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The Delta independent., 1914-03-27
North Delta Bridge About Done.

The county bridge and building for
ces began work last Monday morning
driving piles on the north end of the
North Delta bridge and in consequence
the bridge has been closed all week TO
traffic but from Official sources we
learn that ii will be opened tomorrow.
The new piles being driven are to take
the place Of other underpinning thai
has partially decayed and when all
improvements are completed the North
Delta bridge will be better than for
some years past Official notice was
given last week that the bridge would
only be closed Monday and Tuesday
but it was entirely impossible to get
repairs made in that time. even 10 that
extent sufficient TO permit OF any kind
of travel. Many OF the North Delta
people have forded the Gunnison at
different points this week and others
have gone several miles out of their
way to other bridges.
The Delta independent., 1914-03-27
DRIVING HORSES GO
FROM DELTA TO VIRGINIA.

. Ruby Bros. the well known .
. horse buyers OF Pueblo. were here .
. several days last week and pick .
. ed up about twenty head of good .
. driving horses which were ship .
. ped out of this city to Roanoake, .
. Virginia, last Monday evening. .
. The car was accompanied to the .
. Virginia city by w. II. RUBY. .
. In this bunch OF horses was .
. "Pansy," the pacing mare owned .
. by William Benis of Hotchkiss, =
. and BLACK Ben" owned by Mr.. .
. Stoneburner of the same place. .
. Mr.. Ruby stated to an Independ- .
. ent scribe just before entering .
. upon his long journey across the .
. country. that he certainly had .
. with him the best bunch of driv- y
. ing stock that was ever shipped .
. to New England markets from .
. Delta county. y
o He remarked that he would be .
. on the road with his horses about =
. twelve days, but that II wouldnt .
. take him over one-third that .
. length of time to get back.
= u n = a = u =
The Delta independent., 1914-03-27
GERMAN AN-AMERicAN BANK IN
DENVER STANDS HEAVY RUN

A run was caused on the German
American Savings bank in Denver the
first Of this week which lasted for two
whole days, by some party making the
statement over the telephone that the.
bank was unsafe. The Denver Post
was credited with helping the matter
along Mr.. Schrimer, the banks presi-
dent. not being in favor with that pa
per. Both the bank president and the
Denver Clearing House association as
sured the public that the bank was in
good condition. still depositors were
scared and kept in line until they had
draw out about 100000 When the
run stopped there was still more than
$500. 600 in gold and silver stacked up
by the paying teller's windows. The
Denver Clearing house said it would
stand by the bank If needed; so did
other banks, as well as responsible
indy iduals, yet there was a crowd of
depositors taking their money as fast
as II could be paid to them for 4s
no1fs.- Ii is said the bank did not ask
for nor accept any aid. At the end
refreshments and carnations were
served depositors by the bank officials
and all were urged. If they wished. to
accept their money 1t is pretty seri-
Gus thing to start run on bank
The Delta independent., 1914-03-27
DEATH COMES SUDDENLY TO
YOUNG LADY OF CITY

Miss Shirlie Rogers, the eighteen
year old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ].
NJ. Rogers, died at the home of the
family in North Delta at O'Clock last
Friday morning after an illness dat
ing from about the first OF the present
year. Miss Rogers had contracted a
siege OF la grippe at about that time
and while she continued with a course
of treatment for her ailments there
was no thought at any time of her
condition being serious.
Miss Rogers was a junior in tho
Delta high school and justly popular
with her classmates and acquain-
tances. Funeral services were held
in the Methodist Episcopal church ut
4 O'Clock Sundy afternoon, Rev. o. x.
Maynard officiating, and interment
was in Delta cemetery.
The Delta independent., 1914-03-27
Black Prisoner
Leaps From Train

