Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-29


which cost the lives of upwards OF l.
500 lives on April 10, 1912
In the case of the Empress of Ire
land, however, the ship went to her
doom with almost incredible swift
ness. She was almost cut in half by
the prov Of the Stcrstadt. There was
scarcely a chance for any Of the pas
sengers to reach the boats. Only a
handful of the crew got away. few
of them reached land. They told of
frightful scenes after the crash.
Twenty of the survivors died after
aching Rimouski-
The Empress of Ireland was owned
by the anadian Pacific railroad. She
was one of the best known ships in
the Liverpool service. After the crash
she sent out a few S. o. $. and G. @.
d. calls. but they were faint The
steamship Eureka and the mail
steamer Lady Evelyn responded and
saved n few lives from the Inflated
vessel.
The Empress of Ireland was IN
command of Lieutenant Kendall p.
\. r., and left this port Il 40 p.
m. Yesterday for Liverpool with sew
enty-seven first, 206 second and 5Ji
third class passengers, large mall
and general cargo. With her crew
she has some 1.200 persons aboard.
Among her passengers is large
party of the Salvation Army going
to the International conference o.
the army in London.
The first news of the disaster came
in the form of a telegram from the
Marconi station. at Father Point, 10
the acting agent of the marine ae-
partment, who Immediately ordered
the Lady Evelyn and the Eureka 20
the rescue.
The steamer Storstad, Captain An
dersen. is a vessel of 1861 tons reg
lister built for the coal trade, and is
capable Of carrying 1000 tons dead
weight. She has been engaged Tor
some time carrying coal between sgd
nev. Quebec and Montreal. She would
have crew of about forty-eight men
She was due to arrive in Quebec
about noon today.
MONTREAL, May 29.-The first OF
fetal account of the disaster TO the
Empress of Ireland came from cap
tain Kendall, who sent wireless
message early today to Captain
walsh. marine superintendent of the
canadian Pacific. here, as follows;
empress of Ireland stopped by
dense fog. Struck amidships in vital
snot bv collier Storstad."
A message received here by the Ca
madam Pacific Offices from Rimouski
said that all the passengers had
been picked up by the boats of the
Lady Evelyn and Eureka.
A similar message was received by
La Patrie. a French newspaper, from
a Rimouski correspondent. He said
that 400 survivors had been landed
and that the Lady Evelyn and Eu-
reka were going back to pick up the
remainder of the passengers who
were in boats.
Dispatches Confusing.
The foregoing information does not
agree with previous dispatches in the
matter of loss Of life. From the
wording of the Canadian Pacific mes
sage it could not be determined
whether "all the passenger" meant
all those on board the Empress OF
Ireland or simply all those who were
a bic to make the lifeboats.
The Empress of Ireland carried a
crew of $50 officers and men, max
ing with the passengers total OF
!. 437 on board.
The collier Storstad has $50 sur
vivors from the Empress OF Ireland
on board. according TO an announce,
ment made by the government signal
service. with approximately 4oa
hundred landed at Rimouski. this
accounts for 76O souls aboard the
Empress. leaving ca unaccounted for.
The Empress of ireland was twin
screw vessel of 14,191 tons. She was
built in Glasgow, in 1906, by the Fair
field Company. Ltd, and was owned
hv the Canadian Pacific Railway
Company. She carried full wireless
equipment
sister ship in Accident
The Storstad registered e,02S tons.
She was built BY the Armstron
Whitworth Company. at New Castle
i'm 1911. and her owner is the Dampsk
Aktieselk Maritime, of Christiania,
Norway. She is a single screw YES
sci and is loaded with coal. She car
ries a crew of fifty men.
The disaster recalls the accident to
the sister ship of the Inflated vessel
tho Empress of Britain. which two
wears ago rammed and sank the col
lier Helvetia in almost the same spot
that the collision took place this
morning.
The text of the message received
bv La Patrie from imouski reads:
Lady Evelyn and Eureka docked
at Rimouski with four hundred pas
sengers. Captains both reported that
ali the passengers were saved in the
lifeboats Lady Evelyn, Eureka and
Empress of Ireland. As soon a.