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(By Associated Press)
Rimouski, Quebec, May 29.-Of a to
tal of 1,387 on board the Canadian
Pacific liner Empress of Ireland when
she Balled yesterday from Quebec to
Liverpool. Ont were lost when the|
liner was rammed by the Danish col- ,
lier Storstsd and sank off Father
Point in the St. Lawrence river before
dayjight today, according to revtsed
figures late tonight. Only 433 are now.
known to have been saved.
Of the 87 first cabin passengers the
late figures show 29 to have been
caved. Of tho 163 in the second cab
in, 29 were rescued; of the 716 third
class passengers, there are 101 sur
vivors, while 327 of the crew of 432
were brought ashore.
These figures account for the SS
survivors landed here and taken by
train to Quebec. There remained
hera 37 rescued persons, unclassified, !
completing the toUU of _ 438 knowr
survivors. 1 T
So deep was the gash in tho strick j
en liner's ride inflicted by the Bharj
prow of the heavy laden collier ant.
so fart tho inrush roi the seaj 'tha
although the .first rescue steamer
catching the wireless "S. O. S." cal.
and-hastening out from Father Point
reached the scene within twenty min
utes arter; the iuoewng of two ves
sels, tho liner already had gone
dowp:
The wireless could hardly have
worked to better effect or the re
sponse have been more prompt. Yet
within the sight-of shore, in land
locked waters, with help ? close al -
hand, nearly 1,000 persons lost theil
lives by drowning when fog obscured
the vision of the river nsvigators,
and two vessels, one virtually at a
ctandstill as a measure of precau
tion, and the'other from all accounts,
nt not more than a moderato speed,
crashed together in fatal Impact.
Investigation- 'ot the. cause of the
dlfster will be started promptly.
Thc Ftory of the Storstsd. which af
ter picking up a few survivors and
. landing them here, resumed limpidly,
wita* cripled bow,'her way un the
ri.er. win not be told until tcmertfrf
when she reaches Quebec. From tho
"fence ,oZ- the Officers on the Em
t? however, the' liner ' had come
: dead halt Ip the tog and waa,
lng.her whistle at the.time of her
. collision.
WAITINU FOR FOO TO M FT
Rjirjouskl. Que., May 29.-Sinking <n
ninny of water, within, fifteen
.minutes after being /rammed ' amid
ships In the upper reaches of the St
Lawrence river early today. . the Ca.
nadlnn Pacific liner, Empress of Ire
land, carried down with her more thad
9'u? of bet passoogcrs sud ere*, o
1,387 persons on board tho liner onl>
438 are known to have been s>*.veu
making the probable death, list 96
Looming up through thc river m;ath
aa tho Empress of ireland waslylut
to, dslting for the Vos ?u lift or d .;
to break, the nanislr1 collier SlorsteC
crashed bow-on into tho side or bit
Canadian liner..-striking her about
midway of her length and ripping bet
Tie;crash occurred not far from thc
shore ' oft Fat h er Foin t, '50 ?dfes
Loni Quebec which the Emprefs- of
I re Ita nd left yesterday afternon bound
for Liverpool, and tv-trmfJeS' from tbi*
point 'on the St. Lawrence. . In real
. tty therefore, although the llasr wai
head'??g fdr thV ski and thef ?colliet
coming in from lt. the disaster was not
one%f ocean hut ot river, CfdOre.Jhu
Titapfc'e viet ms, the Empress Of Ire?!
lan? post their lives within sight of
short-inlsnd loSksJ; waters.
lmntedately the ship crew recover
ed from the shock pf the collision and
it was seen that th', liner had receiv
ed a vital blow a wireless "8. O. B."
call was sounded. .
Rese?o rfoateTTee Late.
The haried appeal waa picked up
by thc government mall tender Lady
Kvetya here ?aid the gorSroment pilot
boat Eureka at Feather Point, and both
set out to the rescue. So deep was the
hurt of tho 3uvpre*e, however, and so
fast the inrush of watrs, that tong be
-I i i i i mm
tl Ireland Rarni
m In Darkness
rying 934 Soul
Watery Grave.
