IF THE STORSTAD HAD NOT BACKED OUT.
"MANY MORE LIVES WOULD HAVE BEEN SAVED." A DOCTOR-"OPINION. Dr. Johnson, one of the CanadianPacific Company's officers, says that if the Storstad had not backed out after the collision many more would have been saved. The Marconi operator states that Father Point responded promptly to his call. Ho was unable to talk, as the Empress of Ireland's dynamos failed within five minutes. Mclntyre, a Salvation Army officer, says the vessel lay wallowing on her side for a few moments an* then an explosion sent a burst of steam all over the vessel, which seemed to turn turtle.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14982, 1 June 1914, Page 7
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104IF THE STORSTAD HAD NOT BACKED OUT. Press, Volume L, Issue 14982, 1 June 1914, Page 7
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