THE LOST EMPRESS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2166, 3 June 1914, Page 7

THE LOST EMPRESS

TRAGIC ACCOUNTS BY -, A survivors-, ; r . STORSTAD'S STORY OF THE ■- ■ ■. DISASTER &-■■ tWER ALLEGED TO BE AT . ■■-.' ■■■ FAULTS ■■■ ■ ■ : CHARGES AGAINST THE CREW By TWceranli— Viqzb ABSodatt'ut—Cotrt'ltil (Reo. 3-aw. 3, 0.45 p.m.) Quobsc, June 1, Further news of the terrible disaster which followed the collision between tho ■ C.P.R. Hner Empress of and the Norwegian collier Storstad. β-fi' . Father Point, in the River St. Lwveaoo- givfes the latest returns of the casualties. Tho toil of tlio disaster is : now stated to be as follows: , — On Board 1,467 Saved— 35 First Glass 38 Second Glass 164 Third Class W Grew 444 Lost „....„.„ ~,..,....1.023. ■■'Times" aid Sj(ln*!> "Rut" Service* (Bee. Jmss %, SJO p.m.) Quebec, Jime 1. Pitiful searos occurred in tho shed where the corpses am laid out in plaia prao coffins. Tliirty of tho bodies are miiilentifiable. Distraught women and lieaj't-lu-oken m-eji searclied Jioro and them for missing reJativee. . . Mon-o'-wa-rsino-a ea.vticd - the coffins aslwre-, tlw proceasioii evef £b.e gaftgwsy lasting an lioltr. A Happy Reunion, • Tlwro has been u.Jiappy founidn of two young peopb named broenwa-y, who were, oi 'the Salvation Army party. They wcro o»i their Uoueyinoom, and got separated-in tlin cojniiwtiori. Tho wife was ,Wo*ii.itito tho water bv the explosion, bwut and lifuised, and ivas picked up by a raft. . A man on. Ww> i-sft said to Itav: ".Don , * he afrnid, littto girl. I have lost any wife." 'i'fren lie opened his Coat- a.iid vest) drew net e105.6 to liim, and buttoned his coatround, her. She i-Bpjfcd: "I have lost jtiy liustand." She remembered lie mors till she fotwd herself on lwartl tho Stb-f----stiid. A pilet boat picked up <jircojiway; . ■ Whea Miss Townsheud (of New-Zea-land) plunged into tiia sea sho w&s. kicked by strngglijip; vkstinis, but with closed feyosi s'iio sSitiSk out Itfa-veiy, bcvm thiliiiing of the pfisstßiiity of tlrowMriii;. She swans a mile More slia was picked up.

A Pitiful Story, Starved and raving as the ..results <yf her esjKsrieSocs, a stalwsf i Jttfnvegiati woMsii passenger from tte Empress of Ireland was foiiral walKloriflg OH the saud dunes, btad in a single- gariacnti Sense iaeit Sought to aid hoi", bub tlio •svoinan rfl-ft ttif, and Was only wssbt whou exhausted- Sto ]iad. .fergetten hmow« name, nji4 lia'l apparently driftetl; clown tho iirer fo'r oiglitpcn miles, cMngirig to tlriftffood. Site- la? not beop. identified yet. Suffocating Moments. StafiyCiiptain M'lutyte, of fl» Shlthti«! Ariiiy, declares that iiftspeftltablo confusion reigned ©a beard tH» ..Enipress <>fvlfelaiid n ; s tiro -V-sisScJ aftd listed. Fetipjo climbed hjglffit flpsn the (Jeclis, atid wlioit tl» H«cr satflc tficy woto earrW down by tlio yafdsj. t)w ST.i-rlhtg (satarast bocping tWr heads down. 'After fearful suffocating HMificirts ho axrao te tlw siirfooe and grasped an ovtrrarncd Ijoa-t. doctor's SplentW Work. Bauclsman G'reoft. β-f the Salvation Axwy, lost Ms. father, motliei-j and sister-. In life? acsoijiit of the ctoastttr, life Sa.ys that the effort of thosi) oji boa-rd the liner to meh tie desk « iifeo -qlimbiftg ii Wall. Thcro was little pa«.ie, escfcpt-Jteg aiiioijg ;fto fordign-e-rs. H* saw gik> man j>ush into a hoat.bfcteo a Wonian. Anotlief man lmockod few dc)svh. The Salva.tiotiists on bbattl saag, "God -Be With ton," tnJA tlifi «a» guiSng watore caused tlvo atovipt tei'ftiiiHiteon ftf the liynin. D ! r. Ofaiit's efforts, says BartdsmaJi Grewi, W(?n> wianimoflsly praised. He relieved both tile- physical aitd ftieretii-l sttff««iii«s of tllo STi'fWvoiiS, ' brought ■orctof oiit oJ chaos, and when t;aJ;cn on tard the Stsfstad dafectod the laying out of the' cofjist-s a.iid arranged tlio supply ef dis cMhing for tilo Wmea. Piiblto funeral. ! Bi<3 Canadian-Pacific Coftipafiy Is arranging for a puhlra funeral ef the- dead. The bodfcs ef Sir Henry Seton-Karr, Mrs. IJ. Wylin Prieo (Now Zealand), aitd J.ti-ss 0/ Bryi» .(Brisbane) iiavo teen identified,

