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S.S. Empress of Ireland Preamble from Cathy: On May 28, 1914, the Empress of Ireland cast off from Quebec City at 4:27 p.m. for the six-day journey to Liverpool. At …
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1864 The Morning Chronicle We have to report a rather extensive conflagration which took place in the centre of the Upper Town last night and which resulted in the destruction …
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1864 The Morning Chronicle We beg our friends to bear with us under circumstances which, though not otherwise than gratifying, are beyond our control. The sitting of Parliament occurring at …
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1864 The Morning Chronicle Duncanson’s View of Quebec: The photographer has done his work in excellent style; in fact, it is one of the best among the many exquisite copies …
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1864 The Morning Chronicle Where is it? We find the following paragraph going the rounds of our contemporaries. We should like to know where the rich “placer” therein alluded to, …
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1864 The Morning Chronicle March 27, 1864: An excellent display of Easter meats may be expected at our city markets today and more particularly at the Upper Town and Champlain …
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1864 The Morning Chronicle Mr. Hough of St. Anne street, has in his possession, not an Egyptian mummy, but a human skeleton forming part of the trunk of a tree. …
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1864 The Morning Chronicle A man named James Moffatt gave himself into custody last night stating that he had deserted from Her Majesty’s 14th Foot at Trinidad, W.I. in 1860. …
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1864 The Morning Chronicle Execution of John Meehan for Murder! Six to eight thousand persons present. Yesterday, our city witnessed the melancholy and unusual spectacle of an unfortunate man suffering …
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1864 The Morning Chronicle As we anticipated, the musical soiree at the Music Hall under the auspices of the St. Patrick’s Catholic and Literary Institute, met with the most …