St. LAWRENCE DISASTER.
OPINIONS DIVIDED. Eltioteio Telegraph—Copyright; [United Press Association.] (Received 11.35 a.m.) Montreal, Jim© 16. On the eve of the Empress of Ireland inquiry, popular opinion favors the Empress being on her right course. Expert opinion favors the Storstad. Sixty witnesses have been subpoened.
THE INQUIRY OPENED. KEEN PUBLIC INTEREST. (Received 12.25 p.m.) Ottawa, June 16. The Empress of Ireland inquiry has opened. Lord Mersey and Messrs Routhier and McLeod are presiding, with four assessors. Mr Newcombe, deputy Minister of Justice, examined the witnesses and there was a huge array of counsel. Mr Newcombe occupied the morning session, outlining the salient facts of the Empress’s loss as already known. Keen public interest is being taken in the inquiry.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 47, 17 June 1914, Page 5
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119St. LAWRENCE DISASTER. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 47, 17 June 1914, Page 5
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