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age. were picked up by the lifeboats
and carried on board the rescuing ves-
sells.
Captain Kendall. dazed and unable
TO give any coherent account OF the
loss OF his ship. was found clinging TO
. broken spar.
J. W. Longley. rsncher. OF Canford.
p. C.. went down with the ship. but
held his breath. and, coming to the
surface. found q piece OF wreckage and
clung TO Il until picked up.
One OF the survivors. In explaining
the guickness with which the Empress
OF Ireland went down. said:
The collier. being only something
over 1000 tons. did not reach up even
to the upper or topmost deck OF our
hull. Her bow cut under the upper
deck and took peeiins Oh the side Of
our chip that allowed the water to
rush into the lower decks. Then the
liner heeied over. and even those In
the superstrueture deck rooms had no
chance to save themselves. Hundreds
of them must have been dumped out
of their berths and slammed against
the walls with stunning force
Scenes on Shore.
Father Point. Que. May ss.--The
Empress of ireland passed and landed
her pilot here at 1870 this morning."
said an oflcial OF the Canadian Pa
cifc. There was n hare at the time.
At 1850 .. m was awakened by an
3. o. s." ring on my door bell and.
rushing down. was informed by q Mar
conf operator that the Empress OF Ire
land was sinking. having been struck
by some vessel. In undress I started
to help. No other signal could be
got from the doomed vessel She had
no time to give another. as she sank
ten minutes after being struck
"Mr. whiteside. manager OF the Mar
coni station. rendered effective serv-
ice by notifying the government
steamer Eureka. at Father Point
wharf. and the Lady Evelyn At Ra-
mouski wharf.
Help Rushed to the Scene.
Capt. ]. n. Belanger OF the Eureka
Immediately rushed to the scene and
Captain Pouliot. with the Lady Eve
iyn, followed later. his ship being
three miles farther away.
Meanwhile daylight broke and
scanning the horizon with q telescope
l saw the two government steamers.
nine lifeboats and a collier In the VI
cinity. going here and there. Later
the Eureka arrived at Father Point
wharf with % survivors and several
poor drowned bodies. also several OF
the survivors who had been wounded
Agent In Narrow Escape.
The scene on the Eureka was most
distressing. the survivors walking
around their dear shipmAtes. stretched
out In their last sleep. The Eureka
was sert to Remouski wharf with all
on board. and the Canadian Pacifo
agent. Mr.. webber. who was here. hav-
irx Just got OF the iil-fated vessel with
the pilot. engaged all the cabs he
could fnd and teiephoned for all pos
sible medical assistance. As the COM
pany's agent here. I advised all the
survivors that their cables and tele-
grams to their families would be paid
by the Canadian Pacific railroad.
"The Lady Evelyn passed into Re
mouski wharf about 4 a. m. with some
more survivors and bodies. Among
the survivors was Captain Kendall.
commander OF the Inflated ship. who
was picked up by lifeboat from the
wreckage after the ship had gone
down.
Survivors Almost Naked.
Most OF the survivors were almost
naked in the cold morning. with the
temperature at s5 degrees and white
frost or the ground.
AT $40 the Norwegian collier
Storstad. coal laden, from sydney. ".
s., for Montreal. came along slowly.
When her bow had been smashed In
II became known that she was the
vessel that had struck the Empress
of Ireland the fatal blow. The Stors-
tad was too much damaged to allow
her TO proceed to Quebec under her
own steam. but before proceeding she
landed a few survivors and some dead
bodies. which were taken OF by the
steamer Eureka and Lady Evelyn and
landed on the Remouski wharf"
SinQ "God Be With You,' On Ship.
Montreal, Que. May 3o.-wnen the
liner Empress OF Ireland steamed away
from here Thursday she carried 1855
members OF the Salvation army from
the United States and Canada, bound
for the world convention In London.
To the accompaniment OF the army
band, they were singing. God Be
With You Till We Meet Again"
This prelude to the accident in the
ST. Lawrence made the disaster a near
parallel to the sinking Of the Titanic.
whose passengers sang. Nearer. Ny
God. to Thee" as the White Star liner
went down.
irving, Actor and Author.
New York, May 3i.-Laurence S. b.
Irving. drowned on steamship En-
press OF Ireland. Is an actor. author
and manager. lie received his edu-
cation at Marlborough college. College
RoIlin. Paris. and spent three years
in Russia studying for foreign office
His plays are widely known. In 1905
and 1909 he presented sketches OF his
own authorship in England and Amer
ica. On May 3. 1910. Mr.. Irving ad-
dressed the Equal Suffrage league at
New York.
Scenes at Liverpool.
Liverpool, May 3o.-Pathetic scenes
were enacted at the office OF the Cana