Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-30
MANY PASSENGERS ON EMPRESS
OF IRELAND TRAPPED IN
sTATERooMs.
RKW HAD TIME TO TRY
TO REACH BOATS
Great thrush Of Waters Follows c0'''s-
ion. Which Rent Immense Hole in
Side Of ship Below Water Limo
Many Killed by Force Of Impact
Why Many Of Crew Escaped.

VtvOrS of the disaster TO the E-lipi esS
OF Ireland, it was a pitiful sight TO see
chem alight. Most of them wore little
clothing. Many had to be carried
bodily. A woman had broken leg
and shoulder, and man had two legs
broken. They were carried to the
: hotel opposite the station.
young Englishman said that When
the ship was struck by the collier the
shock was terrific. He was asleep in
his cabin. He jumped from bed, put
on a dressing gown, and went directly
to wake up two Of his friends, telling
them he thought the ship was sinking
He then went on deck and came back
a second time to see if his friends had
left their cabin, but in his excitement
he went on the wrong deck.
The ship then was sinking SO fast
that he could hardly stand. He took
hold Of q rope on the side Of the ship
and swung into a Hfeboat-
He said he had not seen his friends
and he fears that they were drowned.
Fe~ Women and Children Saved.
Few women and children were saved.
They were asleep in their cabins when
Inc snip S1Hh, anu ZIG rhNS-oN'-> |NeA-
red SO quickly that they could not be
rescued.
One woman, who was CARRIED only IN
q vest, Jumped over board and swan to
LADY Evelyn. She was SO exhausted.
however, that she died a few minutes
after she was taken from the water.
Her identity has not been established
W, Davis, of Montreal. one Of the
few survivors able to talk coherently
after hrst landing. said he and his Wite
had not been awakened by the I'M
pact Of the collision and knew moth
ing OF the accident until water began
to rush into their stateroom.
He helped his wife to the boat deck,
burt the big ship had already listed
and 1t was impossible to launch boat
Together they crawled on their hands
and knees up the sloping deck OF the
liner. The vessel was rapidly sink
ing,
His wife was swept from his grasp
Both were carried by the suction into
the river, They chung to piece OF
wood and were rescued. The wife was
unconscious.
Went Down With Ship; Saved.
J, W. Langley, a rancher Of Canford,
q. c., calmly sat on the deck rail and
went down with the sinking Ship he
held his breath, came up, grabbed the
side Of lifeboat held to IT. and was
rescued by the Eureka
William Measures, a Salvation Army
bandsman crept along the rail OF the
promenade deck and stepped into the
water He swan to q lifebOat and was
rescued
Passengers were loud In their praise
Of the captain and the pilot of the
Lady Evelyn and Captain Belanser OF
the Eureka and their crews.
All of them displayed the greatest
bravery, 1t was declared, A Mr.. NC
Williams, of Father Point. also was &C.
tive tn aiding the rescued.
All Of the authorities OF Rinouski
and Father Point joined in caring for
the survivors.
Collier Crashes From Fog.
SO far as could be learned the col
lislon came without warning. A fright
full blow came out of the fog and
ruined the big liner before the officers
knew that danger was near.
It was 1:45 a. N. when the Nor
wegian collier and freishter Storstadt,
a ship hardly fifth Of the size of
the Empress OF Ireland. blundered
AGAINST the liner and cut 1t down as If
it had been made OF pasteboard and
not good oak and iron.
The collier, freighted with 1000 tons
OF coal, was following the course of the
channel as 1t came on at good speed
II drove into the port side of the En-
press and its steel sheathed bow raked
inward and backward. It cut thru a
length Of staterooms, water tight com
partmen and deck beams until there
was an enormous cash that opened
from amidships to the stern Of the
liner. .Gsz4
Great thrush Of Waters.
The water did not flow in. It rushed
in with the power of Niagara. From
such stories as can be gathered hastil,
from survivors and from members O.
the crew it appears that Captain Ken
dali and his officers did all that wa!
possible in the fourteen minutes tina
the Empress hung on the river. Ken
dali was hurt and in great pain, bu
he showed the pluck and decision of ;
naval officer.
In the first minute Of the disaster h
ordered Edward Bomford the wireless
operator, to flash the S. o. s. call. tn
cry for help that every ship must heed
He ordered officers and stewards t.
collect as many passengers as could b
found and hold them for the boats
He had nine lifeboats overheard with
In ten minutes.
Many Killed by First Blow.
Had there been time, hundreds VIII
went down with the ship would hav
survived. But time there was not. .
thousand men and women who ha
been asleep awoke toolate to scrambl
10 the decks. They were crushed Q
ufangled by the bow of the Storstadt
injured by splintered timbers or over
whelmed in the terrible Of water.
It Is probable that scores were kille
instantly, but hundreds persisted Will
feebly struggling for doerways an
81 while trying for footing on slopin
W decks.
The terror and confusion OF the fe
minutes while the Empress staggere
listed, and sank can hardly be put
words. The survivors themselves coul
not describe those minutes adequate1
4Aeyscane ashore at Rimouski stunne
mentally as well as physically
Unable 60 Arouse Passengers.
The proportion Of the crew saved II
outnumbered the proportion Of passer