Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-05-29
One Thousand Lives Lost in the Sinking of
Canadian Pacific Liner Empress of Ireland

pen, the murderer, on the steamship
Montfort. From RimouslSi report was
received that the Lady Evelyn and
Eureka. after disembarking the saved
passengers, would return to the scene
of the collision and pick up other sur
vivors.
Second Class Cabin Survivors.
Besides Captain Kendall, the first
and second engineers and the ships
surgeon were rescued. The captain
was too overcome to give an extended
account of the disaster. He had sent
wireless to the line after the vessel
struck saying, Ship gone"
Every doctor here rendered aid to the
injured as did all of the 5000 residents.
The Eureka and Lady Evelyn found the
survivors huddled In life boats dazed
and moaning, some dying of injuries
sustained In the crash or in the rush
leaving the sinking ship. Few were
able to talk intelligently. ]. l.. Black
and Mrs. Black, of Ottawa, said they
jumped together into the river. They
had been reused by the shock of the
collision and being unable to get into
life boats, leaped into the water. They
were picked up by a boat from the
Lady Evelyn. Another survivor was
Mrs. Patten, of Sherbrooke, Quebec.
Among the second cabin passengers
brought ashore are Florence and Bessie
Bawden, Hillsboro, Ind: Reinholdt
Boch, Herman and Freda Kruse, all of
Rochester, Mimi; Alexander Bunth-
rome and George Johnston, Santa Bar
bara Cal; Miss Jennie Newton, Ant
ler, N D.; Miss Eva Searle, Seattle,
Wash; Mrs. John Fisher H. l.. and
T. r. Heath, Mrs. w. Mounsey, all of
Chicago; Mrs. M. Gray, Miss M. Gray,
Tcrre Haute Ind; Evan Kavalske,
Duluth; A. Matter Indianapolis;
George Richards. Mrs. S. Richards.
Terre Haute, Ind.
Explosion Hastened Sinking.
An explosion, apparently originating
in the engine room, fastened the sink
ing of the Empress of Ireland. The
boat is said to have sunk in IA minutes.
The two rescue steamers found nine
life boats from the Empress of Ireland,
jammed with people, when they ar
rived. The Storstad, with her bow
damaged, was still on the scene pick
ing up the living. Altogether % died
while being placed in boats. A special
tram leII lIlS dIltIHoOu lOI Gdi
with many survivors. Women suffered
the most. Only n few were saved, ac-
cording to the early list
Owned by capadian Pacific.
The Empress of Ireland was of 14,191
tons She was built in Glasgow in
1906, and owned by the Canadian Pa
cific Railway company She carried
full wireless equipment. The Stor-
stad registered 602s tons, and carried
crew of so men. The disaster recalls
the accident to the sister ship of the
Inflated ship, the Empress of Britain,
which, two years ago, rammed and
sank the collier Helveti In almost the
same place as today's collision.
The Empress of Ireland was valued
at $2.0O0,0O0.
She carried cargo of a quarter of
a million, fully insured. AT low tide
today the top Of the tunnels could be
seen She is lying in the channel. Nav
igators think she can be raised Now
she is a menace to navigation.
First News of Disaster.
A telegram from the Marconi sta
tion at Father point shortly before 8
o'clock this morning announced the
disaster Father point kept in com
munication with the Empress of Ire
land for a short time, but the responses
of the disabled steamer suddenly
ceased.
The Empress OF Ireland was in com
mand Of Captain Kendall r. N r.. and
left Quebec at 4:2O p. m. yesterday for
Liverpool with II first, 206 second and
5o4 third class passengers, a large mail
and general cargo. With her crew she
had 1887 persons aboard.