CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright

Foreword by S. Thomas Russell

Introduction

I. The Empress of Ireland Sails to Her Doom

II. Captain Kendall Blames the Storstad

III. Captain Andersen’s Defense

IV. Miraculous Escape of the Few

V. The Stricken Survivors Return

VI. Heroes of the Empress Disaster

VII. The Surgeon’s Thrilling Story

VIII. Ship of Death Reaches Quebec

IX. Solemn Services for the Dead

X. Crippling Loss to Salvation Army

XI. Notable Passengers Aboard

XII. List of Survivors and Roll of the Dead

XIII. The Storstad Reaches Port

XIV. Parliament Shocked by the Calamity

XV. Messages of Sympathy and Help

XVI. Placing the Blame

XVII. Empress in Fact, as in Name

XVIII. The Norwegian Collier Storstad

XIX. The St. Lawrence: A Beautiful River

XX. The Tragic Story of the Titanic Disaster

XXI. The Most Sumptuous Palace Afloat

XXII. The Titanic Strikes an Iceberg!

XXIII. “Women and Children First!”

XXIV. Left to Their Fate

XXV. The Call for Help Heard

XXVI. In the Drifting Lifeboats

XXVII. The Tragic Homecoming

XXVIII. Other Great Marine Disasters

XXIX. Development of Shipbuilding

XXX. Safety and Lifesaving Devices

XXXI. Seeking Safety at Sea

Afterword