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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-30
ABB RESCUED OUT
OF 1857 ON BOARD
Survivors, in Pitiable Straits
Reach Quebec in Special
Train.

ouebec. Nav "a train with $40 sur
,,i,.ors from the sunken steamship En-
press of Ireland reached here shoruy
before 6 o'clock tonight. The rescued
on hoard numbered % first class, - sec
ond class and 1Ol third class passengers
and OPT of the crew. Thirty-seven sur
ylvors were left at Rimouski' mahl"e I"
total of 43S saved. AS revised nsuies
show 1867 persons TO have been on Doaiu
the ship the probable number los' is 9''.
The Empress of Ireland, COMMANDED
nv Lieutenant II. G.. Kendall. Royal NaNa'
Reserve. called from quebec at 4:Zo yes
terdav afternoon for Liverpool AmohS
the names on her passenger list Is sir
Henry seton-Kerr, barrister whose
travels and big game shooting nave
taken him into many corners Oh the
world: Laurence Irving, the actor son
of the late Sir Henry Irving, his "lle'
Miss Mabel Hackney, and two other
members of Mr.. Irving's company MI
and Mrs. Harold Neville Mrs. Irving
maid. Hilda Hageston, was also IN the
marty. large number of members oil
the Salvation Army, bound for their IN
ternational conference in London were
aboard.
The first word Of the disaster reached
Quebec shortly before a. m. IL cam
from the Marconi station at father rom
IN the Marine Department agent mere
announced that the Empress OF lieiah'
had coliided with an unknown snip thHN
miles east of Father Point and was SIM
ing The Marconi station had heard th'
"s q :" signals of distress ana reporte'
that the Canadian government Ncsse
Eureka and the mail tender Evelyn STA
toned n rather Point. had been rusneo
~ the rescue The wireless people report
cd that they had been in communicate
u,i,b the Empress of Ireland but shor
time when the messages suddenly ceaseu
An hour after the first messages "ei
receIve6. Father Point reported that 'n'
1Iorrover OF the North German Lloy'
I,ne WAS the vessel which mad peeh II
coIIision with the Empress of ireland
and that probably both steamers mao peer
Iost This added 20 the gravity Oh 'h'
,,ou,s as the Hanover was known 10 nave
more than 200 immigrants aboard Doun'
for this port from Rotterdam
Then Father Points operator anhouhoe'
that he had been in error about the nam
over and had learned that 1t was I'M
Swedish collier Storstad that struck 'h'
Empress Of Ireland.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-30
FEAR BROTHER is | 0ST
New York Man Goes to Canada
to Look for Kin.

After an anxious day spent in making
n quiries as TO the safety OF his brother
p C. Averdierck. a passenger on the EN-
press Of Ireland, II. Averdierck left here
last night for Montreal without learning
his brothers fate. II. Ayerdierck lives az
the Seville Hotel. 10Th st. and Madison az.
y. c. Averdierck. A. G.. Brandon anu
Walter Fenton, all OF Manchester. ENG
land, came to New York short time aso
70 consult with members Of the American
Thread Company the American oranch y
Jones. Crewdson & Youstt, OF Mancnes'e'
The lists OF survivors contained the hah''
OF Fenton, but Averdierck and Brah'O'
are supposed 10 have been lost
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-30
GOLFERS BACKING
DOOMS EMPRESS
Many More Saved, Survivor
Says, Had Storstad
Not Reversed.

