Poem by JEB, re the sinking of Empress of Ireland, Canadian Pacific.

DX/839

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2 copies of printed poem by JEB, The Docker, 33 Clivedon Street, Liverpool. Believed to be James Ernest Bygroves (died June quarter 1939 aged 78) - A tribute to the memory of the 1024 souls who lost their lives in the Empress of Ireland disaster in the River St Lawrence, 29 May 1914. Money from sale donated to widows and orphans fund.