The Sinking of the Empress of Ireland
Just two years after the world was shocked by the sinking of the Titanic, another passenger ship sank in Canadian waters with an even greater loss of life. The Empress of Ireland was the pride of the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company. Built in Glasgow, the Empress made its maiden voyage from Liverpool to Quebec in June of 1906. For the next eight years, it would safely carry tens of thousands of passengers across the Atlantic between Canada and the United Kingdom until the fateful night of May 29 when she foundered in only fourteen minutes. Of the 1,477 people on board, 1,012 died, making it the worst peacetime marine disaster in Canadian history, writes PAULA REDMOND
December 18, 1922
On the edge of the cultivation on the western bank of the Nile, and extending for five miles in length and a mile and a quarter in depth, lies the Necropolis of ancient Thebes.
Here the arid plain and foothills are everywhere dotted with burial pits, with a royal mortuary temple here and there, while mingled among these relics of ancient days stand the mud houses of the modern inhabitants of Gurnah.
In this area some of the greatest, richest, and most powerful inhabitants of ancient Egypt were buried: hence this cemetery has been the happy hunting ground for generation upon generation of native grave-robbers.
Quincy Exchange Club Honors These First Responders
This year’s Law Officer of the Year award went to Adams County Sherriff’s Department Deputy Jared Summers. Summers was involved the arrest of a murder suspect and was shot at during his apprehension. He also performed CPR on 3 separate people during the pandemic year. ACSD Chief Rich Wagner introduced Summers and one of the CPR recipients Amber Feldner presented the award.
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Firefighter of the Year award was presented to Michael Dade of the Quincy Fire Department. Dade has continually enrolled in upgraded classes involving fire fighting over the past several years and as a result he has served as a state instructor for various fire departments in Illinois. Dade has, for several years, designed an annual fire department t-shirt to sell with proceeds going to the Blessing Breast Cancer Center. Dade was presented the award by QFD Deputy Chief Steve Salrin.