MANY
AWOKE
mutes And Nc
d For Rescue
^ers-Heroic
ere Made,
I reach the scene the liner had ?one
down. Only floating wreckage and a
few lifeboats and rafts from the steam
er, buoying up less than a third of
those who had bet sail on her, were to
be found. The rest had sunk with the
liner, had been crushed to death in thc
Stort- ? a Impact with her, or had
been forced from exposure in the Ice
chilled waters to loose their hold on
bits of wreckage and had drowned.
Only a .few? persons were picked up
by^fW Btorstad, which was badly
crippled herself, and these were
brought here 'by the collier, as were
those saved by the Eureka and the
Lady Evelyn. Twenty two or the res
cued died from injury or exposure.
The others, most of whom had Jump
ed into the boats or plunged Into thc
water from the sulking liner scantly
clad, were given such clothing as the
town cobbi supply, and later those
HTBO <?oard tra-er-w pla*CVd uc board
. train and started for Quebec.
Bia* ia lt atonies.
Accounts agree that in the brief
tes^twe__5 collision
nd the sinking liner there was little
hance for systematic marshalling of
he passengers. ?nderd, everything
afocatea^tttmtg k^rtdsjMi of .those on
? he steaauf IHfrt?? ?ever reached
he deckg.'Fe? womal ?as among tho
ated, not mcjfe *hah la Ibzen, the lists
aake it o?pW il ?? ? T \
?Jurvlvor's Story,
appencd so quickly we did
.ot really know\what ;was going on
ind nobody had time 'to cry 'women
.rst," one of the passengers told C?p
ala Bellinger of theirestue boat Entre,
ia. *
"The stewards did not have tim? to
.ouse the people from their berths,"
he survivor added. "Those who heard '
?ho frenzied calls of the officers for
he 'passengers to hurry on deck and
.*ushed up, piled into the boats, which
vere rapidly lowered and rowed away.
"4*ny who waited to dress were drown
ed." K
& Eft>_ftltV Added Terror.
The horror of the interval during
ho time .the Empress was filling and
he fn??tened wrongs on board were
..ank hurrying every effort to escape
>ofore she cank . was added to by an
'iXpiosion which quickly followed the
"ipplng given the liner by the Stors
at's bow. *. According to one . of the
^rcucd. the explosion probably was
nuscd by., the water reaching the bo.il
rJ?v T'$<* ?h?p's heavy list as water
variag in weighted her on the side
ie was ft ruck made the work of
lunching boats increasingly difficult,
nd when she finally took her plunge
o the bottom scores r*!tt left on her
eeks were carried dove, only a few
elng able to clear her sides and find
apport on wreckage.
C?ptala'* Heroism;
From ail-accounts, Captain H. O.
if@r*r^L7^KjL^ Empress of Ireland,
* ire' himself like a true sailor. . He
.Aa-oed such command of the sttua
iflSrit appear* that while the Stdrs
n.dtarsUMB sftil hunatn^the^gaab^ lt
ae*%nTO$tf Kb^BU propeller? go
ng an that tho holo might remain.
plugged;. ,The Storadat dropped back.
'itrweffcrV and the Empress filled and
"oundored. . . ? . , ,'"!\ ,
Tpclgk? a'lotdi or. two hundred and
flfty bodies bas been recovered. Few
The wirelfea ts lwt/ag given credit
'orflsMsdNnJpy lives. Responding
or?YgVuf,"Jn& "S, O. 8." cali; the
?teamer Eureka was On the spot ap
proximately twenty minutes, after the
disaster and the Lady Evelyn but lit
tle late,-.
"? tm Abear?.
A corrected list of passengers and
crew Af th*. Empresk of Ireland, is
sued officially by the Canadian Paci
fic Rallf o*l si ves the total number
aboard as 1,367 divided' as follows:
First cabin passengers 8T.
fUwnnd <*?t>l" jviss?sjsis
Third class passengers 714.
?ffjcer*^ and fa
ST. LAV
med By Collier
? of Night
s to
Adie, Mrs., Blrmingnau.; Anderson, A.