Charlie Brown. tcolored) the former
Delta prisoner being held in the coun-
ty all pending a hearing in the district
court upon charges of completely in a
bold holpup pulled off here few
months ago and who made his exit
from the Jail by digging his way
through the north wall. took another
desperate chance for liberty when be-
ing brought back from Price, Utah,
by Sheriff Sampson last Tuesday even
ing
The sherifrs forces at Price learned
that Brown was wanted in this city
and he was arrested there last Satur-
day and our officers notified. Sheriff
Sampson went over to the Mormon
town on Monday and started back
with his colored prisoner the following
day. When the train pulled out of
Fruita with Brown seated n little dis
tance in front OF the officer and the
eye of the latter directed for a moment
to some other part OF the car Brown
took leap for liberty through the
car window when the train was run
ming at rate OF speed said to be
about fifteen miles an hour.
time TO see his charge going through
the window head first and his first act
was to rush to the platform and jump
off in order to pursue and overtake. II
possible The trains speed was great
" increased at this time and the Off
Ger had to run and stumble along for
quite a distance before he acquired
perfect equilibrium and by this time
the negro. who is a sprinter of some
class, had gained good lead and was
soon beyond reach and out of sight Of
his pursuer. The officer left notice of
the escape with officers at Fruita and
little later boarded an interurban
train for Grand Junction and came
on home from that point Wednesday
morning empty handed.
An eye witness to the escape told
the story when the train reached Grand
Junction as follows: Il was looking
uON tnt Val anu saw mon cuNuShiS
lean out OF the window and the next
thing ] saw his heels disappearing
through the sash. ] saw him strike.
He landed full length. striking on his
hands and face. He rolled over three
or four times, II was not too dark to
see the whole thing and saw him get
up. little slowly. sort Of shake HIM
self. much like horse would and be-
gin to run towards fence made out
of poles. The last saw of him he
was running very fast. The sheriff
jumped off before the train had gone
40 rods farther and struck ON his feet,
gun in hand. It was excxiting and ev-
eryone on the train was watching the
fun. The train did not stop"
The Delta independent., 1914-03-27
6. c. DAVIDSON POPULAR DELTA
MAN DIES SUDDENLY ON TRAIN

IS. C. Davidson. well known citi.
Q zen OF Delta. died on train en- =
Q route home, at Newton, Kansas, =
. at 2 O'Clock Wednesday morning. =
o The news of Mr.. Davidson's
Q death came in telegram to Prof .
Q Dana yesterday morning and gave .
q no further details regarding fun
Q eral or burial Mr.. Davidson had =
. been suffering greatly from rheu- =
. matism for nearly two years and =
Q last December he and his wife de- =
. cided to spend the rest OF the =
Q winter in Texas. where they hop =
. ed benefits might be gained for =
. the patient.
. Mr.. Davidson came to Olathe Z
. from Garden City. Kansas, about =
. seven years ago. and two years =
. later removed to this city, where Z
. he and his wife have resided al. Z
Q most continuously since. Mr.. Dav-
. idson has large property inter.
. ests in both Delta and Montrose Z
. counties. Deceased was about sc
. years OF age at the time OF his Z
. death.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . =
The Delta independent., 1914-03-27
Methodist Church

On next Sunday the pastor vii,
preach at both services. The sub
ject of the morning sermon will be,
The Inner Circle of friendship" the
evening subject will be, The Possi-
bilities of Human Soul,' illustrated
by Jean Vatican. Those not worship
ping elsewhere are cordially invited
to all the services OF the Church.
The Delta independent., 1914-03-27

Mrs. o. X. Maynard very nicely en-
tertained the Harmony club on Tues
day afternoon Mrs. ]. F. Maurer of
Lake City was guest for the afternoon
and Mrs. H S. Bushnell was reader.
The Harrison times., 1914-06-06
AGENT In Narrow Escape.

"The scene on the Eureka was most
distressing, the survivors walking
around their dear shipmates, stretched
out In their last sleep, The Eureka
was sent TO RemouskI wharf with all
on board, and the Canadian Pacihc
agent, Mr.. Webber, who was here, hav'
ing just got off the Inflated vessel with
the pilot, engaged all the cabs he
could find and telephoned for all pos
sIble medical assistance, As the com
pany's agent here, | advised all the
survivors that their cables and tele'
grams to their families would be paid
BY tho Canadian Pacific railroad
"Thc Lady Evelyn passed into Re-
mousN wharf about n, m, with some
more survivors and bodies, Among
the survivors was Captain Kendall
commander OF the Inflated ship, who
was picked up by lifeboat from the
wrcckago after the ship had gone
down
The Harrison times., 1914-06-06
Carried TO Bottom.

