Empress of Ireland 1906 “Cocaine” Medical Tin Case, a later painted tole tin container depicting the Empress of Ireland built 1906 for Canadian Pacific Line in Glasgow, Scotland sunk on May 29, 1914 in the St. Lawrence River after a collision with the Norwegian Collier Storstad in heavy fog; it sank in 14 seconds with the loss of 1,012 lives, making it one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters in Canadian history
Height 9 in. Width 14 in. Depth 10 in.
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