B., London; Ave rd eek, P. C, man
chester; Barlow, A. E., Bar, Mrs., Mon
treal; Bennett, Mrs. Hart, Nassau, N.
P. ; Bloomfield, Mrs. W.R.^ Bloom
:t-id. Lieutenant Coionei vt*. lt., Auck
. nd, N. Z.; Brandon, A. G.. Manchest
er;. Borrows, A. J ; Cash, Harwood;
Cash, Mrs.. Nottingham; Cay, Miss C.
P. Golden B. C.; Crathen, Miss Wanet,
Montreal; Cullen, Mrs. F. W.; Cullen,
Miss Maud; Cullen, Master. Toronto;
Cunningham, R. A., Winnipeg; Darling,
M. D. A.; Dunlevy, Mrs. F. H., Denver;
Edwards Cox, Yokohama; Gaunt, MISB
Doris, Birmingham, daughter of
Counselor Gaunt; Godson, F. P,
Kingston; Coldthorpe, Charles, Brtd
ford. England; Graham, W. D.; Gra
ham, Mrs., Hong Kong, China; Hailey,
Mrs. D. T., Vancouver; Hisenhelmer,
W., Montreal; Hirst A. Birmingham;
Holoway. Mrs. C. F" Quebec; Howes,
F. W.. Birmingham; Hyamacs, L. A.;
irving, Laurence S. B,, actor; son of
the late Sir Henry Irving, Loudon;
Irving, Mrs. Laurence (Mabel Hack
en ey); Jo nh son, David, Frederick;
Kent, Lionel; lindsay, Dr. Alex, Hali
fax; Lyon C., Vancouver: Lyman, H.
If : Lyman, Mrs. Montreal; Maginnis,
A. G. director nf Messrs. Moppin and
Webb, London, jewelers; Malloch. C.,
Lardo, B. C.; Marks, J. Gabriel;
Marks, Mrs. Suva, Fiji; Miller, Mrs.
St Catherine S.. Ontario; Mullins. A.
E. London ;^Mullins, Mles E. London;
O'Hara, Mri? H". R., Toronto; Palmer.
W. Leonard, on staff London Financial
Nesrs, London; Palmer. Mrs. W. L.,
London; Price. Mrs. H. W., New Zea
land; Rutherford, P. J., Montreal:
Seton-Kerr,'Slr Henry, London; Sey
bcld, E.; Sobyold, Mrs.; Smart, Mrs.
CL Ottowa. Stork, Mrs. A. Toronto;
iVlee, C. G.; Ty?ee, Mrs < Taylor, J.
T>.; Taylor, Miss D. Montreal; Taylor,
Miss H. Montreal. Townsend. Miss T.,
New Zealand, Wakefield. A. J.. Liver
pool ;.,Walle.tL_, Rev.. J" Ixtndoa.^. *<
? Peterson. (Mrs. H., Winnipeg; Peter
son, H.. Winnipeg: Priestly, Miss A.,
Edmonton; Priestly, Miss A., Edmon
ton; Priestly, >Use M.. Edmonton;
Prion, George. Winnipeg; Quartley,
Miss WV M., Vancouver; Reilly, John.
Hamilton; Richardson,-W. J., Vancour
er; Richardson, Mrs*, W. J., Van
couver; Richards, George C., Terre
Hakte, Ind.; Richards. Mrs. George C.,
Terre Haute, Ind.; Sampson, S. J..
Guelph, Ont.; Schongutt, Miss, Mon
treal; Scott, John, Mortlneb. Sask.;
Searle, Miss Iva, Seattle, Washington ;
Shaitock, W. M., Nesbitt, Man.; Si
monas, Reginald, London; Smith, Miss
E., Calgary, Alb.; Stage. Miss, Toron
to; Stainer, Mrs. E., Calgary, AHL;;^
Stanyon, M.. Montreal; Stillman, A.
