THE LOST LINER.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2167, 4 June 1914, Page 5

THE LOST LINER.

SUROTQBS' STORIES. -' YELLOW PRESS «« ■ WILEY " ABSOLUTELY WICKED " ~ STATEMENTS "'[ MEANCaOLY TASK OF ""' mmmm. ■ ■ By Telegraoh'-Eress AGS&ctalSon-Cowrrijr.hi Quebets, June 2. Kcfer.ri.ng tcKtfeo terrible disaster which followed the collision between, the C.tMi. liner Empress of. Ifelancl and tho Nonregisii. collier St-orstad, when the linor sank in ton laiiuttes, with tho loss of oror 1000 lives. Mr. Lamb Gossolin, K.C., declares 'that the Siorstad's captain did nothing to Iwlp after the vessels struck. When In? (Mr. GosseUn) Mocked the Storstao, after being an lioti.v in a collapsible boat, ho appealed to. Captain Anderson to assist drowning persons, font tho captain raweJy looked at him. Mr. GoSBE-foi is wilting to'swear that no hoats worn launched from the Storstad, tho crow of which were standing idle mi tlie deck when Mr. Gosseiiu m-firio Ins appeal: '\I<W God's sake, you ought to do sftraothiagj." Mr. Lionel "Kent, another passenger, nonfirmoet Mr. G-osseliu's statement that the Stdl'stad did net put out h-er boats for a cansid-criibl*- time after tfc eoUision. Ho also i dedans that tb crow of tho Empress'of Ireland knew tlw whereabouts of the life-belts, provided themselves with belts, and left tlw passengers to seared vainly, FINAL TOLL OF THE VICTIMS, i (Roe. June 3, 10..30 p.m.) ' I . . ' Quebec, Jane 3. ■Tthc final official figures are;— Losfc'.;>..', ~.,.. 1024 Saved 432

CHIEF ENBiNfiER'S STORY. HOW HIS MEN BEACHED THE - DECK.. m, ■ , Loncto-n, Sum 2. ilie eiwet ongimzer (Mr. Sampson) says a desperate effort was nwdo to beach. tl»s Empress of li'cliwd. bat tho engines were usduss; After the lights went out, ifr. Sanipseii told t.lio ibpij to save tliom&oiviS. ' fhey serafflbJcd ui) tho latWw, whiob then, owing to tlw vessel's list, foritied. part of tira eeiling or tlio cn.}*-.iiiG.-»on). Tito ma. eraivic'd out-by tins djrriek jwsts, when some of the vossril's top imnsper fell, carrying thnm into the- water.

• Tho newspapers a.ro giving prominence to a controversy on tho -.'μ-iffistion whether 'the Empress of Ireland was moving .ahead, as tho captain of tlto Storstarl avers, or whether slio was -at a standstill, as Captain Kendall asserts. (R«c, June 3, 9.30 p.m.) • . Montreal,' Juno % Mrs. AnfeiMi (wife of tho carafe of thp Starstad) has fwiilief aliened tbsf. Oaptain Kendajl (of tlio Empress of Ireland) snivci on teaixL.tfe Stotstad with a litiuiibey ef passengers wto-sp fees and arm* wt;« bfftlwn... Gaptam.'jCcn'dall was so jjnsions to gfit. cm board that ho eoramblcd across, 'tho eijffeiiaj* people. Tho. Marißp Ssiperifttejidfljit <j'j Wq Canadian-Pneifio R'aiiwat Company, xh<~ficribrs t'ho s.tori' as a tissim 6f lies. Ho is fully eoiirinced that Cajttain Kendall intended to grt <1»w» witl'j tiic sljtp. only that ho vma prwe.is.k-;1. by faix-. When tho Emjwss of Ireland ' licitve'H ovftr, Captain KcwLnH g-rhspctl. {.lie. rail, intending to drown, biiti tlio ifa.prisowcd air blaw tip ftp deck mi fclio bridge, throwing hijii tpto the 1 watet , . An inspßctten of.tlio StoKstad ! « bows indicates tiktt it wotiki have beea iiiv possible for her- stem to hftvtj romaWtl locked in the Empress rf W»n4's siflt*. as tho collier's bow was twister); eut of shape by th-s liaor's -ntotitfn.

A STB-AJJGE ZIG-ZAG COtJBSE. ".Times" ttisij Syd-B«x "R»!h" Rst-Tlcea. Gke. ,Tu»t» $, 7.5 p.m.) , ... Q-uobse, Jimo'3. Oaptain Bolteng, tit tlie -Iforwcgran collier AMod, .esserte that when iiis Vessel was passing. fto Imptess of Ireland, 30 in iies 's.tev-e the' scorns a! the disaster, tho liner vrai steering a strange, zi.g-srag ctsursfr, .irlling him with anxiety. VEtLOW PRSSa LifeS, i, FOREIGNERS "jro-LTGfi? WITS KNIVES." Mont-roafj. June' 2. Sensational s-t.MenWHts afo appearing in tho Ajflpriean yclbw Pmm that the Empress of Iffilaincl's- crew .wero cowards. Miss TiHvnshefld, of Kow Zealand, was shown soino of. these. She declared that the stntcrticsits wore absolutely wic.ketj; tlw etoiv did everything they possibly -could. few Y-ork, Jit&o 2. Tho newspapers are jj-nbli-slnng scare stories of fercigners light-ing aboard. and of the- crew deserting the -ship and leaving tko passengers to drown. "Tltey also report iU Amy that tlio. cantajii was drunjj, and similar (intrutlis.

