VIDEO CLIP (mpg) Crash (3.4Meg) |
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Over 1,000 lives lost, 850 of these being passengers, making the Empress of Ireland the worlds worst passenger ship disaster. Unfortunately this was 1914, just 2 months before WW1. Sadly the event is all but lost in history. |
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Frames from an animation re-creating the event. The animation, along with great underwater footage from SeaView Imaging was used in a documentary. See also The Steam Ship Atlantic |
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In 1995 in L.A. the animation won a Wavey Award |
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