highlight today! #maritimehistory #nonfiction
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