The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-05-30
A GREAT MANY
NEVER AWOKE
Sank In IA Minutes And No
Time Was Had For Rescue
OF Passengers---Heroic
Efforts Were Made,

Lawrence river early today, the Ca
nsd1nn Pacific liner, Empress of ire
land' carried down with her moro than
IVY, oi hel passengers aud crew. OF
s I:s s1 peEsDns on board the liner only
433 are. lsliowE TO have been saved
ma king the probable death list. 95S
coming M Il ugll Ii q Fl Yer IA
Us the Empress of ireland was IyiiI 3
70, waiting for the fos 10 lift or day
10 break, the Danish collier Storsteti
crashed bow--oh into the side OF big
Canadian liner. stril1iLg her about
midway of her length and ripping her
SIDE oEcn clear to the. stern.
4 Rrer Disaster.
The crash occurred not far from tho
snore. off Father Point, so miles
from Quebec which the Empress OF
ireland left yesterday Afternoon bound
Tor Liverpool, and ten miles from this
point on the st. Lawrence. In real
:sy Therefore. although tine liner was
heading for the sea and the collier
coming in from it, the disaster was NOT
one of ocean but of river, Unlike the
Iitanfc's victims, the Empress OF Ire
lands lost their lives within sight of
short-inland locked waters.
Immediately the ship c.rw recover
cd from the shock of the sion and
IT was seen that the line Il receiy-
ed o vital blow wireles 5. o. 81
call was sounded.
Rescue Boats Foo Late.
The hurried appeal was picked up
by the government mail tender Lady
Evelyn here and the government pilot
boat Eureka at Father Point, and both
sci, to the rescue; So deep was the
huN OF the Emrress, however, and SO
fast the inrush of watrs, that long be-
fore either of. the rescue boats could
reach tile scene the liner had gone
down. Only floating wreckage and a
few lifeboats ar !. rafts from the steam
.er, buoying up less than a third of
those who had set sail on her, we're to
be found. The rest had'sunk with the
liner, had been crushed to death in the
Storsteds impact with her,, or had
been forced from exposure In the ice
chilled waters to loose their hold on
bits of wreckage and had drowned
& Only a few persons were picked in
by the Storstad, wnien was badly
crippled herself. and these were
brought here by the collier, as were
those saved by the Eureka and the
Lady Evelyn. Twenty two OF the res
.cued died from injury or exposure.
The others, most OF whom had jump.
ed into the boats or plunged into the
water from the sinking liner scantly
cled, were given sifcE clothing as tifa
town could supply. and later those
who could travel we're placed on board
a train and started for. Quebec.
Sink III ~ SElnnfsS.
Accounts agree that in the brief
space of time-not more than 4 1 min
sbs tween the shock OF the coll lIsIon
and file sinking liner there was little
chance Tor Systematic marshaiIing of
the passengersl indeed, everything
Indicates that hundreds of those ot,
the steamer pfoha bly, nesser reached
the decks. Few women was anon Z the
saved not moro than dozen, the list :
I'M lake II tnppear "a ~.
StrtiteFs story.
al happerea 80 aiilc1 1tIy We sli3
slpt lls know what Yas going or
as.d nobody had time to cry women
first oFn Of the passsngerh told Car-
tain Beiilngef of De rescue boat Esire
The sloy,ards did not have time 10
fc',fse the people from their befths,' !,
the survivor ad ded Those who heard
tho frenzisd calls OF the 0ilicers hsr
The passengers to hurry on deck and
srnshed ups riled iato the beats. shich
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