Featured Empress of Ireland

Sometimes when you start to research autographs you unearth a tragedy.

From an autograph book covering the period 1910-1922

Seymour Hicks later addition is quite moving " a very dear old friend of mine" is written next to Irving's signature.

Irving died trying to rescue his wife, Mabel.

 

Oh, thanks for this story. I found this information about the Canadian ship Empress of Ireland and what happened. I'm sure there is a lot out there.

https://www.cruiselinehistory.com/m...-rms-empress-of-ireland-than-the-rms-titanic/

And Seymour Hicks was probably the stage actor of that name? I have a photo postcard of him somewhere. I thought I had scanned it but can't find it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Hicks

 

Yes, Hicks was another actor and the book was full of singers, actresses etc.

What chilled me on reading about the Empress was that there were 138 children on board and all but 4 died.

Titanic is the one we all remember but more lives were lost on the Empress of Ireland.

 

Show the photo?

 

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In first post, showing for me.

 

Oh, sorry - I thought that was autographing the back of a photo...

 

Ah no, just a page from an autograph book.