{"product_id":"the-tragic-story-of-the-empress-of-ireland-9780425273548","title":"The Tragic Story of the Empress of Ireland","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA century after it sank to the bottom of the St. Lawrence River, the ruin of the \u003ci\u003eEmpress of Ireland \u003c\/i\u003ehas remained one of the most devastating tragedies in maritime history. Logan Marshall’s vivid and detailed reportage was the first account of the disaster and has endured as a classic chronicle of what happened that fateful night.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn May 28, 1914, the grand ocean liner, the \u003ci\u003eEmpress of Ireland\u003c\/i\u003e, left Quebec on the St. Lawrence River, bound for an Atlantic crossing to Liverpool, England. At a few minutes before two o’clock on the morning of Friday, May 29, the \u003ci\u003eEmpress \u003c\/i\u003esighted the Norwegian collier, \u003ci\u003eStorstad,\u003c\/i\u003e at the same time as a heavy fog bank was descending. Despite warnings and evasive maneuvers, the \u003ci\u003eEmpress\u003c\/i\u003e was struck on the starboard side by the \u003ci\u003eStorstad\u003c\/i\u003e, which penetrated its hull by twelve feet. The captain and crew had less than fifteen minutes to save their passengers before the ship slipped under the waves. Of the 1,475","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862607200599,"sku":"9780425273548","price":19.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-tragic-story-of-the-empress-of-ireland-9780425273548","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}