The Empress OF Ireland reeoiled al'
most on her starboard beam ends from
the blow Of the collier and passengers
were flung from their berths against
tho walls Of their staterooms,
Many were stunned and before they
had time to recover were carried to
the bottom with the ship,
The vast torrents pouring into the
great gOeh on the port side, aft, filled
the corridors and flooded every state
room abart the mldshlp section In.
side Of four minutes,
There was never chance for the
helpless oneg In the after cabins and
staterooms Of the liner, With her port
side laid open for half It's length from
the midshlp section to the stern, n
Belyo had more chance TO float than
tho Empress of Ireland, and the
trapped passengers In that after sec
ton were doomed from the moment
the storstad struck,
Keeling from the blow the ship be-
gan TO settle almost Immediately aa
the water rushed into the big rent,
From the forward cabins, however
men and women In night attire stun
bled along the corridors and up the
companion way to the promenade deck
tho deck below, the one on which
the bonts rested
The Harrison times., 1914-06-06
Swarm to Deck.

Up they Bwarmed on deck In their
night clothing to lind the ship heelhg
away to port and the deck slahtlng At
u degree that made II almost impos'
elble to stand even clnglng to rallngs
Men and women, shrlokIng praying
crying for aid that was fAted TO arrive
too late fell over one another In that
last struggle for life on board the
doomed Empress Of ireland,
FrcnaIod molherg loNpod overheard
with their babIoa IN their arms, Others
knelt on deck and tried to pray In the
few moments left TO them Some were
flung overheard ly the heelIng OF the
sinking shin and lone broke their logs
or arms In trying TO reach the llfo'
boats
Above the din Of the struggle on the
great promenade deck could be heard
Captain Kendall shouting commands
for the launching Of the llfeboats, Sey
era we're launched IN the 10 minutes
that tho Bhlp lloato1,
There was no time TO observe the
rule "Women FIRST" IN this disaster for
those nearest the b0ats scrambled 70
places In them,
Hut even ~ they we're being
launched, while tho wireless atlll whs
calling ~, o, H." there came u terrlno
The Harrison times., 1914-06-06
Survivors Almost Naked.

Most OF the survivors were almost
naked In tho cold morning, with the
temperature at 80 degrees and white
frost on the ground
at G10 the Norwegian collier
storetad. coal laden, from sydney NJ
s., for Montreal came along slowly
When her bow had been smashed In
II became known that she was the
vessel that had struck the Empress
of ireland the fatal blow, Tho Stors'
tad was too much damaged to allow
her 70 proceed TO Quebec under her
own steam, but before proceeding she
landed few survivors and some dead
bodies, which were takon OF by the
steamer Eureka and Lady Evelyn and
landed on the Remouskl wharf"
Sinq "God Be With You," On Ship.
Montreal, Que, May 30-When tho
liner Empress Of Ireland steamed away
from here Thursday she carried l6b
members Of the Salvation army from
the United states and Canada, bound
for the world convention In London
10 the accompaniment OF the army
band, they were singing, God be
with You Till We Meet Again"
This prelude to the accident In the
S. Lawrence made tho disaster a near
parallel to the sinking Of the Titanic,
whoae passengers sang Nearer, My
God, to Thee" M the White Star liner
went down,
The Harrison times., 1914-06-06

explosion that almost rent the ship In
twain,
1t was the explosion Of the boilers
struck by the cold water, A geyser Of
water shot .pward from the midship
section, mingled with fragments of
wreckage, that showered down upon
the passengers etill clinging to the
rails forward and upon those strug'
Cling In the water
The explosion destroyed the last
hope Of the ships floating until suCcor
could arrive, for the shock had
smashed the forward steel bulkhead
walls that had up to then shut out the
torrents invading the after part, The
water rushed forward and the Empress
Of Ireland went swiftly to her doom,
carrying down with her hundreds Of
passengers who stood on her slanting
deck, their arms stretched upward and
their last cries choked in the engulAng
waters.
One Of the survivors, relating that
last tragic scene on the decks Of the
liner, said
81 was asleep like most Of the pas
songers when the collision came
There was u sickening crunehIng Of
wood and steel and then q grinding
ripping sound as the Storstad smashed
her way along the port side Of oul
ship,
81 knew that we had beeh struck
and rushed to the staterooms of some
friends and shouted to them,to get up,
as the ship was sinking, Stateroom
doors flew open all along the corridor
and men and women began to rush for
the grand companion forward Those
aft must have been drowned In their
berthR,
The Harrison times., 1914-06-06
Darkness Is Intense.

