The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-06-04

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less stattoes snA urOs1 tAs nssd os
hsste 10 save tAs DasssaOsss and crew
of the veessl.
On hoard ths stasosss Lay Evelyn
sal Esseka hat cry for ~ vas heard
and getting tie position of tie En-
press OF Ireland from ODesator VIII
lana. thsy put on extra stokses. called
their fan crews 70 auarters and began
q raes TO save life.
That tAis raes ended Just too hate
to ave the majority of those % the
haplsss hser u no fault Of the On.
GERS and crews Of these two rsscuins
vessels.
Relief vessels and trains equipped
with doctos and nurses and every
medical and \surgieal supply were
rushed to Rimoush TO care for the sur
vivoFS.
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It was foggy. according to SURVIVOR,
when the Empress Of ireland. . steel
hulled. steel-bulkhsadsd shiD Of more
than eight thousand tons lsft Quebec
At 4:30 Thursday aftssnooa In com
mand Of H. @. Kendall Of the Royal
Naval Reserve, one Of the most skilled
Of transatlantic navigators.
Forest Arss also obscsFod the At
mosphsre and the big ship. In charge
Of . pilot proceeded slowly on her
way to ssa. At midnight The pilot left
near Father Point, shouting . merry
bon voyage" - he wsat down . lad
der to his waiting boat.
The darkness at this tiDs vas in
tense and the ship under the sIowest
speed possible with steesaseway held
her oourse. Her decks were deserted.
The passengers had all sought their
be.ths with NO thought Of impending
death.
Out Of the darkness. On the port
side, soon after $50 in the morning.
there doomed the little Norwegian COL
lidr. not half the size Of the Empress.
but fated to be her destroyer.
Not until the collier was almost
abeam Of the big liner was the danger
known on either ship. The fog had
blotted out the "steaming" lights as
we'll a. the port and starboard lights
Of both ships.
Quick orders trumpeted on both
vessels were heard. But they came
all too late.
The steelpointed prov of the stors-
tad struck the liner amidships and
then forged AFT. ripping and tearing
land.
Clear to the stern Of the Empress Of
Ireland was this great stsel shaving
cut from her side, from the top Of the
hull to far below the water line. Into
that rent the water poured with the
force OF . Niagara.
The bow Of the StorstAA smashed
its way through berths on that side
Of the ship, killing passengers sleep
ing In their berths and grinding bodies
to pieces.
Reaching the stern of the big liner.
ness. her bow crumpled by the impact
Her commander was ready a few min
utes later, when he found his ship
would float. to aid the crippled and
Sinking Empress, but he was too late
to save the majority Of those ON
board.
The Empress of Ireland recoiled al
most on her starboard beam ends from
the blow Of the collier and passengers
were flung from their berths against
the walls Of their staterooms.
Many were stunned and before they
had time to recover were carried to
the bottom with the ship.
The vast torrents pouring into the
great cash on the port side. AFT, filled
the corridors and flooded every state
room abaft the midship section inside
Of four minutes.
There was never q chance for the
helpless ones in the after cabins and
staterooms Of the liner. With her
Fort side laid open for half its length
from the midship section to the stern.
sieve had more chance to float than
the Empress Of Ireland. and the
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