E., Calgary, Alb.; Swlndlehurst, Miss
A. , Toronto; Taplin, Mrs. Elisa, Kam
loops, B.C.; Veitch, Miss B., Victoria,
B. C.; Vincent. A.. F_?rcroes, Eng
land; Voneley, Miss Alice, Hamilton ;
White. (Infant of Mrs. George) New
Minister, B. C.; White, Mr-. George,
New Minister, *. C. ; Wjltelaw, Mrs.
J~ New Minster. B. C.; Wilmot, Miss
E.. Csmpbellford, Ont.f Wood, Miss
Mary, Regina; Wood, Mrs. 8., Toron
.$>; Yates. M*B. H.. Hamilton; Yates,
Harry. Hamilton ) Zenulak, Josfef. Or
der burg/.'
^Commercial Club. Rochester, Minn.
-^Mouhsey, Mrs. W. W. Chicago; Mut
teil, Mrs.'T., Winnipeg; Mattel!. Miss,
Winnipeg; Neville, Harold, member of
Laurence Irving's Company, London;
Neville. Mrs. Harold, member of Lau
rence Irving's Company, London; Os
tender, Mum England; Patrick, J., To
ronto; Patterson, John. Calgary, Alb.;
Patterson. Robert, Calgary, Alb.; Pat
terson, Miss S.. Calgary. Afb.; Per
ry, W, H., Pete rs boro. Ont.
?LONIX>NT?EARS
THE SAD NEWS
Catastrophe Seems To Have
Most Serious In History off
The Route
London, May 29- The full magul
tnde of the disaster to the Bmprass of
Ireland waa understood by the En
glish public only tonight.
T/Tbe last regular editions of the
evening- papers contained the report
that many- bad been saved. Extras
ir? issued later with the chtcr atate
sn t that "the chief ?Marconi operator
the Empress of Ireland*has wired
Father Point that a thousand
i have been drowepd.
worst fears were confirmed by
Thomas Shavghnessy's statement
that the catastrophe was the most se
rious la the . history of the St. Law
rence route.
Sir Henry Seton-Kerr and Laurence
Irving were the only persons aboard
who were well known here. Most of
the other English passengers in tbe
first cabin were business men from
provincial clUs*. ,.
. A? ?WU as rc was evident that there
beep a great loss of life, the flag?
aH jmipmnk ot^ces wera half maat
. At. the Canadian Pacific office
Ictins Wtr* p~*?t*d. Tbs Queen
EAMER
VRENCE
Mother Alexander sent an inquiry.
Among otbora who sought Infor
maion was Mrs. Wilde, Captain Ken
dall's neice. Her busband was chief
officer of the Titanic and his brother,
George Evans, was sixth officer. Both
perished in the wreck of that ship.
Her only remaining brother. Cedric
Evans, was third officer of the Em
press of Ireland. Her father waa
drowned at sea 17 years ago.
General Bramwell Booth dispatched
a messagr of sympathy and condol
ence to the i rm y at Toronto, announc
ing that he was sending Commission
McKie tomorrow to "stand to you."
Survivors Tell of Escape
Details of Hc%- They Managed To
Get Away From Sinking Vet
ad and Were Rescued
--r
Quebec, May 29:-A train with 390
survivors from' the sunken steamer
Empress of Ireland reached here
shortly before 8 o'clock tonight. The
rescued on board numbered 29 first
class, 29 second Class and 101 third
class passengers and 237 of the crew.
Thirty seven survivors' were left at
Rimouski, which would make a total
of 433 saved. As revised figures show
1,387 persons to have been on the
steamer makes the. prooaole number
O? i Or? I. C?l'i.
A full equipment of ambulances
was in readiness at Levis when the
army medical service corps spe
cial survivors' train arriver 'here,
and ?he .passcngete were disembarked
and transferred to a ferry steamer
walting at a social wharf to facilitate
the transfer to Quebec.
It was a pitiful tight when the fer
ry steamer docked on the Quebec side
at 8:80 o'clock tonight and the 396 sur
vivors disembarked. \ Their faces reg
istered the frightful experience they
had gone through. .Few possessed a
complet?xput^t df ?iithing.
Among" the 26 fir? cabin survivors
there were eight women and one child.
