The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-06-04

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. degree that naAs 4 alosse inDes-
sthls . stAAd even e11agiAg = sata-
inss.
Nsn aAA voH0, shFiskAao. DsayiAG.
crying nng 81 tAat vas fats1 to arrive
too lsts. fell over oes another in tAaf
lass struggle ~ Me o. boar6 ~
doomed Empress OF ireland.
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With their habiss 10 thsir arus- Oh
srs kns't o. asck Nd tsisA to Dray =
the few nonsats lsft to then. ooos
were Auns overheard by ths hssA1G
of tie sankias ship I'D soas dasoks
their legs o. aSHs IN tyiAS 70 Feaeh
the NfebcaAs.
Above tAs dia Of tAs struggle -
the great pesasaaAe deck eosA -
hsard Captain KssAsll shouting soo-
msnAs for tAs launching q tAs hss-
boats. Several vsss lanachsA h ths
10 minutes hat the ship aoats1.
Thsre wss 70 uDs TO obsesvs the
rule 'Wo0sa Asst" h this Aiaasts9.
for those nearest tie hosts scsanhse6
70 places In then.
But even - they we're bsiAg
launched. vAiIs the wireless still vas
calling e o. D." there came Q tesriAc
sxpsosion tAat almost reat tAs ship in
twain.
II vas tie EXPLOSION q the bealesa
struck by tAs cold water. A esyser
Of water shot upward from the mid
ship section. niagssd with fragments
Of vfeckage. dat showsred down Spoa
the passensers stin eiinging b the
rsals forward and upon those stfug-
cling IN the watsr.
The explosion destroyed the last
hops Of the ships floating until sue
cor could arrive. for the shock had
suashed the forward steel bulkhsad
walls that had up 70 then shut out tor
rents invading the after part. The
water rushed forward and the Em-
press OF ireland went swiftly to her
doom. carrying down with her hun-
drsds OF passengers who stood on her
slaatinS decks. their arms stretched
upward and their cries choked In the
easulhng waterA
0iamss the celiiss.
Doctor Johnston. chief medical Of
icer on the Empress. said that had
not the etorstad backed out 20 soon
from the Empress, . large number Of
the passenger miEE have been
saved. He said that when the collier
pulled itself frss the sea surEed into
the hole II had torn in the side Of
the Empress and the liner quickly
sank.
Chief Operator Hayes Of the EN-
press told Of the sinking Of the ves-
sci.
"As soon - l felt the shock Of the
collision" he said. Il was ordered to
sound the danger signal. and the fash
of my 8. o. 8. was Immediately
picked up by the operator at Father
Point and answered. But I could not
talk with him for fve minutes after
the impact my dynamos failed me and
II minutes after the collision our boat
sank"
The noise of the water rushing into
his cabin awoke W. Davis Of Toronto
and his wife. They ded upon deck.
but in the rush Of passengers became
separated. Mr.. Davis was saved. 1t
10 feared his wife sank with the boat.
A full equipment Of ambulances sup
piled by the city Of Quebec, the town
Of Lewis. on the opposite side Of the
river. and the army medical service
corps was awaiting At Lewis when the
special survivors train arrived. The
passengers were Immediately disem-
barked and transferred to the ferry
steamer. which had been waiting al
the special wharf to facilitate the
transfer to the Quebec.
Many survivors, Injured.
It was 4 pitiful sight when the ferry
steamer Polaris docked on the Quebec
side at $3.50 o'clock and the 396 men
and women saved from the ill-fated
Empress Of ireland trooped falteringly
down the gangway. The faces of all
plainly registered the frightful expert
ence they had gone through.
Few Of the survivors possessed a
complete outfit Of clothes, the ma
jority wearing only shirts. trousers
and boots.
Heads were barred in the throng as
the injured were brought ashore. sup
ported by friends and oflicials of the
company.
The second and third class pas:en-
gers and the crew were Immediately
made comfortable on the Allan liner
Alsatian. which was lying in an ad-
joining berth at the breskwater.
The first class and injured passen-
gers were transferred in automobiles
and other vehicles to the Chatau From
tenac. A staff Of doctors and nurses
took charge Of the injured.
Among the so passengers left in
Rimouski were several who were SO III
or 30 severely injured that they had
to be taken to a hospital.