Quebec, May 29.-A story to the ef-
feet that there was a tremendous ex-
plosion on board the Empress Of Ire
land after she was hit by the Storstai
was told tonight by Philip Lawler, a
steerage passenger from Brantford,
ont. LAWYER was on his way to Eng
land with his wife and son, Robert, tif-
teen years old.
listed under the severe shock, and
water rushed into the steerage quar-
tiers. A few seconds later there came
an explosion that shook the vessel.
Probably this. Mr.. Lawler said. was
when the water reached the boilers.
People were simply shot out Of the
ship into the sea b. the explosion" he
said. II was pushed overheard with
my wife and boy. The boy could swim.
so / tried to take care of my wife, but
somehow she slipped from my grasp
and sank"
Or. Johnston, chief medical officer on
the Empress, said that had the Storstad
not backed away so soon larger num-
Der of the passengers would have been
saved. He said that when the collier
pulled herself free the sea surged into
the hole she had torn in the side Of the
Empress and the liner sank quickly.
Chief Marconi Operator Hayes Of the
Empress told of the sinking of the ves-
sci.
las soon as l felt the shock of the
collision l was ordered to sound the
danger signal, and the flash Of my
S o S was Immediately picked up by
the operator at Father Point and was
answered back But I could not talk
with him, for five minutes after the i'm
pact my dynamos failed and seventeen
minutes later our ship went down"
Pluckily TO leap from the deck of the
sinking liner and swim around for
nearly an hour and then to drop dead
from exhaustion on the deck Of the
pilot vessel Eureka was the fate Of an
unknown woman. She had on little
clothing and has not been identified
The noise of water rushing into his
cabin awakened w. Davis. Of Toronto,
and his wife. They fled on deck, but
in the rush of passengers were sepa-
rated. Mr.. Davis was saved. but 1t is
feared that his wife went down with
the ship.
A full equipment of ambulances, sur
piled by the city OF Quebec, by the
town of Lewis. on the opposite side Of
the river, and by the army medical
service Ups was waiting in readiness
at Lewis when the special survivors
train arrived. The passengers were
Immediately disembarked and trans
ferred to the ferry steamer that had
been waiting at the special wharf 10
facilitate the transfer to the Quebec.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-30
SHIPS SURGEON
TELLS OF CRASH
Continued from page 1

the ship he went, earning praise that
afterward was unanimously granted
him.
Asked for his story of the disaster.
DR.. Grant said:
We left Quebec on May q at 430
p. M. and had an uneventful evening.
During the early morning fog dropped
around us and we proceeded slowly. At
1870 a. m. we put the pilot off at Father
Point.
AT 152 the collier Storstad rammed
the Empress of Ireland. The vessels
lights had beer sighted by the watch,
who reported to Captain Kendall Oh
the bridge. The captain signaled with
three blasts of the whistle, L am con-
tinuing my course The collier an
swered. but what the reply was / have
not learned. Then Captain Kendall
sounded the whistle twice saying, J
am stopping
THE light of the collier could be seen
approaching. The captain OF the EN-
press sgnalled to reverse. full speed
astern But the big liner could not
avoid the small ship She was rammed
amldships in the engine room on the
starboard side. The plates were ripped
open to an enormous length. Then the
collier backed off about a mile.
In a few moments the Empress G.
gan TO list TO one side. She made an at
tempt to right herself and then, canted
over still further to starboard as the
water forced its way through the gap
ing break in her side, she lurched
further and was doomed.
An attempt was made to lower the
boats on the starboard side. The first
one was thrown clear and the sailor in
it was flung out. That boat over
turned. Then some of the port boats
we're flung across the deck by her list
and several people we're killed. They
we're crushed 20 death against the rail"
Walked Into the Sea.
There was no disorderiness among
the crew. The captain and other off,
GERS remained on the bridge until the
vessel sank. 1t was just seventeen
minutes from the time she was rammed
until she sank below the surface. Only
few were able to obtain life belts,
and practically all were forced out in
their night attire into the icy water.
Several hundred chung to the ship I'M
I'll she went down. holding 10 the rail
until the vessel canted over so far that
it was necessary to climb the rail and
stand on the ships plates. Then, as
she keeled over further, they slid down
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-30
NO ONE FROM HERE
ON ILL-FATED SHIP
Some Passengers Had Business
Affiliations in City, However
Mum at Line Office.