Among the twenty nine rescued from
the second cabin were eight women
and one child. Of the 101 persons sav
ed from the steerage four were women.
To tba CCGIUCBB of, Dr. James F.
Grant, of Victoria, B. C., ship's surgeon
on the Empress, was credited the sav
ing of many passengers taken out Of
thetWgtAf;, Wibjfcawp?tbly, would haut
perished had they pohjrecelved prompt
medical attentions .
A graphic description of the- scene
on board the'Empress of Ireland af
ter the collision was given by Dr.
Grant
"I was In my cabin," he said, "and
knew, nothing of the accident until the
boat listed so badly J tumbled out of
my berth. I tried to turn on tho light
but there was no. power. I roached
the bolted door but'1 the list waa, so
strong that lt took mb considerable
time to open it. When Anally I got
out end reached the passageway, it
waa so steep that my efforts to climb
up were, rendered impossible.
"I then scrambled up and managed
tb get Wyfhead through a port hole,
but I waa unable to get my shoulders
through. ' At that time; the ship was
lying almost flat ia the water on her
starboard side. A passenger Mend
ing on the side of ship managed to pull
me through the port hole.
"About a hundred passengers were
gathered on the aide of the ship at the
time but a moment after I had Joined
them, the vessel plunged to the bottom.
"I next found myself *n tho water
and avram towards the'light* of the
steamer Starstadt and when nearly ex
hausted I was picked up by a lifeboat.
OB board the S t or st ad t I was provid
ed with clothing. When able 1 did
what I could to'help the surv'vors."
. Only two children are known to
have been saved. A wonderful rescue
wa? one ot these-ytUe eight year old
Oracle Hanaghan, daughter of the
leader of the: Salvation Army band.
Her'father and mother were drdwntd.
Oracle waa not fold of her loss and
believed that her father and mother
would come to Quebec on the next
boat.
Wh?m asked how sh<* waa saved
Oracle replied: "O, I saved myself."
Tn o rhlld waa entirely Unconcern
ed. Kw lifeboat waa ?ear when she
?Tat thrown from the Empress. She
tabed a piece ot floating r-ood and
later waa pulled Into a lifeboat.
Maier Atwell of Toroer> and his w*!*'
w?j?-p amnri! those stv?3.
Ml got a life belt for my wife," said
Major Atwell, "we Jumpted Into the
water together. We were carried un
ger three times by* th?'suction of the
Foundering vessel. When we came
jp the third that'lae* a life-boat near
*nd I twsm, to lt. pulling wy, wife a'
>C"When we got on the deck UWe
tere very few persons to be seen, The
i^siaon for. this ls chat when the boat
iad Hated to pne side the etalru from
the sleeping apartments up Jo the
jost decks were, almost impossible to
nount. Aa I rushed for the stairs the
tater was pouring In in such volume
hat it threatened to drown us before
ve could mount tbs stairs."
SUFFERED LOSS
?any Kijrfa Officials of the Groot
Or?ar?Sz?&Mi WW Down
With the Ship
jOfeffrfft n '"rfiWci" HniYilfal Winni
peg; Best, Captain Gilbert; Blgland.
Lieutenant Stanley ; Brice, adjutant j
(matron Hamilton rescue home. Ham.
ilton.i Creighton. Major David (of lin-I
{gration ' department. ) ; Creighton, |
Mrs. David; Dodd. Captain T. Toronto;
Dodd, Mrs. Toronto; Edwards, udJu
tant (men's social department, O'ta- j
wa); Findlay, Major, Winnipeg; Find
lay, Mrs. Winnipeg; Gaskin, Colonel. I
Field secretary; Faskln, Mrs.; Good-1
win, Mrs. Staff correspondent, Ottawa;
Groome, Captain C., England; Hanna-1
gan, Musician, Toronto; Hayes, Staff
correspondent Toronto; Horwood, W.