SWiSfAD'S WR« OF THE mumm. CAPTAIN'S STORY, IatPEESS OF IRELAND OHANGEJ3 HEE COtJKSE. Montreal, Jaw 1. Att exanmsatien t>f tho Storsttid shows that an anchor point pierced tho Empress'ef Ireiaini's side, kitting lMinibelis of these in the- cabins, A Mfiotkievered anelsor evidently opened the EinjM'csS of IroJnnd's plates lilso a salmon, tifteuencr. Captain Anderson, of tho Storstad, asserts tkaii tlw Kinprcsa of Irdana changed Her course, as ho raamiaiiled tho St«stad's uiidevia'bmgb , . fho Storetad's speed was cljocfccd beforo slio strivdi the Empress of Ireland. .'l'lio captain sa,ys tisilt hv attempted t<) l;ee.]i tho Storstad's nose against the Empress of Ireland's side, but that, owing te the S{3Gcd nt v.-iiicli tho Enipress of Ifcla.iid was propeetlfag, was fiJiailo to do so. Uα i!.sks that judgment be stepeiidcd tmt-it a ciDßinetait wibmtal apportreiis the blanio. ' VVfiat tliD Gaptaln'S Wife Saw, (Koc. June 2, 5.15 p.m.) Mrs. Andersen, wife of the Stmstad's captain, stated that her husband luiil endeavoured to keep the Stwstad pressed ngaiiist tho Btoproes d (reland's side bait tho Knipfxiss's speed was too great. Captain Andersen ordefod out all" theboats, but a* first did not think tho Empress of Ireland was hi any danger of sinlsitig. Cftptto Atwlarsnn gave up everything h-s to aid the survivors when ho ii.p.i tesoTOcl tliom. . Mrs. Avwiesftij asserted thofc ' after tite Empress ot Ireland snfilt i\o heard coutirmens sweaais all. Captain Anderson swit out lifeboats and picked tip everyone they possibly-emiM. She is pusitivo thai Captain "fondnli did iiot assist any of tlia passengers. Instead, liii canio on hoard and lay down in iho Sloretad's ctot-roMii", whilo the crew of t]jß Empress oj frokutl ewiw r>a beard, and reluMd ♦«* co

to tlio assistance of tl.ro -drowning ftftsSWIgtM'S, St4\l.i»g tlliit til-cyi WCfO tOO imiuornus. ■ : STATEMENT BY STQRSTAD'S AGENTS, IMPRESS BLAMED I'OR THE COLLISION. ■ ~, CRec. Jvuw 2, 9.50 p.m.) Mofttfealj June-1, Tho agents for the Storstad sta'la that tiio Kmpress of Ireland was seen off the port how of the Storstad, her green light being visible. Tins rules Vrir navigation gave the Storstad tlio right of way, awl 't'ho 'Empress of Ireland's eenrso was changed so as to jiaas safely. Tlw fog Mien descended and tlio StarStad's engines- were first stowed down, and then stopped. The l-aiirso was unaltered, and the whistles, wteh vrei'-e heard from the JsMpvnfis of Ireland, were answered. Tiici Hirer's grcwii light was again seen throtigli tlw fog, and the engines of trio Storstad mvo sent astern. Her wa.v was nearly checked, when tli© vessels colWod. After the impact the Sfcorstad tried to keep her prow to fto hole., but the Empress slewed away, and disfippeawd. i Tiio Starstad i reqiwitly whistled , in or- ; dor to locate her, Jmfc failwl. Slit ffeii raniioeuvred close to the Emptfcss, aitd lowered her boats. Everything possible was dams to. assist. The officers e.f the Stonstajl eoiifim I tho agents' statement/ They electors thnt. swr.es of jw&plo, with lifebelts <rti, wore iseeH lying dead in tl« sea, in the freezing water, which had benumbed tliem.