Not one of the passengers on the En-
press Of Ireland was booked from the
New York Office Of the Canadian Pacific
Railroad II was announced at 45s Broad
way yesterday. SO far as could be de-
termined none OF those aboard the YES
sci were residents of this city, although
tiere we're some with business connec-
tons here, as attested by the inquiries
received during the day at the local Of
flee OF the line.
In the absence OF W II. Smell, the New
York passenger agent, who is In Wash
ington, and his assistant, g. T.. Edling-
ton, l.. r. Hart, clerk, assumed charge
o. the office. To early inquirers he de-
clared that he had received an unofficial
telegram from the Quebec Office stating
that the steamer had not sunk and was
proceeding to Quebec under her own
steam. Later in the day he denied hay-
ing received such a communication.
All attempts to get in touch with the
Canadian offices. OF the line were futile
until late in the afternoon. Then there
came a message stating that the names
Of the passengers and survivors could not
be sent here, as the Montreal Office was
having difficulty getting them there.
The disaster of yesterday recalled TO
the minds of men in shipping circles the
accident in which the Empress Of Britain,
sister ship of the Empress of Ireland.
figured three years ago not far from
Father Point. on that occasion the col
lier Helyetia was rammed and sunk.
There was a panic on the Empress OF
Britain, but no lives were lost.
The first official notice OF yesterday S
accident was received at the Canadian
Pacific office shortly before noon in this
telegram from Montreal, addressed to w.
II. Smell:
Report at l015 this morning states
that the Lady Evelyn and the Eureka
docked at Rimouski wharf this morning
and landed four hundred passengers. The
captain reported saloon passengers and
crew in lfeboats. Lady Evelyn and
Eureka, after landing passengers, will
proceed 10 the scene OF the wreck and
pick up boats. w. G. ANNABLE,
General Passenger Agent. Montreal"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-30

and into the water az though they were
walking down a sandy beach to battle
Then there were several hundred
souls swimming around in the water
screaming for help, shrieking as they
felt themselves being carried under or
uttering strange. weird means OF ter
ror.
THE lfeboats of the Storstad we're
launched, and came rapidly to the res
oue Not one went back that was not
well loaded. About five of the En-
press's boats also got away.
"The entire catastrophe was so sud-
den that scores never left their hunks.
They were caught like rats. Ado 70
this the fact that the passengers mao
been on the ship only day. and were
not vet familiar with their surround
ings. In the confusion and semi-pani
many could not find their way to the
decks, and only a few knew how 10
reach the boat deck. This was largely
responsible for the terrible toll OF
death.
The survivors were taken on board
the Storstad and the Lady Evelyn
which was summoned by wireless.
There everything possible was done for
them. In at least Ave cases, however,
the shock and exposure proved fatal
Four women died after they reached
the Storstad. In each case l was
called and the unfortunate died before
anything could be done. The last spark
of energy had been exhausted. An
other woman died as she was being
taken ashore
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-30
R.,euer. Seen by Telescope


hut his hurts are not dangerous anu
his speedy recovery is expected
Rsscuers Seen by Telescope
When day broke this morning tue
rescue boats had not yet returned he'"
,,or, the scene of the wreck. Peopie
.,ardirs on shore at Father POINT
scanned the horizon with, telescopes
saw the rescue steamers PICKING w
hoats IN the river and prepared to give
helm 70 the survivors. They were sore
~ IN need of help. as most of them had
on little clothing and the Temperature
Was almost down to the freezing point
When they had received Afternoon
and had been sent TO quebec me WORK
., recovering the bodies was under-
,atan The rescue steamers .hem-
selves had brought in almost my VI
these. and tonight after they ha1 con-
,,,ued their search the entire day
total OF about go bodies had oeen re-
oovered one woman and four men
still living but unconscious were picked
nm during the day by the steamers.
r., of the bodies had been identihed
tonight.
Ahou, three hundred bodies of dead
lie tonight in the sheds at the whari
here. Some of the bodies nave oeeh
identified and claimed; the others VIII
no kent here until friends or relatives
bodies on the wharf is that OF woman
whose arms are clasped tightly about
her child. Many of the bodies are torn
and bruised.
u was noticeable that on board the
train that took the survivors from
RimousM to Quebec the greater num-
Der of those who had been saved from
the sea were men.
The Empress of Ireland was twin
screw vessel of 14,l91 tons. She was
built in Glasgow in 1906 by the FAR
field Company, Ltd, and was owned oy
the Canadian Pacific Railway. she
carried a full wireless equipment.
The Storstad registered GUS TONS
She was built by the Armstrong WHIT
worth Company at Newcastle in loll'
and her owners are Dampsk, Aktiesei-'
Maritime. of Christiania, Norway. she
is a single screw vessel.
The disaster recalls the accident that
happened to the sister ship OF the Ill
fated vessel. the Empress of Britain
that two years ago rammed and sank
the collier Helvetia in almost the same
spot where the collision took place this
morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-30
SHIPS CAPTAIN SURVIVES
Empress's Commander Bearing
Up Bravely Under Ordeal.
fBy Telegraph to Tho Trihune |