ION deck officers of the ship, par.
TALLY dressed, were rushing about
urging passengers to be calm, Sailors
under orders were trying to launch
the lifeboate,
"The dafkneBs was intense and q
few minutes after | reached the deck
the electric lights went out At that
time there were Btill hundreds Of pas.
songors below trying to grope their
way through tho darkened corridors 10
the eompNnlonway and reach the deck
Most OF them went down with the
ship, for tho corridors below filled
right after the explosion Of the boilers
II loNpod overheard In despair Just
before the ship went down aud man.
aged TO find bit Of wreekage TO which
elung"
Intense darkness covered the waters
when the Empreea Of Ireland made
that final plunge, Tut the fog lifted a
few minutes later and then camu the
frat faint streNks OF dawn,
It lighted waters stFewed with
wreekage and struggling passengers,
who Btfoye to keep aIl0At,
The crippled Siorstad, which had
wrought this tragedy OF tho waters,
had lIreboatB out picking up as maj y
survivors no possible,
The gray dawn revealed the govern.
ment steamers Lady Evelyn ana Eus
roka near the scene Of the dIsAator and
Fastening 10 aid,
Some Of those IN the water tried 10
swim 10 the Eureka aa ahe neared tho
point where tho l9mpFeas had gone
down, one woman, wearing only an
undefyest, swan TO tho Indy Evelyn,
ana was holpod on boar, but died Of
exhaustion noon afterwards,
The work Of rescue atlll was going
on when the sun arose IN a el0udlass
sky,
Men and women were tllhgihg 10
spars and bits Of broken planka, Many
Of the ourylyors were injured Some
had broken legs, othorB fractured arma
and still others had been Injured Inter
nally IN that last mad rush to get away
from the sinking liner
Women olihglng with one hand 10
llllla 0nea while with the other they
tried 10 keep clutch on Dleeea ~ wfsob,
The Harrison times., 1914-06-06
mouski wharf
HeIp Rushed to the Scene.

Capt. J. b. Belanger Of the Eureka
Immediately rushed to the scene ana
Captain Pouliot, with the Lady Eve
lyn followed later, his ship being
three miles farther away,
Meanwhile daylight broke ana
scanning the horizon with telescope
saw the two government steamers
nine lfeboats and collier In the VI
entity going here and there, Later
the Eureka arrived at Father Point
wharf with 80 survivors and several
poor drowned bodies, also several OF
the survivors who had been wounded
The Harrison times., 1914-06-06
Survivors Tell Of Fog.

II was f0ggy, according to survivors,
when the Empress Of Ireland, a steel
hulod, Btoolbulkhoadod ship OF more
than olght thousand tons, loft Mon
treal ut 43O Thursday afternoon In
command Of II, q, Kendall OF the
Royal Naval Reserve, one of the most
elllled Of transatlantic haylgatofe,
Forest fires also obsoured the at.
mosphoro and the big ship, In charge
of n pilot, proceeded slowly on her
way to sea At midnight the pilot
aide left near Father Point, shouting
a merry "llon Voyage" as he went
down their ladder to his waiting boat,
Tho darkness ut this time was In
tense and the ship under the elowest
speed possible with Bteoragoway held
her ooufBe, Her decks we're deserted,
The passengers had al sought their
berths with no thought OF impending
death,
out Of the darknoas, on the port
side, soon after $3.50 In the morning
there lOomed the little Norwegian col
ller, not half the eige Of the Empress,
but fated to be her destroyer
Not until the collier was almost
.aboam Of tho biz liner was the danger
known on either shin, The fog had
blotted out the lights aB we'll an the
port and starboafd lights OF both ships,
Quick orders tFumpeted on both YES
sells we're heard But they came all
tnn late
The Harrison times., 1914-06-06
964 PERISH IN SEA DISASTER
Great Liner Goes to Bottom at Mouth Of St. Law
renee River Following Collision
With a Collier

hull far below the water line Into
that rent the water poured with the
force Of Niagara,
The bow Of the Storstad smashed It's
way through berths on that side Of the
ship, killing passengers sleeping in
their borths and grinding bodies to
pieces,
Reaching the stern Of the big liner
the Storstad staggered off in the dark
ness, her bow crumpled by the impact
Her commander was ready few min
utes later, when he found his ship
would float to aid the crippled and
sinking Empress, but he was too late
to save the majority Of those on board
The Harrison times., 1914-06-06
Strikes Ship AmidShIp.

