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The Empress of Ireland, a forgotten history
Location: Empress of Ireland

 
Library for first class passengers
19 of 36 		Music and reading room for second class passengers
20 of 36 		Music and reading room for second class passengers
21 of 36 		Music room for third class passengers
22 of 36 		Bar and smoking room for first class passengers
23 of 36 		Café for first class passengers
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Smoking room for third class passengers
25 of 36 		Children's play area located in the common room for third class passengers
26 of 36 		First class cabin
27 of 36 		First class suite with sitting room and bedroom
28 of 36 		Cabin for four second class passengers
29 of 36 		Passengers and goods on the after deck
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Launching exercise for rescue boats at the Québec dock
31 of 36 		At 1:57 a.m., the boiler rooms were flooded.
32 of 36 		At 1:58 a.m., at the sound of the alarm, the crew tried to close the watertight doors.
33 of 36 		At 1:59 a.m., with great difficulty, some lifeboats were launched.
34 of 36 		At 2:01 a.m., the ship, listing sharply, allowed the passengers little chance to escape.
35 of 36 		At 2:04 a.m., the ship was listing sharply.
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