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age, were picked up by the lifeboate
and carried on board the rescuing YES

] age, were picked up by the lifeboate
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 10
q broken spar.
j. w. Longley, rancher. OF Canford,
B. c., went down with the ship, but
held his breath, and, coming to the
surface, found a piece of wreckage and
chung to it until picked up.
One of the survivors, in explaining
the quickness with which the Empress
of Ireland went down, said:
1.-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 a peeling off 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 ave themselves. Hundreds
Of them must have beer dumped out
of their berths and slammed against
the walls with stunning force"
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
cifc. There was a haze at the time.
At 1850 a. M. l was awakened by an
IS. o. S." ring on my door bell and,
rushing down, was informed by a Mar
conf operator that the Empress of Ire
land was sinking, having been struck
by some vessel. In undrcss | 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.
MIR. 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-
mouski wharf.
Help Rushed to the Scene.
Capt. j. b. Belanger of the Eureka
Immediately rushed to the scene and
Captain Pouliot. with the Lady Eve
'yn. followed later. his ship being
three miles farther away.
Meanwhile daylight broke and
scanning the horizon with a telescope
| saw the two government steamers,
nine lifeboats and a collier in the vi
entity. going here and there. Later
the Eureka arrived at Father Point
W ~, ~ u.ith % c,r,,ivnrc md Coypr1I
poor drowned bodies. also several or
the survivors who had been wounded.
Agent in Marrow 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 al
on board, and the Canadian Pacific
agent, Mr.. Weber, who was here. hav-
ing just got off the Inflated vessel with
the pilot. engaged all the cabs ht
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 the Canadian Pacific railroad.
1.-THE Lady Evelyn passed into Re-
mouski wharf about 4 a. m. with some
more survivors and bodies. Among
the survivors was Captain Kendall.
commander of the Inflated ship, who
was picked up by a lifeboat from the
wreckage after the ship had gone
down.
Survivors Almost Naked.
Most of the survivors were almost
naked in the cold morning, Will the
temperature at 35 degrees and white
frost on the ground.
AT Clio the Norwegian collier
| Storstad. coal laden. from Sydney. N.
| S., for Montreal. came along slowly.
| When her bow had beer smashed in
it became known that she was the
vessel that had struck the Empress
of ireland the fatal blow. The Stors-
tad was o much damaged to allow
her to proceed to Quebec under her
own steam, but before proceeding she
| landed a few survivors and some dead
bodies, which were taken of by the
steamer Eureka and Lady Evelyn and
| landed on the Remouski wharf"
Sinu "God Be With YOU" On Ship.
Montreal, Que, May 30.-Wnen the
liner Empress of Ireland steamed away
from here Thursday she carried los
members of the Salvation army from
the United States and Canada, bound
for the world convention in London.
To the accompaniment of the army
band, they were singing. God Be
| With You Till We Meet Again"
This prelude to the accident in the
| st. Lawrence made the disaster a near
parallel to the sinking Of the Titanic,
whose passengers sang, Nearer, My
| God. to Thee" as the White Star liner
went down.