Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-06-03
ANOTHER HORROR OF DEEP
Steamer, Rammcd by Collier, Sinks.
About 1000 Lives Lost.

more thar 900 lives, and surely
not less than 700, were lost when the
great Canadian Pacific liner Empress
Of ireland sank before dawn to-day
in the st. Lawrence River, riDDcd
open from amidship to stern by the
Danish collier StorStad.
This was the estimate made here
this afternoon. whore the historical
survivors, many OF them pitia0ly
manned and almost naked. were be-
ing brought. It was based on the
fact that the Empress carried l.437
persons all told, of whom 500 were
rescued and landed here by the ships
Eurkca and Lady Evelyn. The Stor-
Stad, at first reported to have more
than 800 survivors on board, has
sailed for Quebec, after landing only
. handful of rescued and a number
Of dead.
First Cabin Passengers Lost.
OF those saved, crew members and
third-class passengers predOminatCd.
From the partial lists available ii
was evident that but a mere sprinE-
ling Of the first cabin passengers
were saved. Only the names Of those
in the cabins appeared in the pre-
limin2ry lists Of rescued. They we're
G.. w. G.. Henderson and G. r. Burt.
address unstatCd, and Walter Fen
ton, OF Manchester, England.
The stricken vessel sank as if she
were lead. An explosion, apparently
originating in her engine room, has
tened her end, and those persons
who were able 10 make their way
from their cabins found themselves
on a perilously slanting deck. Many
lcaped and were drowned. Others
were fortunate enough to grasp
driftwOOd or were picked up by life
boats. 1t is apparent that the great
hole torn in the ships side admitted
such a dCluge Of water that many
must have been overcome in their
beds.
Many Manned by Jumping.
The rescued, fighting their way to
the lifCbOatS from the carecnin%
deck, ~clinging desperately to tHc
rails or lcaping blindly overheard.
broke their arms or legs or other
wise injured themselves so badly
that - died after being picked IN
Grooming. and in some cases practi-
Cally inscnsiblc, others were landed
here, while the ]pOpulaCc Of the vii
lagc gathered with medicines and
stimulants to relieve their SUFFERING.
~ Sltildl lldlu "dS Hlduc UP lllS
afternoon on which many were taken
to Quebec and Montreal.
The president OF the Canadian Pa
CitiC railway issued a statement say
ing that the Empress had sunk with
in II minutes. No one aboard had
time to seize belongings, much less
to dress. Those found in the life
boats were in their night clothes.
The women suffered most. Only a
few were saved. according to the
early lists, and indications are that
they lacked the strength to combat
conditions which confronted them.
There was not, as was the case on the
Titanic, time for calm deliDeratiOn
and rigid observance Of the unWrit
ten rule OF the Sea-"women first
Very few women and children
were saved. They were asleep in
their cabins and the accident occur
red so quickly that they could not be
rescued.
One oma who was CARRIED only
in a vest, jumped overheard and
swan to the Lady Evelyn. She was
so exhausted. however, that she died
in a few minutes after she was taken
from the water. Her identity has
not been established.
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Romford fell into q lifehoat and
was saved. The other ODerator Rom
aid Fureusson. had TO swim for the
boat. Both GENERATORS came hack 10
the RimbOuski port ON board the
pilot boat Eureka.
Passengers praised the cartain
and the pilot Of the Lady EVELYN and