Flotsam and Jetsam.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 37, 5 June 1914, Page 5

Flotsam and Jetsam.

THE St. LAWRENCE WRECK “- ■ , NUMEROUS SUGGESTIONS. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright J Times and Sydney Sun Services. (Received 8 a.m.) Quebec, June 4. Many of the corpses are being shipped to England. Correspondents in the newspapers make numerous suggestions in regard to the prevention of tragedies at sea. They recommend sloping bows, and a device on the bridge for sounding a warning bell in every cabin, while the French Academy of Sciences recommend horizontal bulkheads encircling the ship which when penetrated would act like water ballast. The cost would be increased, and therefore its completion is unlikely. IN THE TIME OF TROUBLE. Quebec, June 4. There are irreconciliabl© statements concerning the disaster. It is currently reported that not a single boat left the Storstad till daylight, when two small ones were launched.-* On the other hand, the officers of the Storstad state that four boats were launched immediately, and were quickly loaded to their utmost capacity. They also allege that two of the officers of the Empress of Ireland, after reaching the Storstad, refused to assist in rescuing, declaring that the lifeboats were too heavy to pull. Thereupon three of the Storstad’s firemen took a lifeboat and rescued fifty. QUEEN ALEXANDRA S SYMPATHY [United Press Association. 1 (Received 9.40 a.m.) j. ■> ‘ ! London, June 4. Queen Alexandra sent a letter of condolence to the Salvationists on the loss of so many Canadians, and stating her intention to participate in the memorial meeting. HELP THROUGH WIRELESS SIGNAL. Ottawa, June 4. Wireless Operator Ferguson states that he sent out the wireless S.O.S. signal for eight minutes, ancr got a reply from a shore station that it. was despatching the Lady Evelyn and Eureka to. render assistance. Without this, it was likely that the loss of life wouM have been far greater, as these two vessels greatly helped in the work of rescue. SEARCHING FOR BODIES. "MAY SHE REST IN PEACE.” SOD.,BODIES STILL IN THE HULL. (Received 11.20 a.m.) Ottawa, June 4. The Lady Evelyn has abandoned the search for bodies, the captain declaring that all outside the liner’s hull have been picked up. The remains of a’little girl, believed to be the daughter of a Toronto Salvation Array officer, named Brooks, aged four, were found eighteen miles down the riVer. The child is described as beautiful, with ruddy cheeks and golden hair. Another girl, aged thirteen, a resident of the district, found a body, and enclosed it in a tiny coffin with a bunch of forget-me-nots, to which a card was attached bearing the words: "Kindly accept my kindest and sincerest sympathy. May she rest in peace. If identified’, I would like to know. (Signed) Eileen Tuggy.” The Canadian Pacific Company has not decided whether to attempt to raise the liner. Experts have been engaged to make a preliminary survey. It is estimated that eight hundred bodies are still entombed in the hull. FUNERAL OF TWELVE SAILORS. Quebec, June 4. At the funeral of twelve of the Empress of Ireland’s sailors services with conducted/in the Anglican and Roman Catholic Cathedrals. The Duke of Connaught was represented. The Lieut.-Governor and the Premier attended lyThe Mayor and City Council walked in the procession. Flags were at half-mast, and there was mourning everywhere.

A TRAVELLER'S DECLARATION.

Montreal. June 4

Dr. Grant Hyamson, an English traveller, declares that the charges against Captain Kendall are false. Ho says Captain Kendall struggled to aid in the rescue when in a state of collapse, and refused to leave, even with his boat half full of water, in the hope of rescuing others. Dr. Hyamson and others aboard the Storstad were urging that further search was hopeless. He asserts that he can swear that the Empress of Ireland was stationary when the Storstad struck her. ORIGIN OF GHOULISH STORIES. Montreal, June 3. The Canadian-Pacific Co. denies the mutilation of bodies by frenzied steerage passengers, saying that an evil imagination is the only foundation for these ghoulish tales. The company is claiming £400,000 against the Storstad, which counterclaims for £IO,OOO. 1 Bodies identified include Lieut-Colo-nel Bloomfield and Mrs Wynn-Price,

of New Zealand, and Miss Byrne, of Brisbane. Many second-class passengers are still unidentified. I AN AUSTRALIAN VICTIM. Adelaide, June 4. It is feared that W. P. Richardson, brickworks owner at Hindmarsh, was a victim of the Empress of Ireland disaster. He was making a world’s tour. In reply to inquiries, his son has received a cable that a man of that name was aboard, and was not among the rescued. NO MAILS FOR N.Z. ON BOARD. [Pin Press Association. I Wellington, June 5. The secretary of the General Post Office is advised by the depnty-post-|master at Ottawa that there were no mails from New Zealand on Board the Empress of Ireland.