M.; Howell. Maier (manager ??r'.i.tii.f;
department Toronto.); Howell. Mrs.,|
Toronto; Humphries, W.; Jones, En
sign Emily. Cslgary; Jones. T. ; Knud
son, Csptaln Hannah, Perry Sound, j
Ont.; Landing, MTB.; McGrath, Cap
tain, staff band Toronto; Maidment,
Colonel, field artillery; Maidment. Mrs.
Malone, Robert; Meacher, G.; Meyers,]
Captain Janies L.; Morgan, Tilly;
Morris, Staff author, Toronto; Neeves, j
Ernest; Patton, Ensign, Toronto; Pea
cock, Ensign F., Wymburn, Sask;
Perkins, W.; Potter, Brig Scott, finan
cial secretary, Toronto; Rees, commis
sioner, Toronto; Rees, Mrs. Toronto;
Rees, Captain li Mt h. daughter of Com
missioner and Mrs. F.'?es; 8aroalng, |
Adjutant, bandmaster, Toronto; Wake
field, W.. Toroftto; Walker. Brigadier, j
editor of Canadian War Cry, Toronto;
WJiatraore, Captain Guido, and twenty I
six members of thc staff band, names J
not given.
Captain Regrets
That He Escaped
Ulmouski, Que., May 29.-About
three hundred bodies of dead from the
Empress of Ireland lie tonight in the
sheds of the wharf here. Some have
been Identified and claimed. One of|
the bodies ls that of a woman, a child
tightly clasped In her arms. Many bod
ies are torn and bruised. Captain I
Kendall of the Empress of Ireland was
downcast over the disaster to his ship]
when he waa brought ashore herc to
night." I wish I had gone to the bot
tom with her." he said.
The Usual Investigation.
Ottawa, Ont., May 29.-That a thor- j
ough investigation must be made into
the loss of the steamer empresa of
Ierland wss urged on the "anadian
government by Slr Wilfried Laurier, j
opposition leader In parliament.
"It ?3 difficult to believe such an ac-1
cldent In the St Laurence so near to j
Father Point could not have been pre
vented," he declared.
The government steamer Lady Grey, |
I carrying medical rrjppHes. ?-rovlslcss j
I and doctors from Quebec City, is due
to arrive at Father Point at midnight.
An official inquiry in the clrcumsutnu.
es connected with the accident will be
begun early neit week, according to
Alex Johnston, depbty minister of Ma
rine.
?TRAIN CARRYING
RESCUED WRECKED!
I Following Steamship Disaster, the j
Relief Train With Survivors
Jumped the Track
Quebec, May 29.-The special Cana-j
dian Pacifie relief train carrying sur
vivors from the* steamship Empress of
Ireland was derailed shortly after
leaving Rlmouskl. So far as is known
no one was injured. Another train was
immediately made tip.
Delegates Opposed te War.
M?honk, Lake, *N. Y., May 28. Dele
gates sent to tbe Lake Mohonk con
ference on International arbitration
by tho United States chamber of com
merce, the national association of
manufacturers , and other business or
ganizations agreed today on resolu
tions opposing war and presented their
concluson to the conference.
The resolutions asserted that tbs
business men of tbe country realize
that upon them will rest a large part
of contlnu'n?' flnar?"lM b^'dena creat
ed by armed conflict Tbs busines
dlelegates asked the United States to
propose to tbs powers nf the world a
curtailment of pr?par?t ons for war
and budgets and the limitation of ar
manents.
The conference ended today.
Toa Caa Believe Him. '
Anderson turned on her white way
lighting system In h-j/mr of the Con
teder^tf veterans, ni they were do
lighted, indeed, if we are to. believe
Colonel Banks' newspaper.-Spartan
burg Herald.
College Trophy
Went To Cornell
Cambridge, Mass., May 30.-Cornell
won the thirty-ninth annual cham
pionship of the Inter-collegiate ama
teur athletic association here today,
scoring 44 points out o? a possible
195. With the championship went
permanent possession of the intercol
legiate trophy, thc victory giving to
Cornell the final leg of the silver vase.
