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boat. had risked the leap. They were
picked up by a boat from the Lady Ev-
elyn. Another survivor was Mrs. Pat
ten. Of SherbroOks, Que
StOrstad Remains AfIOat.
First reports had it that the collier
Storstad had also sunk. These proved
to be incorrect Though her bow was
badly damaged, the StOrstad was able
to keep aflOat. Some reports said she
had on board $50 survivors This, if
true would reduce the death list ma
terially-frOm more than 1000 to less
than 700. Among the survivors here,
81 were from the Empress's second
Liner Valued Mt s2,OOO,OOO.
The Empress of Ireland was valued
at 100000 and with her cargo, val
ued at $3.50, 900. was fully insured.
At low tide today the top Of her
tunnels could be seen She is lying
in the channel L Is thought by navi-
gators that il might possible to raise
her At present the wreck is a menace
TO navigation
Explosion Follows Crash.
The water that poured into the ships
engine room caused an explosion and
this forced many to jump Ernest
Hayes, an assistant purser, told OF
leaping from the upper promenade
deck. He climbed into No. 3 lfeboat.
The boat Unanswered about the
wreck for 4 time and found Capt. Ken
dali clinging TO q piece Of Wreckage.
He had jumped just before the En-
press went down
Two Carried Into River.
". Davis. OF Montreal. one Of the
few survivors able TO talk cOherently
after first landing. said he and his
wife had not been awakened by the
impact OF the collision. and knew moth
ing of the accident until water began
TO rush into their staterooms. He
helped his wife TO the boat deck, but
a. l. chi g.
impossible TO launch a boat Together
they crawled on their hands and
knees up the sloping deck Of the liner.
The vessel was rapidly sinking His
were carried by the suction into the
river. They chung to a piece Of wood
and were rescued The wife was Un-
conscious.
Goes Down. Then Is Rescued
J. ". Longley. a rancher Of Canford.
B. c, calmly sat on the deck rail and
went down with the sinking ship He
held his breath, came up, grabbed the
side of the nfebOat. held TO II, and
was rescued by the Eureka
William Measures, a Salvation Army
band leader, crept along the rail OF
the promenade deck and stepped into
the water. He swan to hfeboat
and was rescued
Quebec. approximately two-thirds Of
the distance to the mouth Of the St
Lawrence river.
Lawrence Irving Missing.
Lawrence Irving, son OF the late sir
Henry Irving, is among the missing,
and other prominent persons in the
first cabin were unaccOunted for late
This afternoon
When the rescue ships Eureka and
Lady Evelyn reached the scene shortly
before daybreak they found nine life
boats from the Empress Of Ireland,
all damned full and many Of the oc-
cupants wounded It was still dark
Wreckage covered the river every
where. The Storstad. her bow badly
crumpled. was stin on the scene, pick
ing up the living wherever she could
Partial List of Rescued.
Those in the first and second clbz
ms known to have been saved are
G. ". s Henderson, Henry Burt.
Walter Fentou, Miss Alice Lee, Nassau, l
3 4. Hamas. Miss +. Court Liver
pool Eng. Walter Erginger lthis may
ruch- Montreal; Mr.. and Mrs J. W.
Black. Ottawa. J. ". Langsley, Mer- !
rit, B. C: Miss n. E. Langsley. Van
cOuver 3. C Mr.. and Mrs. E and ]
Master Law. Calgary; J. Lennon. Vim I
nipeEs Miss Aliston, London, Eng
A Matter, Indianapolis, Ind; A Nc
Alpine. Montreal, Que; Mrs Charles
AIoir Toronto. Ont: J. Morgan. Winni- !
peg, Man; William Morgan, Winnipeg,
Man;
When the train came from the wharf I
bringing survivors II was a pitiful /
sight 70 see them elight
Most OF them wore very little cloth I
ing- Many had to be carried bodily. I
A woman had a broken leg and Shout I
der and n man had two legs broken
Women and ChIldrea Drown
Few women and children were I
saved They were asleep in their (
CO bins when the ship sank and the ac- Z
cident occurred so quickly they could I
not be rescued
One woman. who was CARRIED only In I
a vest. jumped overheard and swan 10 /
the Lady Evelyn She was so eN- !
hausted however that she died in I
few minutes after she was taken from I
the water Her identity has not been /
asta blished.
ships Officers Show Bravery
Passengers were loud in their praise i
Of the captain and the pilot Of the 4
Lady Evelyn and Capt BelanEer of 4
the Eureka and their crews
All Of them displayed the greatest
bravery, il was declared. A. Mr.. Nc
Williams Of Father Point also was ac-
live in aiding the rescued.
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