C.P.R DISASTER.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2165, 2 June 1914, Page 5

C.P.R DISASTER.

SINKING OF THE EMPRESS OP IRELAND, ■ SEARCHING INQUIRY ORDERED THE CASUALTY LIST STILL INCOMPLETE. WRIT AGAINST THE STOiM By Tcleeraph—Pr«ea iMoSlatlon—CoDjfrleW a Quebec, May 81. i urthor aecavmts to hand of tiie- disaster to the 0.i'.8, tiner Empress of Ireland, which sank it! 10 miiiuves after being rammed hy the Norwegian collier Storstad, 1032 lives being lost out- of a total of 1387, are filtering through. When the Storstad struck the Kinpress of Ireland, Captain Kendall shouted to the ere;v: "Keep 'your heads! Don't get excitefl!" His order to thfi stewards was: "Get the pcefslo out of tlio corridors. Don't ferget—ivomea and child ren first." Captain Kendall hade Mr. Hayes, the purser, farewell on tho bridge when tlio water was lapping their feet. He gave a_ passenger his Kfebok. Hayes and Kendall jumped aptfrer, Hayes was soon picked up j Captain limiclsll was found later clinging to the wree&KC. Hundreds were drowned in thgir Sir Henry Seton-Kan- insisted" en Mr. Darling, of Shanghai, taking his lifebelt, Mr. Darling was saves!, ' A TRAGIC BURDEN. (Rec. June 5, 1.15 a.m.) Quebec, June 1, The Government steamer Larly Grey lias arrived in port -.vith 176 bodies of the victims of the disaster,

AT TEE INQUIRY. FURTHER EVilWfttE BY CAPTAIN < KMMLI STOKSTAB'S FAILURE. Queijsc, May 8L examined at thti inquest. Captain Kendall declared that ho gave the ordor ' 'Full speed ahead" in order to attempt to beach the Empress of Ireland. He ordered the lifeboats <mt a-nd •directed that wireless calls be {Uspaiched. The vessel went flown too rapidly. Witness was., shot- from the bridge while directions. He seized a piece of grating, and later, when nearly unconscious, some people trailed him into a boat. lie took command of ike boat, which resened numbers of struggling people. He put ten u«« wet: the side, attached to ropes, And dragged them safely. After leaving the first boatload aboard the Storstad,. Captain Kendall reWrned for another boatload, tat Was nnaWo to find anyono alive. It was impossible for the Storstad'S captain to have failed to hear witness's order to stand fast and not go astern. Even if he had not heard the call to keep ahead, as a. seaman he ought to have known what t© do-. There was no explosion, but the escaping steam might have made a noise like one. The Empress oi Ireland carried-, atopic boats ; thero was raom for hundreds more than were' nfeitd.' The pcopie saved were those who- were able to cling to wreckage or who managed t-o get aboard the boats which witness had cut free. These boats floated off when the vessel sank. The Storstad rescned only a few of the survivors.

GOVERNMENT INQUIRY ORDERED THE SURVIVORS' DECLARATIONS. (Roc. Juno 2, 1,3 a.fn.) Ottawa, Jvmo 1. The Government lifts ordered an investigation into tiro disaster, m coniunction with tho British Board of Trade. Tho Government has appointee! Captain Lindsay, Sup.crinieiHie.iit of tho St. Lawrence Pilots, t® hofcl a preliffiiftftrv investigation, with tjie object of sesui'ing tho survivors 1 declarations. tqndon, May 81. Two Board of Tiadft reprracutativcA have gone to Canada in omttftctisn iritk tlio wreck of tlie Empress of Ireland.