Pengylvaxda finished 12 points behind
the Red and White, with Michigan at
third place with 2? 1-2 points. Dart
mouth fourth with 23; Yale with 22;
California sixth with lg; Harvard at
seventh with ll; Princeton eighth
wUh 7 1-2, white Columbia, Pennsyl
vania State. Brown and John Hop
kins completed the field. Two new
records were established, both iu the
distance rans. J. S. Hoffmire of Cor
nell, clipped three fifths of a second
off. the tiffie and then covered
the distance in S minutes 23 4-5 sec
onds and P. S. Caldwell of Conell.
.eon the 880 yard run in one minute
6k 1 *? ? second s.
The Cornell team scored points in
eleven of the thirteen events on tba
p*i?_*___. Pennsylvania ?eurea to tea
events, Michigan sad Dartmouth tn
six. Yale in eight and California in
Mich!mn proved strong in the.
rprlnto while California was strong
In thc *cld CTS??.
CAPTAIN TELLS STORY
OF SINKING OF THE SHIP
(Continued fro om Pirst Page.)
"Between 30 and 40. There were boats for everybody. She
had boats for 2,000 people."
"There was rio panic among the passengers or crew. About
5 boats were launccd. As the ship sank these boats floated away. The
people who were saved were saved by the Empress boats and the
wreckage.
"The Storstad with three or four boats pulled around and took
people off the wreckage. He did nut got many. 1 passed a couple,
of his boats and he only had three people hi them."
A Passenger's Testimony.
James Rankin, a passenger from Vancouver, B. C., and a marine
engineer said:
"1 was aroused by the noise and ran out. There was a big-,
pitch to the deck. I cannot tell how the accident occurred. I heard
the whistle blow when I reached the deck. Five minutes after the
collision a heavy fog lifted. Four or five boals got away and saved
many people.
"I think that if the collier had kept her bow in the hole she
made in the Ireland's side she.would have been able to reach shore
and probably have saved everyone. The officers on the Empress did
everything they could. The engineers remained below until they
could get no more steam and the liyhis went out.
Chief Engineer Sampson's Testimony.
Chief Engineer Sampson was too ill to appear. His testimony
was taken at his bedside.
"I was in the engine room until the lights went out and-there
was no more steam," he said. "I had great difficutly in reaching
the decks owing to the great list of the ship., No sooner had 1 got
on deck when the boats of the portside which had broken loose,
swept down on top of us and carried us under water. When I cam?
to the surface I found myself under a life boat entangled. 1 finally
was piled into one of the boats. Immediately before the collision we
went f?ll speed astern and then stopped. Then 1 got the order full
speed ahead, but had only Marted ihe engines when the crash came.
We then kept full speed ahead to try to reach the shore, as long as we
had steam. We could keep the engine going only for a few'minutes.
There was no explosion. I know no reason why the collier did not
keep much closer than she did. If she had, many lives would have
been saved. I am also of the opinion that had she stuck to us we would
have reached the shore."
William James Senda Newa.
William James, wirless operator at Father Point told of for
warding news that the Empress had been in collision with another
ship to the Lady Evelyn and Eureka. Captain Belanger of the Eureka
told of gathering what bodies he could find.
Inquest Adjourned One Week.
The jury adjourned the inquest for one week. In the meantime
[ Coroner Pinault will consult with the district attorney td determine
what may be done toward obtaining the evidence of the captain and
crew of the Storstad, which arrived at Quebec today and proceeded
to Montreal to land her cargo.
Bodies of Dead Removed;-n^v
During the day the coroner gave an order for the removal or"
all the bodies brought ashore. Relatives who had identified bodies
were allowed to remove them and others were taken to Quebec.
At five o'clock ir. thc afternoon inc Canadian Gov
ernment steamer Lady Gray, with ensigns half masted left here today
for Quebec bearing 175 bodies] in coffins. No other bodies have
been found and. it is believed^ tjie greater number of those lost were
imprisoned inside the Empress.
Quebec. May 30.-Investigation into
the responsibility for the collision in
the St Lawrence river early yesterday
which vent the Canadian Pacific steam
er-Empress of Ireland to the bottom
with the loss of more than 900 lives
was .begun today. i
Before a cort..1 or's Jury tu Rimouskl,
Captain H. G. Kendall, of tho sunken
liner, and others gave testimony In
tended to show that blame was not on'
the liner's olttcera but on the navigat
ors pf the Danish collier Storstad,
which dealt the lrner its death blow.