Rimousbi. Que, May 2s.-The Sec
end relief train left this town at 3
o'clock this afternoon, having on board
about three hundred OF the survivors
Of the Empress of Ireland.
Forty of those rescued were wound
ed and could not be moved to travel on
the train. They are under the care OF
doctors from quebec who went down
to attend to them. Other medical men
are taking care OF those in need OF
medical assistance.
The rumor that Captain Kendall was
in dying condition. which was re-
ported here from Montreal. had no
foundation in fact. The commander OF
the Empress Of Ireland is in as good
condition as could be expected, in view
Of the terrible experience through
which he has passed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-30
Italy Sends Sympathy.

Rome. May 3-King Victor Emmanuel
and the Italian government have sent ex-
pressions Of sympathy to the government
at London in the disaster which has
overtaken the Empress OF Ireland The
Pope and Cardinal Merry del Val. Papal
Secretary OF State. have expressed their
condolences through the Apostolic Dele
gate in Canada.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-30
Earthquake in Alaska.

Fairbanks. Alaska. May 29.-The sever
est earthquake since that OF February.
1872 when the sleeping volcano Katmai
broke its bonds. was felt here at 6O3
o'clock this morning. accompanied by a
rumbling of the earth. The shock was
the NTH in forty-eight hours.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-30

The crash and suffered from exposure,
but his hurts are not dangerous anu
his speedy recovery is expected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-01
The Eastern European Campaign.

The contradiction between the Ger
man and Russian reports regarding
the eastern campaign in Europe con-
tinues without explanation, the Ger
mans contending that Russian retreat
has occurred in the southern portion
of East Prussia, with the capture OF
80 0o0 of the cars troops, and that
the Austrians are continuing their ad-
vance in southern Russian Poland
toward the city of Lublin. On the
other hand, the Russians admit no such
losses in East Prussia, but report con-
tinued advances which would be incop-
sis ent with such defeat as the cap
ture of virtually an entire army corps
would entail At the same time st.
Petersburg reports u heavy Austrian
reverse in southern Russian Poland
following the battle of Krasnik, which
was claimed by Austria as great vic
tory Further advances upon Lem
berg. the capital of Galicia, Austria,
are noted in the Russian dispatches.
Until this contradiction is cleared by
official admissions from one capital or
the other 1t is impossible to note with
certainty the progress Of the Russian
campaign. All reports indicate that
large numbers of German troops have
been withdrawn from the western
front in an endeavor to stem the Rus
sian tide toward Berlin. In this move
ment of troops from one fighting line
to the other the superior mobility of
the German military machine is evil
denced. The railroad lines in Germany
have been constructed in large measure
with this IN view. and 1t is possible to
NJ a11y
across Prussia within three days. The
German troops in the field have shown
extraordinary speed in their advances
by use of motor vehicles. Doubtless
the kaiser has reckoned upon this
factor of superior mobility in con-
fronting two enemies simultaneously.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-01
Park Vandalism.

Col. Harris appeal to the citizens 10
cooperate with the authorities in an
endeavor to prevent and check van
dalism in the parks should arouse
general public effort to combat this evil
which menaces the beauty and attrac-
tiveness of the reservations Of this city.
But. after ALL capture and punishment
of offenders is the surest remedy A
few successful prosecutions of flower
stealers and tree and shrub breakers
will do more good than unlimited per-
sonal admonition. What is wanted IN
such a case is a series of examples, to
deter others from the wanton stripping
of the flower beds and shrubbery.
Much Of the vandalism is committed
by thoughtless persons. who regard the
marks as pleasure grounds maintained
for them personally. They do not real
lie that it is as bad In principle and as
demoralizing as an example to pick a
single bud as to break off a branch of
blossoms. Some persons have acquired
the bad habit Of switching with canes and
parasols at trees and bushes. to snap
off leaves. The professional vandai,
who steals flowers for later sale In the
streets, is, Of course, the marauder
whom the police chiefly wish to catch.
and who is hardest to detect and over
take. He works as a rule at night, ana
watches his chance. so that he has an
advantage over the guardians Of the
parks. But II the police will work as
shrewdly as the thieves they can land
some of them in the jail and greatly
discourage the business of using the
public parks as flower beds for private
profit.
Few citizens are likely to he moved
by Col. Harris appeal to take the initia
tive to cause the arrest of vandals. but
the public can nevertheless do good
work by reminding the unprofessional
mark dAsnoilers that they are breaking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-01

