THE ST. LAWRENCE TRAGEDY

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2181, 20 June 1914, Page 5

THE ST. LAWRENCE TRAGEDY

:' '"COL. BLOOMFIELD'S DEATH . (By Telegraph.—Press 'Association.) ...'■'■ ; Auoklanu, jurie 19. " The Prime Minister paid a tribute to the late Colonel Bioomfield, who was among those who perished in the Empress of Ireland disaster, at to-day's meeting of the Political Jtefonii League. . The annual,report, stated that the League deplored the- loss sustained. by tho lamented demise of Colonel AV. 11. Blooniiicld under-such distressing circumstances. Colonel Blooniiicld had ■taken an active part ili the establishment. .o£ the Reform-Club:; .and, for •sometime, had acted as chairman of. the House Committee.'.His tyiso. jiidg-' \ment, and his kindly.ir)rescnce,', would bo much missed, not-only at meetings' of tho committee; but %' all depart-' ments of Reform activity'.' Mr Massey also referred to the seriour loss which, bad been sustained by the Reform' Party, as well'as by the community ns a whole by the death of Colonel Bioomfield, and proposed a. resolution of sympathy with the relatives. He mentioned that Colonel Bloornfinld had been a lifelong friend of his—in fact, they'had. worked together in political matters long before lio (tho Premier) entered Parliament. . Their chairman (Mr. Matthew Clark), Mr. Graves Aickin, Colonel Bioomfield, and others had been associated in'politics in'carlv years, aiid tho first of the early band, to pass away, he regretted to' say,', had been Colonel Bioomfield. ■■;. -Tho resolution was'carried, the conference standing.