The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-30
Na Many of the Survivors Succumbed to Wounds and Exposure Before They Could Be Broughtto Shore.

side and the 396 survivors disem- parked. Their faces registered the frightful experience they had gone { through. Few possessed a complete outfit of clothing.
 The second and third class passen- gers and the crew were made com i fortable OH the Allan liner Alsatiau, and the first class and injured pas sengers were transferred to the Cha i teau F'rontenac. A staff of doctors 1 and nurses took charge of the in- jured.
 Among the 25 first cabin survivors there were eight women and one child, and also among the 29 rescued from the second cabin were eight women and one child Of the 101 per sons saved from the steerage four were women.
 Among the 30 passengers left in Itimouski were number so i'll or so badly injured they had to be taken to hospitals.
 To the coolness of Dr. James r. Grant of Victoria, B. C., ships sur geon on the Empress, was credited the saving of many passengers taken out of the water who probably would have perished had they not received prompt medical attention.
 A graphic description of the scene on board the Empress of Ireland after the collision was given by pr. Grant.
 q was in my cabin he said, "and knew nothing of the accident until out of my berth l tried to turn on the light but there was no power. 1 reached the bolted door but the list was so strong that it took me con siderable time to open it. When I finally got out and reached the pas sageway, it was so steep due to the way in which the ship was listing that my efforts to climb up were rem dered impossible.
 q then scrambled up and managed to get my head through a port hole but I was unable to get my shoulders through. At that time the ship was lying almost flat in the water on her starboard side. passenger stand ing on the side of the ship managed to pull me through the port hole.
 About hundred passengers were gathered on the side of the ship at the time but moment later after l had joined them the vessel took an other list and plunged to the bottom.
 q next found myself in the water and swan towards the lights of the steamer Storstad, and when nearly exhausted I was picked up by life boat This boat went on to the scene of the disaster and picked up load of survivors from the water and then took them on board the Storstad. There we were wrapped m blankets and was provided with clothes. When able I did what l could to help the survivors. Some of them, however, were in such an ex- hausted condition that they died
 Only two children are known to have been saved A wonderful rescue was one of these-little eight-year-oid Oracle flanagan, daughter or the leader of the Salvation Army band Her father and mother were drowned. Oracle was not told of her loss ana believed tonight that her father and mother would come to Quebec on the next boat
 When asked how she was sayea' Oracle replied:
 "Oh, I saved myself. The child was entirely uncoh- cerned. No lifeboat was near when she was thrown from the Empress. She seized piece Of floating wood and later was pulled into a lifeboat. Major Attwell of Toronto and his wife were among the say
 "I got a lifebelt said Major AttYs' ped lnto
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