give serious work to be done outside OF
the continental war zone. As Q coun-
terbalancing factor, however, comee
the statement that Japan may regard
it as her work as England's ally to po-
lice India in case of native uprisings
there. This would give rise to de-
plorable situation, tremendously in
creasing the war. cost of lives and ra-
cial bitterness, although it might re-
lieve England of the need of keeping a
large number of men away from the
European fighting field.
1t is difficult to see how Turkey can
make serious Roadway against Greece
and Italy should those powers join is
sue with her. 1t is believed that the
Turkish government has not recovered
from the effects of the Balkan war in
the same measure that Greece and,
with the exception of Bulgaria, the
other anti-Turkish allies of that cam
paign have. Turkey was very badly
hurt in point of war materials by the
Balkan attack, and although she has
fioated a loan of $500, 100000 in France,
she has not had time to spend it to eff
fective advantage. She has, however,
had the benefit Of German military in
struction.
The naval effect of Turkeys entrance
into the war will be perhaps the most
important. Against her will be con-
centrated the naval powers of Russia,
England. France and Italy. Against
these forces Turkey has no chance of
resistance, and the forcing of the OAR
danelles is within the early possibili-
ties. releasing great fleet of Russian
ships from the Black sea. Should Tur-
keys Germanic allies be defeated in
the present war her entrance into the
field would probably mean her dissolu-
ton as a political power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-01
Turkey as a War Factor.

Present indications are that Turkey will
enter the war lists as an ally of Ger
many and Austria, with the specific object
Of recovering from Greece the territory
which has been acquired by the latter
within recent years. 1t Is fully expected
that if this occurs not only will Greece
but italy also join the conflict on the
anti Germanic side, Greece to defend her
own possessions and Italy to prevent the
development of Turkish power in the
Mediterranean.
The only advantage to the Germanic
allies in such an enlargement of the
war field will be the possibility Of the
Injection of Mechanism into the cam
paign. England has many millions of
Mohammedan subjects, as has also
France in lesser number. If holy
war were proclaimed the uprising of
these followers Of the prophet against
tAeir respective governments might
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-01
The Prospective Siege of Paris.

Should the French government leave
Paris it will be only repeating what the
Belgian government has already done in
this campaign. 1t is the part OF wisdom
for administrators Of the French republic
to consider this move in time to effect
withdrawal before the investment of the
capital, which appears to be imminent.
With the government established at some
distant point as at Bordeaux, it would
be measurably safe from molestation.
even though the Germans continue their
advance toward France. 1t is difficult
to conceive, even in, the light of the re-
cent remarkable forward movement of.
the German armies. a successive progress
entirely across France while the allies
are giving battle at a tremendous cost to
the aggressive force and while the Rus
sian menace in the east remains. Bor-
deaux is 80 miles in air line from Paris,
which is only 100 from the nearest Bel
gian frontier, or, to put the matter in re-
gard to actual fighting that has occurred,
1870 from Liege where the German ad-
vance actually began.
The capture of Paris, with the French
government located outside, would not
end the war in the west. although it
WOulu uOuDtleSS De d great
and stimulus to the German forces. In
order to win the western campaign the
kaiser must crush the allied armies. eff
fectually destroying them as fighting
factors by siege or destruction. Although
no figures are reliably at hand to indicate
the relative losses, all experience points
to the probability that the German cas-
ualties have beef greater than those of
the allies, which have fought defensively
with few exceptions from the beginning.
Reports that have come from anti-Ger-
man sources have estimated the German
losses as tremendously heavy, one state
ment, clearly an exaggeration, putting
them at 20 to 1 in comparison to the cas-
ualties of the French and English. De-
scriptions of the fighting have generally
agreed that the Germans have employed
the close-rank formation which was re-
ported to have been the cause of so heavy
a loss at Liege.
The besiegement of Paris. without eff
fecting a material reduction of the allied
fighting force. will be only spectacular
performance of no particular Importance,
provided the French government were
withdrawn to 4 comparatively safe posi-
ton, such as Bordeaux, from which the
movements of troops could be directed.