Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-06-06

sells.
Captain Kendall, dazed and unable
to give any coherent account of the
loss of his ship was found cllnging to
a broken spar.
J. w. Langley, rancher, of Canford,
B. c.. went down with the ship, but
held his breath, and. coming to the
surface, found a piece of wreckage ard
chung to it until picked up.
One of the survivors, in explaining
the quickness with which the Empress
of Ireland went down, said:
The collier, being only something
over 5000 tons, did not reach up even
to the upper or topmost deck of our
hull. Her bow cut under the upper
deck and took a peeling off the side OF
our ship that allowed the water 10
rush into the lower decks. Then the
liner heeled over. and even those In
the superstructure 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 29.-"The
Empress of Ireland passed and landed
her pilot here at 100 this morning,
said an official OF the Canadian Pa
cif1c. There was haze at the time
At 1:50 a. N. l was awakened by an
IS. o. s" ring on my door bell and'
rushing down. was informed by a Mar
conf operator that the Empress OF Ire
land was sinking, having been struck
by some vessel. In undress | 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
conf 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 Scene.
Cant. J. p. Belanger Of the Eureka
Immediately rushed to the scene and
Captain Pouliot, with the Lady Eve
Ign, 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 nfeboats and a collier in the VI
cinity, going here and there. Later
the Eureka arrived at Father Point
wharf with 80 survivors and several
poor drowned bodies. also several OF
the survivors who had been wounded.
Agent in Narrow Escape.
1.-The scene on the Eureka was most
distressing, the survivors walking
around their dead shipmates. stretched
out In their last sleep. The Eureka
was sent to Remoush wharf with all
on board, and the Canadian PACING
agent, Mr.. Weber. who was here, hav-
ing Just got of the Inflated vessel with
the pilot, engaged all the cabs he
could find and telephoned for all pos
sible medical assistance. AS the COM
pany's agent here. l advised all the
survivors that their cables and tele-
grams to their families would be paid
by the Canadian Pacific railroad.
1.-THE Lady Evelyn passed into Re
mouski wharf about 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 we're almost
naked in the cold morning, with the
temperature at 35 degrees and white
| frost on the ground.
AT $40 the Norwegian collier
Storstad. coal laden, from Sydney. y.
s.. for Montreal. came along slowly.
When her bow had been smashed in
| It became known that she was the
vessel that had struck the Empress
Of ireland the fatal blow. The Stros-
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 Remousk1 wharf"
Sinq "God Be With YOU" on Ship
Montreal. Que. May 30.-When the
liner Empress OF Ireland steamed away
from here Thursday, she carried 165
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. My
God, to Thee" as the White Star liner
went down.
Irving. Actor and Author.
New York. May 31.-Laurence S. B
Irving. drowned on steamship EN-
press of Ireland. is an actor, author
and manager. He received his edu
cation at Marlborough college. College
Rollin, Paris, and spent three years