The BtoolpoInted prov of tho stor'
stad struck the liner amIdshlpe and
then forged aft, ripping and tearing It's
way through tho Empress OF Ireland
Clear to the stern OF the Empress OF
ireland waa this great steel shaving
ut from her side ff0m the ton OF tho
The Harrison times., 1914-06-06
Scenes at Liverpool.

Liverpool May 9O,=puthetle scenes
we're enacted at the once OF the Cana
dian pacific railway In this city Fri
day Crowds Of weeping men and
women begged for news Of the officers
and crow OF the Empress Of ireland,
,ho majority OF whom we're gathered
here, when confirmation OF the dls'
asler was received several OF the won
en tainted, Fridays scenes were n
duplicate ot these Witnessed ut the
llma tho Tllnnio went 10 the bollnm
The Harrison times., 1914-06-06

age, we're picked up by the lifeboats
and carried on board the rescuing yes
sells.
Captain Kendall dazed and unable
to give any coherent account OF the
loss Of his ship was found clinging to
a broken spar.
]. w. Longley, rancher, OF Canford,
b, c., went down with the ship, but
held his breath and, coming to the
surface, found piece of wreckage and
clung to 1t until picked up.
One Of the survivors, in explaining
the quickness with which the Empress
Of Ireland went down, said;
The collier, being only something
over 5000 tons, did not reach up even
to the upper or topmost deck OF our
hull. Her bow cut under the upper
deck and took peeling of the side Of
our ship that allowed the water to
rush into the lower decks. Then the
liner heeled over, and even those In
the superstructure deck rooms had no
chance to save themselves. Hundreds
OF them must have been dumped out
Of their berths and slammed against
the walls with stunning force"
The Harrison times., 1914-06-06

RImouski, Que, May 3l,-Nine nun
dred and sixty.four persons lost their
jlyes Friday morning when the great
Canadian Pacific twin screw liner EN-
press Of Ireland was rammed AMID
ships IN a thick fog off Father Point
in the st, Lawrence and sunk by the
Norwegian collier Storstad,
Four hundred and three survivors
were picked up from floating wreck
age and two lifeboats,
And only ~ of the saved are women
Gathered piecemeal from survivors
tho horror Of this wreck grows with
che telling
Waters Quickly EnguIf Ship.
Tho doomed ones had little time
even to pray They were engullel by
the onruGhIng waters that swallowed
the big ship inside of nineteen min
utes from the time she was struck,
The wireless operators on the EN-
pross, sticking to their posts to the
last, had time only to send few rs,
o, s." calls for help when the rising
waters sleneed their Instruments
That silence told the reseuers miles
away more potontly than a bugle that
doom had oyortaken the ship
Only six hours before this fateful
collision the passengers sang as n
goodnight hymn God Be With You
TIL Me Meet Again" played by the
salyatia q Army band on board,
III S"1bers Of that band and most
of Il ,B5 SalvationBts were among
Aha A.
The Harrison times., 1914-06-06
Sinu "God Be With You," On Ship.
IryInu, Actor and Author.

New York, May 3i.-Laurenoo 3, D.
irving, drowned on steamship EN-
press Of Ireland II On actor, author
and manager, llo received hle edu'
cation at Marlborough college, College
Rollln, Paris, and spent three years
in Russia studying for foreign ollloe.
Ills playa are widely known, In 1908
and 1909 he presented Sketches Of his
avn authorship In England and Amer
lea, on May ., 1910 MIR Irving ad'
droaaod the Equal Suffrage League at
Nnw York
The Harrison times., 1914-06-06
Scenes on Shore.

Father Point Que, May 29,-"The
Empress OF ireland passed and landed
her pilot here at 1880 this morning,
said an official OF the Canadian Pa
ciic, There was haze at the time,
At 1850 a, M, was awakened by an
IS, 0. s." ring on my door bell and,
rushing down, was informed by NEr-
conf operator that the Empress OF Ire
land was sinking having been struck
by some vessel In undress ! started
to help. No other signal could be
got from the doomed vessel She had
no time to give another as she sank
ten minutes after being struck,
Mr. Whiteside, manager Of the Mar
conf station, rendered effective serV'
ice by notifying the government
steamer Eureka, at Father Point
wharf, and the Lady Evelyn at Ra'
,t,p,11gN ,,.h 40
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