Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-01
British and Canadian Gov
ernments Cooperating.
Plan Drastic Rules for
St. Lawrence Route.
CAPTAIN OF STORSTAD
DEFENDS HIS ACTION
Declares Collier Reversed En-
gines Before Crashing Into
Liner and That He Did All
That Was Possible to Hold His
Vessel in the Breach.

OTTAWA, June 1.-The British and
Canadian governments are cooper
ating TO make the most thorough pos
sible investigation into the sinking Of
the steamer Empress Of Ireland.
The disaster viii be inquired into
by royal commission of three. TIE
British government has appointed
George Vaux as its representative.
He has already sailed for England
and will reach Montreal June (, when
the inquiry will be commenced The
other two members of the commits
sion viii be judges of the Canadian
admiralty court
While the commission is organizifk.
Captain Lindsay, the wreck comuhis-
sioner of the government, is carrying
on a preliminary investigation at
Montreal, preparing evidence and
getting the case ready as far as pos
sible- All the passengers who were
! saved will be summoned TO give evil
dence under oath before Captain
Lindsay, and officers and members of
the Empress and the collier which
sent her to the bottom win be ex-
amined
The Royal Commission will report
upon what measures should be taken
to make navigation in the narrow
waters of the st. Lawrence more Sc
cure and whether there should be 4
revision of the rules winch now gov
erI shipping traffic in tnat river. Il
+ is expected that a set of drastic rules
VIII be prepared and thai they VIII
be thoroughly enforced,
/ QUEBEC, June THE work OF
/ identifying the bodies of the victims
of the Empress of Ireland disaster
that were brought here yesterday
tccntinued today.
! One of the most important OF the
seventy-odd identihcations made was
| of the body of Sir Henry Seton Kerr,
/ the big game hunter. Many harrow
/ ing scenes were witnessed in the tenn
/ porary morgue as relatives or friends
/ found persons for whom they We're
/ seeking.
The list of those who had been
identified follows:
Mary Ruth Archer, Saskatchewai1.
/ MIR. Anderson.
/ William J. Burrows, Gait, Ont:
! Charlotte Burrows, Gait, Ont; DR.. Z.
A Barlow. Montreal; Mrs. Barlow,
| Montreal; Mrs. w Barbour, Silver
G Byrne, Queensland; Truro Bzenz-
lez, n. s.; Dolly Brooks, Toronto,
Mrs. c Bristow.
Liza Cutrow. London, Ont: Maud
Cullen, Toronto; Major Creighton,
/ Toronto; Miss Nanets Crathern.
l Montreal.
Adjutant De Bow. Toronto: Mrs.
- Davies, H. Detond. Liverpool.
julius Evinson, Winnipeg.
Fa5
W. D. Graham. Hong Kong
+ Charles Goldthorpe, Bradford. Eng
land: Jessie Green. Toronto; Mrs.
Gallagher, Winnipeg; Mrs. Green.
Toronto; Edwin Hannussen, Negoml,
Mich; Bandmaster e. A. flanagan,
Toronto; Mrs. Brigadier Hunter,
India; Kathleen Mavourneen Hoad.
i Quebec; Kathleey Emily Hoad. aged
six months, Quebec; F. W. Howes,
Birmingham. Eng; Frank Hamilton.
ST, John, y. B.; Christopher Il. Haili-
day. eParson, Man.
William John, Gait Ont. Mrs. y,
Jones, Briarly Hill England.
James H. Kerwin, Quebec; Ivan
Kavalsky, crew.
Alex. Lindsay. Halifax. Willie
Leeks Gait. Ont: Mrs. Leders, stew
ardess
Colonel Maidment. sydney; Mrs.
Mdlumenl. MIS-. DaASN MOTIFS 1o-
ronto: J. Murphy. waiter, Liverpool;
Gordon \. McGinnis London. Eng
land; J. McGrath, a member Of the
crew; Sophia Markkula. Negoni.
Mich
H. Newman. steward on Empress:
Santa z. Nissilla. Cobalt. Ont.
w. Scott Potter, Toronto: Mrs. ".
Leonard Palmer, London, England;
Willard Potter. Toronto, Peterson.
ships carpenter. Mrs. H. Wynne
Price New Zealand. H. Perry, Liver
pool. Mrs. F. Parkinson.
Alice Riddell stewardess. Mrs
Ruth Rees. Toronto; Sir Henry Sc
ton-Karr; May Nettie Smcoe. Van
couver. B. c. Chief Officer Stee1e.
Charles Stevenson. Toronto. Seybolt.
Ottawa; Aurelia Sagrafina.
Emit Tavetilla. Fort William Al
Ian Tavetilla, Fort William; J. O..
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