New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-06
EMPRESS INQUIRY
TO OPEN JUNE 10
Lord Mersey Expected from
England on the 13th-TWo
More Bodies Identified.

Ottawa. June. j.-The inquiry into the
Empress Of Ireland disaster will open on
Tuesday June. lG. at Quebec or Montreal
This announcement was made i'm Parlig
meEt to-day by j. d. Hazen. who stated
that Lord Mersev would arrive from
England on June Is and. with Sir Adolphe
Routiier Of Quebec. and chief Justice
Mcleod, OF New Brunswick, would imme-
diately open the Investigation.
The commissioners will be assisted by
Commander F. W Caborne Of the Brit
ish Royal Naval Reserve Professor John
Welsh, Of Newcastle. England Captain
Demers. Dominion Wreck Commissioner,
and Engineer Commander Howe. OF the
Canadian Naval Service Commander Ca
borne and Professor Welsh have been
nominated by the British Board Of Trade.
Mr.. HaZen expressed the hope that the
court would meet with the approval OF
Parliament and the people, as IL had AL
ready met the approval OF the British
authorities. Lord Mersey presided during
the Titanic inquiry in England.
Quebec June The bodies OF two more
victims Of the Empress Of ireland disas-
ter-Mss Jennie Newton, Of Toronto, and
Mrs. Bolton, OF Bufalo-were Identified
to-day. Mrs Bottoms name was not on
the passenger list Seventy-two bodies
still remain unclaimed.
Montreal. June 5.-LlOyds. the insurance
underwriters of the Empress Of Ireland,
are selecting a special committee OF sal
wage and engineering experts to invest
gate the chances of floating and saving
the wreck. according to announcement
made at the Canadian Pacific Rtilroad
offices to-day,
The first claim arising out OF the sink
ing Of the liner was settled here, when
a firm Of marine insurance agents paid
on behalf OF their principals to a leading
local bank a claim Of over $4,000 for
registered mail on board the Empress.
The lost package contained commercial
bonds which the bank was sending 20
England.
1t is believed by many here that the
Empress may be raised, though the Ca
madam Pacific Railway officials have been
careful not to make statements tending 10
confirm this belief. There is a general
desire that all the bodies possible shall
be recovered from the wrecked vessel. II
is thought that divers may be employed
to extrcate the imprisoned bodies and
the ship blown Up after the bullion IN II
has been brought out.
Sydney. Australia, June 5.-Premier
William y. Holman Of New South Wales.
whose comments on the loss of the En-
press Of Ireland have given rise 10 much
criticism. denies that he prejudGed the
official inquiry. on June ?, in message
of sympathy in connection with the dis
aster. he said:
Il expect that the inquiry will end In
the condemnation of some unfortunate
second mate or seaman. There will be no
safety for the travelling public until d.
rectors of the companies which send 100
people to sea in a ship capable of being
destroyed in fifteen minutes are put on
trial as accessories to manslaughter l
hope that the Canadian government VIII
deal with the calamity in that spirit
am not saying who is innocent or guilty,
hut II the disaster was due to human
falling the people who make money by
gambling in human lives ought TO be
punished"
To-day the Premier said:
The fact that the commercial men wro
agreed to send the public of Canada to
Europe did, in fact. send them to the
next world, is sufficient TO put them on
trial"