COURT <WHNQUIRI ■ OPENS O-Jf JUNE 9, Ottawa, Jwia l. Hie Gitvcraratnt 'has fixed Jane 9 a-;, ihe- date for tho opening of the Empress of Jrolnnd inquiry. %'w o Jiidg«s of the Ufladiaji Adniiraliy Court and o»o represcntativrf of the British Admiralty -ivill oompos.o tho Court. I'lio Hottso of Commons' has passed ah amondfiicftt to the Shipping Act. twon&ig for a separate commi - swn to» investigate the ftnpres-a of ins. iafid disaster. Sir WitfHd. laurier U«adc-j- of *fte Opposition) (.mdorsed the Ml, wfecli was read twiee, fto thiw! wading being fixed for tho foflowinff-cto-y: _ Hi? anieDctetent jjjwidcs for the npppaitaioflt of twa OaJiadtiH .AAuifaltv Judges to sife on the Ckmii. 'M : B SUNKfS' MNBR, Qao{jeo f Juno 2. U)ji!ma\«lcr fjreedw. of tiis eriikcT Asses, says that it- will bo iri) ; tessi.bl9 to raise the Empress of freknd, but divers may recorer sraiioj* and raluaMes, IHE IiELJF FUND iotfßon-, June 1, IHio Ewg 3tos gtei £000 and the Ottoen =625(1 fo Mansion, ' Ha fee Jrnnd for tiro relief of ,)Jk dopenimiis- J Ql tie viotims of the disaster.' Iflo Liverpool ftj W j totals j£lo T 0O©« j " • A tfIVIRFNG JjtOff • . TO'THE EiSuiijE PBCJPLE. ; n't t> , Lontfdn, Jtiw i. i Wisliop Bjflo, D«ati of Wes-tiuijister. m-owkirg sn the- Abboy, said flmttlm: tatfs-h pfetmJc had qaivared under tho blow of tho Jb.fflijj-.ess of Ireland disaster It wiis tat an e&l&rgswni 6ii » te rr ihle scute or tte dally disasters fe.v s-oa-d, : r nil jMtor-caj', .bvvt this was wore dfoadfiil bofiati.so deatll and strnrtma ted tea to lm,rfred» of tlteu- ewn Ijreh and kin tUmmii no tadt «• foblh ff rfi wess in. tiro P i«d waters ot-a nvwjtHjho deed e{ afelrt. PERSONAL NEV/S df TRAVELLERS Ar . *~'-■ QWPJ'SC, Juno 1. Quart y, %.doey, aro Irftlier-ed to haw >« fia ; sseii^i- s by tJig Empress «f Ireland, Imt jio tmco cif tlrcn> has been .AaaMwed. . fW hag Ijctb uiirMo to aseer- : f-ai.ii a they were on boitri. ; (Rec. Jhijo g ; o.g a.^, ~ . .. , , eyijttpy, Jn»6 2. Advices whidli Imve been received stato ttotjio Qmitt)o af» safe in [London. ' Tney inhsiwM to join tljo :Emjjr"ess of Lrekiid, bat sailed W an eanrtr sfoarjier.

■A' WOMAN'S DBfAM. w . „. ' Quebeo, -June 1. Ensign and Mrs. {Smith, of the Salvation Arfty, caivfieljorl their passage by the Empress of Ireland bpcatvso of tho wifes iLfeuhi of■ anettrer iftmA disaster, ME. DEATH, (Bee Jui». ,%' 0,5 ji.rn,} Vatlcouvaf"-'JuhG 2. Tine Cadets who visited Now Jsealirn<l some, titfio ago express tho feeiiesfc syjiipathy with the BloonrocJd faiaiiy> During tliraif reccut viait to Vancouver ■tl« Cadets entertained; .fclve BloomfioliJs. It 3aa $be«H. titatedj on tho -authority of a, fetal op-niWrate, that. Jtr. Bernard Ohani'biers.'of Pw«riy Bajj wiis p, passenger bj; the Niagara oft liei* April trij>, Wiis is now stated to be- inccsrWcft, It Was M.f. Bss-H-atd lMelSw.orthj a Kcpliesv of Mr. Beriiaf-d 'CSiaMWs, of fc Jlat-a, jjaiyke's Ba.r, made ilvo trj-p. The GitfiaWTurcli presbytery, at a special fficistiiig ycstcrtlay • SiftoTjitiqii (states a Pressj Asswiaiiimi mijssau;*), recorded its "(:ieci> sarirois , at tho foSS of tho Empress ci Ireiond," aori «>skviidoti its ''profoftiul syapatliy to tl.io relatives (tf tlioso wlw hav-ii been ialtofl, anil «*sposially eyinpathjsfts "S'ith the. Salvatkto Afmyj ivhidj hsh ■Sβ many of its adhcretttsy'