The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-29
BIG LINER RAMMED ,
 100 LIVES LOST
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the sufferers. Twelve bodies with faces cpvered lay side by side on the wharf. They had made the lifeboats only to- be fatally hurt.
 Wreckage strews the St. Lawrence for many hundred yards near the spot where the Empress sank The sun shown brightly during the forenoon and, though the water is still icy, the temperature today was warm enough 10 ease the suffering of the surxfyors
 "A vast majority of the saved were members of the ships crew. Early eStimatesa here indicated that not
 more than 50 passengers were saved. Besides Captain Kendall, the first and geon were rescued The captain was too overcome at first to talk.
 Every doctor in the town was son the scene and many of the injured were taken, to private homes From cedar chests and closets the towns tions for those who had lost their be- Iongingss Two Headquarters wefe es- tablishad--at the wharf and at the station of the Iptercolonial Railway.
 Wreckage Hdtters Sea
 At the station those injured and not removed to homes were cared for. The rescue boats Eureka and Lady Evelyn, found on reaching the point where the Empress had sank, a scene not unsinilar to that which greeted the linersW hich rushed to the Titanic s aid. They found the ship sunk and the surface of the water. fortunately calm. dotted with nfeboats and nt- tered with Hosting debris.
 In the lifeboats were huddled the sllryivors. dazed and moaning, some of them dying Of injuries sustained steamer Few could give anything but liners which rushed to the Titanic's of what had happened.
 J. IL. Black and Mrs. Black, Of Ot- taSVa, said they had jumped together into the river. They had been rous- ed by the shock of the collision and. unable to get into lifeboat, had made the leap. They were picked up bY boat from the Lady Evelyn. An other survivor was Mrs. Patten, Of Sherbrooke. Que.
 First reports had it that the collier Storstad also had sunk. These proved to be incorrect. Though her bow was badly damaged the SforBtad was able to keep a1oat Some reports said she had aboard 360 survivors. This. if true, would reduce the deabh list ma,- terfa11y more than a thousand to less than 700 Among the survfv- ozs here, s4 we're from the Empress second cabin.
 In the partial list of survivors available at o'clock this afternoon there appeared the name of only one saloon passenger, that oe e. ". e. Henderson. address not given.
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 The Empress Of Ireland was valued at s2,o0o, GOO and with her cargo, valued at sz50s so00, was fully 5insured.s
 At low tide today the tops Of her funnels could be seem. She is lying in the channel It is thought by navi-5 gators here that it may be possible to raise her. At present the wreck is a rnenace to navigation.
 Montreal, May 2srhe saloon pass
 MT Ahercronbie, Vancouver: [. F. Adfe. Mrs. Adie. Birmingh A. B. Anderson London: F. C. Ayerdirels, Manchesters A. B. Barlow, Mrs. Bar ow, Montreal: Mrs Hart Bennett. Lieut. Col. R. B. Bloom Held, falkland. N. z. A. G, Brandon Manchester A. J. BarroWs, Hard wood Cash, Mrs, Cash. Nottingham; J. J. CayIey. Hamilton; Miss c. sP- Gay, Golden, B. C.; Miss Waneta Crathern. Maud Cullen, Master Cullen, Toroutos &. A. Cunningham. Winnepeg; M. c. Darling Mrs. Dunleyy, Danvers C. o. Edwards; W. Fenton, Manchester; Miss Doris Gaunt, Birmingharn;s F.. P. aodson. Kingston; Charles Gold thorpe, Bradford, Eng. L. A GosBelin, Mon- real: w D. Graham, Mrs Graham, Hong Kong China; Mrs. D. T. Hailsys Vancouver; G. W. S. Henderson, TIes4 Montreal; A. Hirst Birna- nghams Mrs. c. Holloway, Quebec; 2. w., HoWes, Birmingham; IL. A. Hy- lnson, Lawrence Irving, Sir Henry 5eton- Kirr. London; Lionel Kent. Miss Brace KbhItn, Montreals Miss Alice zee, Nassau N. P; Dr. AIe1@ Lindsay. Halifax; o. B. Lyon, yancouver IT. l f. Lyman, Mrs. Lyman, Montreal: A. ]. MacGufnnsss London: c. MaIlpch, .ardo, B. O.; J. Gabsiel Marks, Mrs. Marks, Souya, Figi; Mrs. Miller. St. satherines. Ont; E Mullins. Miss 3. Mullins. London; H. R. OsHara, Ars. O'Hara. Miss Helen Oaara, Tor into. w Leonard Palmer Mrs Palm 1T. London; Mrs. W. F. Patton, Sher- 'rouke: Mrs. H ". Price, New zea- ahds F. J. Rutherford. Montreal; E. seyboId. Mrs. Seybold, e, Bouge Sma- Lrt. Ottawa; Mrs. 6. Stork, Toronto: ;. G. lyle, Mrs. lyle, J T. Tyler. Hiss D. Taylor. Miss IT. Taylor, Mon- real: Miss Townsend. New Zealand: J. WakedeId, Liverpool; Rev. !. Valet. London; p. Abott E. John
 Following is list of second cabin ,assengers.
 Mrs. A.. s. M- Assafrey, W1nnfpeK. Miss Nj. Atlsin, Prince Albert sask: Miss p. Balco1nbe. Vancouver; Mlss 4 Bales. Torento; Mrs w BarBot1r3 Miss Evelyn Barbour. Miss Florence Barbour. Silveaton. B. C.; MT. Alfred Barker, Saskatoon. sasax:: Miss Bessie Miss Florence Bayvdsv, l EIillsboro, Ind; Miss Mary Baxter. TO- sonto; MT. Edward Beade, London. Ont; Miss P. Berry. Vancouver, B. C.: Henry Bfrkett, Carstairs, Alberta: e. 3. Bishop, Vancouver; Miss I. Black 1urst, Paris. Ont: Mr J. Black, ottA-I va; Mrs Black. Miss Edith sBoch, MT. Reinholt Boch. Rochester, Minn Mrs 3. E. Boynton, St. Thomas, Ont: MT. ) Brown, Kenora, Ont: MT. Costa 8uh1er, Regina, Sasks R. B. Bulpitt. Vancouver: Mrs. S. Bergess, Hauniltorl. Ont; Alex B1nthrome, Santa Bar- para, Cal; E. Birne Mrs B1Tre diss