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Henry O'Neil or O'Neale

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Henry O'Neil or O'Neale

Birth
Death
29 May 1914 (aged 29–30)
Pointe-au-Pere, Bas-Saint-Laurent Region, Quebec, Canada
Burial
Quebec, Capitale-Nationale Region, Quebec, Canada Add to Map
Plot
Commemorated in nearby Mount Hermon Cemetery
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Henry Neale (aka H O'Neil), trimmer and newly-substituted crew-member, perished in the sinking of "RMS The Empress of Ireland" when the steamship carrying 1,477 passengers and crew on a trans-Atlantic voyage departing from Quebec City to Liverpool, was struck amidships by the Norwegian collier "SS Storstad" in heavy fog conditions on the St Lawrence River near Pointe-au-Père (Father Point, Rimouski), in the early hours of May 29, 1914

A funeral was held for Mr H O'Neil, "aged 30 years", on June 4th, 1914 at Saint Patrick's Church, Quebec. His body was interred in the English catholic parish cemetery, Sillery, Quebec City

Commemorated in Mount Hermon Cemetery on the Monument erected by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in memory of the 1,012 women, children and men who lost their lives in what was, at the time, the greatest maritime disaster in Canadian history


For further stories of the event, visit the 2014 Empress of Ireland Commemoration site, http://www.empress2014.ca
Henry Neale (aka H O'Neil), trimmer and newly-substituted crew-member, perished in the sinking of "RMS The Empress of Ireland" when the steamship carrying 1,477 passengers and crew on a trans-Atlantic voyage departing from Quebec City to Liverpool, was struck amidships by the Norwegian collier "SS Storstad" in heavy fog conditions on the St Lawrence River near Pointe-au-Père (Father Point, Rimouski), in the early hours of May 29, 1914

A funeral was held for Mr H O'Neil, "aged 30 years", on June 4th, 1914 at Saint Patrick's Church, Quebec. His body was interred in the English catholic parish cemetery, Sillery, Quebec City

Commemorated in Mount Hermon Cemetery on the Monument erected by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in memory of the 1,012 women, children and men who lost their lives in what was, at the time, the greatest maritime disaster in Canadian history


For further stories of the event, visit the 2014 Empress of Ireland Commemoration site, http://www.empress2014.ca


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