Tho collier tonight, after passing
Quebec, waa oh her way. to Montreal,
to land her cargo, and the story cf
her master-has not been told, nor bas
the time an dmanner of its telling
been decided.
While the coronor's Inquiry waa go
ing on in Rimouskl, the bodies of
178 victims which hod been recovered
were placed aboard the governmnt
CHAPEL HILL TO
LOSE DR. VENABLE
X - ?
Noted Educator Resigns ea Presi
dent of University of N. C.
Because of lil Healftth
Raleigh. N. C., May 29.-Dr. Fran- Washington, May 29.-Heated da
cia P. Venable, president of the Uni- bate in the senate today over the
versify of North Carolina, la a letter construction of one of two new bat
to the trustees of the University made U**uips at a government navy yard
public today resigas his position be- Prevented the passage of the navaVj^
cause of Ul health. proprlations bill. The O'Corman ara
" For the year past he has been ?ndment directing the secretary of the
abroad oa leave of absence and Prof. naTT to Dul,<i on* "^'P ftt ? govern
ri, X. Graham has been acting presl- Ment tnmvJ. Instead egjMgtoft
Sent, it to the discretion, received 36?4mee
President Venable's successor will to 18 a8*inst it, but a quorum waa not
be elected next Tuesday. pr??Fl,? "i* **. weat over
Under his administration the uni- unt" MonQ*y-_
rersity has grown from 527 students .?? m.?^._,M.a
and-31 faculty members to nearly "JOHNDEE 9 FUND
imbers80* "d WMrly 100 f^ TO HELP WQFFQRD
Dr. Venable occupies a foremost -
place among American chemists, was Soartanburg Collera WHS Bo
?ce president of the American Chem- . ~ * iZT^^T?. .
cal Society and ta a member of tba Given $35,000 ead W. end lu
3 ts rm an Chemical Society and a tel- aLTn ??
low of tbs London Chemical Society. **eta at*u w*or?
Fie bolds blgh rank aa an educator _"
ind waa elected president of toe Vm(W ". " ? , .
?ate Ualverslty on the resignation ot "J**it??r"Z?e -f?P?LZt* 2?"
CK Edwin A. Alderman. now SaK?n^^
>resldent of th* University of Vir- Jontt R" ?ock?eller fund, today an
rinta university or vir- ?Oimeed appropriations halting li>
._ 400,000 to> universities and coUa**&.
A?MiSisfMA*r ??fv0*^?* irT fs^'^emonstrat^e?^ tastwtme^eSS
^^Lm u^..nu ?? v N?" Hampshire, The college and UU
oday from Wiest Point. N. Y., for tho iverslty appropriations include
championship game with Navy to mor- Waahlngtoaaad Lee Ual* eratty
ow._Of the 12^ games played Army Lexington, Va., eiQO.OPO; Vofor
imm .?a S iuC?u??uB ihe issi five. ' i'njtjo, SparUUtbara, P C., ?3S,C
vs sel Lady Gray tor transport here.
The Lady Gray waa expected at a late
hour. A mortuary chamber at the
wharf was in readiness for the bodies.
Special police were oh duty to guard
the bodies, and control the throngs.
While preparations were being made
for the recepUon of the dead, the sur
vivors' Were well cared for, With tho
"exception bfabout two score, most ot
them in the Rlmous hospital from in
juries, all had been brought to this
city yesterday. Today all those here,
had been provided with clothing and
funds and several left for. Montreal.
Pew seemed willing to continue their
Journey Europcward Just BOW, al
though they were offered accommo
dations on he Canadian Pacific steam
er Alsatian.
Throughout the day thousands of
messages of sympathy continued to
pour in. _._
HEATED DEBATE
OVER NAVAL BILL
-
No Action Taken Cht Bm To For.
nish Several New Snipe for
United States Navy