WRIT AGAINST STOKSTAD'S CAPTAIN CLALU FOR TWO MILLION DOLLARS. (Rec. June 2, 1.5 a.m.) „ Montrnl, Jtuio I, When the Stored arrived in port tho Canadian-Pacific Railway Company issued a writ against Captain. for two million doihus (C».lG.fi6f>). Tho seamen on tlie Siors;:ad say tba£ Captain Anderson was nfit on ditty at tlie time of tho collision, a'iid that tlio Storstad • was ofd?r&d before striking tlio Empress of Ireland; STORSTAD DOGKEO. HUGE RENT IX HER BOW, „ ± , Quebec, MavSL ' I lie Storstad has been docked lit order to ascertain tho extent of tlio damage sustained by her. The b&w was fiffl&silod for length of loft, and thfi a-wclfors wero driven into the- taiiL SIFTING THE EVIDENCE, MANY CONFLICTING STORIES. "Ttmos" and S.vdcstf "Sfjn" Befslesn. (Rec. Juno 1, 7,i0 p.tn.) n . , . Ouebec, M.iv 31. i.t is difficult to fix tlio responsibility tor tho disaster to tlie Empress of Ireland, owing to the many conflicting stories. -Major Attwell, of tho Salvation that he did not eae Captain Kenda 1 on the ship, hcitrd m ortkes given, and saw 110 officers at any post.' OUvMS corroborated tlie stattrnseiife. One of tho survivors says, that the boat lioclamberpd into hat! fiify jreopk m it. The davit ropes wore fouled, Mid. people were sitting mi the oars, so that rowing was impossible. I{© saw tlw stern of the vessel riso am! tho bow drop. The liner gave a hiss oiu] a at'lrgk and sank. Some of the survivors when j rescued went crazy. Tho balance of tho GVklot>ce suggests ! that tlio best traditmns of the race were not dishonoured. Tln:>re; waft ronfusion, i panic, and frenzy, but ore? all was a j concern for tho weak. self*saei'iilßo. and splendid patience and eiidtiraMoe. Tlio American Press emnwat-ws the captain from blame. STRONG LANGUAGE FROM MR, HOI. MAN. "GAMBLING IX HUMAN' LiVF.S;" (Rec. Juno 1, JM3 p.m.) Sydney, June l, Mr. \V. A. Holimin (J'ivmier ;.rf Xmy Souih Wales), referring in lire disaster' to tho Empress of Ireland, said Umt bo supposed tlmt t-lio impiirv would in the condemnation of some? .mi fort tin ntn second mate or seaman. There u-onid be no safety to the travelling prslilic until the directors of companies which send 1000 people to sea in a skip cijp.

able of ■ destruction in fifteen minutes are -put on trial as accessories to Manslaughter.. Ho hoped" that tlio Canadian Government would .deai witli the' calamity in tiisii 'spirit. ■■ He . was not saying that they were 'innocent or guilty—the disaster may have beon a, mere "act of God"—-but if it were due to human i'ailiiig, the- people who ■ make money, in gambling .in human lives ..ought, to be punished; ■■''

TOLL OF THE DISASTER NEWS FILTERING THROUGH . PATHETIC HOPES AfID FEAES By To2es'j , a.Dh-7-J > tG£s (Roc. Juue= 1, 7.40 p.m.) .' Louden, June 1, The London offices of the C.1'.1?. have again iicon besieged all day long by a crowd of sorrowful __ inquirers. Evcry Jiew list of names which was posted up at the entrance was eagerly tcaiinetl. DUiiiig the afternoon the celebrated Silver Band, belonging to the Regent Hall branch of tho Salvation Array, marched past tho offices playing the hymiij "Eternal Father, Strong . to Savc.'j Tho hand wrt.s accompanied by the New Zealand wfttiiigent. which is atteiidiii-g the London cenfefeii-cfi. Thecompany's officials stood at the door' way with bowed heads. Stobseqiiesitly the Salvation Army people held a memorial meeting in the vicinity, the Neiv iSeaSaMers addressing the mourners. London, May 31. Among the watchers for news in Loudaft were Captain Kendall's niece, Mrs. Wild, Her brother JYeilerkk was an officer on tlte Empress of Ireland. Her father was drdivited eft' i tin) Britariafe, iter husband, ivho was chief officer of the Titanifi, perished when that vessel went down, and her broilier, George Evans (who was sisth ofSifte-r of, the- Titanic} was also drowned, ' Mr. and Mrs, Neville, who were returning to Eaglrad, after 1 a tow with Mr. living's company, ware- on tard the ill-fated li.tfci'.