■ STATjMMTS DENIED. TeronfOj June 9. •'A stotomcat jpatilishpd here to tho effect that tho foreigners in the steerage 'of the Impress'of li-elanl fought with kniv'o3 when their escajie wa.s barred is denied on tlw authority of the Canaiiali Pacific Company, whose.marino soperijileiidtnit says the erew behaved splendidly, and that there was littlo or no panitj amongst tlie passengers, who seemed too dazed, by the suddenness of tlto Jwi-itaii- to niako any panic move. Captain Welsh- also denied Mrs'.- Anderson's statement that Captain Ken* flail was drunk when lie arrived on the Starstad. Oapt-ain Welsh says that Captain Kendall never took tlriuk once during his life, (Ree; June 3, 10.45 p.m.) TaKttito, Jiino 2. Tlio Toronto "World," referring to tho steerage passotigcrs, says that there is fiomo foni- ilifit croswd demons, &meH with murderous dirks, slashed their way through tire Crowd, stabbing and maim-1 ing. This is lUe- growing coHv-ictiou erf I sovernl people tri-io were "in'close taimh with tho whole situation, and is fßrtlie-r assisted by tie irat(.prtnkers"iii Quebec who are embalming the boflia-s, «id who declare thai, tlw Kfiibs were slashed in a way no accident could have caused. Tlie stataiiieat Is not .generally siinit 19 dwlafed positively that nine-tcnt'iis of the victims whose bodies have hem recovered t\-ei* aotdrowned, but kttk-d by injuries rceeiyed in the collisioii qf hy tlio falling debris.

IDERBf WNC W DEAD' VICTIMS ALMOST' UNRECOGNISABLK. QuEboc, June 2. There is grant ?lirtic\iity in idCTitifyiiic the Empros? of Ireland's victiws. owing in the ra'iiihter! sf»se tjf (in 'Ufat- !•■ " apparent ikni. maay vrei'c killed

instantly, owing to striking wreckage' or heiHK crushed by the Storslad's impact. ' Idcntificalion of tiic body »f JJrs, Price, of New Zealand, wns'mailc; after about sixteen members of the crow had claimed the hody as a stewardess. Some doubt still exists as to ivhetlicr tho tody at Mr. Irving lms ten found. Identification of a body was made by -means of a ring with his initials, but other piissieiijicrs with the same initials .were also lost. '.fko Mayor had to decide tiic. question of thojiar-cntship of a child who was Killed i» the,. Empress of Ireland clisastfir. Two fathers ciaimed the body, The Mn.vor compared tho features of J tiia. fathers, and also of the duatl mother, and awarded tho eoffia to a Toronto claimant,. , . "STtoMis" and Si-iinov "Sun" Services. (Rcc, June- 3, 7.5 p.m.) , ' ®uebea k June- 2. , One hundred and ten bodies have been identified. It is wot expected that many more will be recognised, but the remainder will not be buried for a month. AUCRlanrt, Juno 3. A private cable received from 'Canada states that the body of the late Colonel W. E. Bfoomfevjd was found and iac»tiSed, hat that the bodies of Mrs. and Miss Bkwfifield liavo mi yri been recovered.

THfi FUNERAL. IMPRESSIVE fiissk ON PASSING iMm. (Ike. Juno 3, 10,30 p.m.) „», „ ~ . Quebec, Ji«i o % Tho Canadiaii-Fneific Railway Company has nrraiiged for tho funeral of ail the imisontified and uixiaimed victims of tlw disaster to tako place <Jn Imirsaay.. The company will befit all expenses. Montreal, Juno 3. Tho steamer Jfesantie held, ft requiem service owj the spot where tho Empress of Ireland sank. Tiic jut's■soiigers and crew wore lined Up on the decks, aad sang tho hymn "AWde With lii-e, - standing with bared heads. Itwas ail itnjsressivo spectacle.

COURT JHMNO.WRY \ Wmmsl, Jh.bc S. Ihe Canadian Government has oppom tod Sir Adoiph Bwtbfw (President M the Court of Aflnii-raHv for the Province ef Qnelwc), and the Han Ezekiol M'Leod (a Judge of tJip Supremo Omirt atwJ a Judge of the Vwe-AdmJf-alty Court of Isew Inniwiofc), mm! t-lw Britisli Boattl of 'rtatte has. appointed ■Mr. Gooruce Vans t<3 oowfltee tlto Comniisswn to inquire rccMcliag tl» loss of the Empress c-i' Ireland. T , , Mmdon, Juno 2, Lord Metsey-, cS'PreskWt of tiic iretate. Divorce,'arid Admiralty i)Msion of aw High Ceflrt of Jusfefce, njad who was the Coinmissioncr appoihtfc] to GHfiiiH-o into the wJcek of tho Tiwmc, will represent Britain at tiro ivmpross of Ireland inquiry.