SALVATION ARMY'S BEREAVEMENT ' Sydney, June 1. It is feared that, possibly, the father, mother, and brother of Colonel M'Slih ]»«, of the Salvation Army .Training Collage, Melbourne. k;;vo beeti lost. They tiati announced their intention of tramling to, th« Londoii conference with the Canadian delegate. According to advices received at the Army headquarters, tiro Salvationist iloath-roll aboard the JSmpress of Ire* laud was 1;K). A eablograro was received in Wellington yesterfay .nwrnmg at the Natittiva'l Headquarters of the Salvation Army, froiii Gesseral Booth, calling for tUo prayers of the whole Army world <in Itelialf of the _ bereaved ami dying. The General sisti».ii\tes that he-' has plactid Canada in tempom-v charge of.Oosnmi* si.on.er M'Kie, of International Headquarters, London. Corawissiofier M'iKie, who formerly had charge of Swedes, is well kftmvii throughout" Now Zealand; having iornifrlv been 'OsmnMssjioi'-er for Australia* The General conslvtdes his message: "The work nwiat go on." A memorial service will be held in the Grand Opera. House, WeUiiKtcm, m Stinda.v night. The Chief Secretary will cotrthicfc the meeting.

Hie official fiaKette of <the .Salratiow Army in Xe\v Zealand. "The War Cry," enmraentina on the disaster, "'There is fvo.t tlw* slightest doubt that from every quarter' of the jrlohe. where sjtir operations ate conducted v fi-ovn the snows of Icotaiwl to the heat, of the tropics, hundreds, nay thousands, of men and won-.en will arise whoso Sale eonMttftinK piissiftn will he to carry, finder the Army's flag, to the most distant as well as to th® most .Mioswtatjfe regions o? the earth thai, blesses! message of peace and goodwill to men that has tamed the. .fiercest native and il'Mrnvinctl the darkest passions with the lamp' of ■tave. The temporary appointment Onmttfefi'io.nor M s iue_ to the Canadian e.otnma.nfl is emphatic proof that mot only will there be no contraction of our wcrk in Canada, tot that the war will be- pushed -tin with niiabatod vigour."

v The (Arisfa&uHi Methodist Ministers' Association meeting lias passed o fesolutimi of deep regret at the tegs of life involved in the meek of the impress of Ireloiid (States a Press Association Hieasjtgp frmn Christchiirch). aiid expressed its deep Sy'rtipatW with the local tisefntats of tlio Salvation Army in tho loss of vlisir eo.mta'4e-s, FEARS FOR A GISBOR.NE LADY ' Glsborfie, Jm;o 3. Mrs. Haifcy, mother of Mr, A. PBailey, of Gisborne, formerly of RotoHia, left Vancouver on May 21, intending, to embark on the Empress of Ireland. A cablegram has been recivcd siatinc; that she was on board, and lltere. is no tu,po' that site has been save-d. MR. AND SIRS. MAR®, OF SUVA Sydney, Juno I. ! , tt is feared that the lost passongett on the Empress tff Ireland include Mr. Gabriel 3larks. s of tho Suva firm of il. Marks mid Co., and liis wife, who wfiro; on a'lvorld tesiir. DEATH OF JIIB& H. WYNN PRICE j . Blfitifielm, June 1, Miss Tiriali Townskffm].. a ■daughter of Mr. Towiislwnd, Crown Raiseei', Marlboi'oiaglv witli lier atiat, Mrs. : Hugh Vi'ynir Price, of Auckland, were aboard tlui i'll-fa.ted Km press <if Ivsland. Yesterfa.y morning' Mr. TewnsJiejid n. cable message fr&iu Quebe. 1 stating that his daughter was safe, tat. iliat her Aunt .'was lost, and minosting that Money and instructions bo cabled. Miss Townsliend is a good swiisiiMjr, and received cittergeney traiiiijig at tlio Blenheim Baths.