The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-29
jumped just before the Empress went

w. LAWS OF montreal, one OF the rev
SURVIVORS able to talk coherently. after
first landing, said he and his wife had
not been awakened by the impact OF
the collision. and knew nothing Of the
accident until water began to rush into
their state room. He helped his wife
to the boat deck. but the big ship had
already listed and it was impossible to
launch boat. Together they crawled
on their hands and knees up the slop-
ing deck of the liner. The vessel was
rapidly sinking. His wife was swept
from his grasp. Both were carried by
the suction into the river. They clung
to piece Of wood and were rescued.
The wife was unconscious.
j. w. Longley, a rancher of Can
ford. B. c.. calmly sat on the rail and
went down with the sinking ship. He
held his breath, came up and grabbed
the side Of life boat. held to it and
was rescued by the Eureka. William
Measures, a Salvation Army bands
man, crept along the rail of the prom
enade deck and stepped into the water.
cued.
Drowned in Their Beds.
The great hole torn in the ships
side admitted such deluge Of water
that many must have been overcome
in their beds.
The rescued. fighting their way to
the Hfeboats from the careening deck,
leaping blindly overheard, broke their
arms or legs or otherwise injured
themselves SO badly that twenty-five
died after being picked up. Groaning
and In some cases practically insenst-
bic, others were landed while the
populace Of the village gathered with
medicines and stimulants to relieve
them. A special train was made up
taken to Quebec and Montreal.
The president of the Canadian Pa
cific railway issued a statement this
afternoon saying that the Empress had
sunk within IA minutes No one
aboard had time to seize his belong
ings, 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 delibera-
ton and rigid observance of the un-
written law, women first" A party
of Salvation Army members. enroute
to London, was almost wiped out.
Laurence Irving, son of the late Sir
Henry Irving, is among the missing.
and other prominent persons in the
first cabin were unaccounted Tor late
this afternoon.
When the rescue ships, Eureka and
Lady Evelyn, reached the scene short
ly before daybreak, they found nine
lifeboatS from the Empress, all
iammed full and many of the occu-
pants wounded It was still dark.
Wreckage covered the river every
where. : The Stofstad. her bow hady
crumpled, was still on the scene pick
ing up the living wherever she could.
In one of the Hfeboats crouched Cap
tain Kendall, commander OF the En-
press, dazed and greatly shaken. He
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been picked up by members of his
crew.
Known Survivors.
Those in the first and second cab
fns known to have been saved up to
o'clock this afternoon are:
G. w. S. Henderson.
c. r. Burt.
Miss Alice Lee. Nassau. Bahama.
Miss E. Court, Liverpool.
Walter Erginger. CThis may be ].
Ersinger of Winnipeg)
b. Weinruch, Montreal
The Lady Evelyn, which returned to
the scene Of the disaster. reported by
wireless that she had picked up II
bodies at o'clock.
Believe All Saved.
Rimouski. May 29.-Danfort. the Mar
conf operator of the Eureka reports
the following incomplete list of sur
V1vOr6 at RlmOuSkl.
r. H. Perkinson. bedroom steward.
w. Rowan. steward.
Alex Radley, Gooms. pantry man.
A. Reginald, Moreland, White Grey.
James williams. assistant stewards.
e. Foster. A. Elliott. bakers
A. c. Ferguson, S. r. Simon, Nostal.
Doelitz. Speddon, Novek.
A. w. Gaade, chief engineer.
S. Sampson Swan. tenth engineer.
T. Bradwick, sailor.
S. Murphy.
T. Borah, Quartermaster.
Duckworth, electrician.
]. Salio. Sapete. Donovan. A. Will
liams, H. Clarkson. T. Hanon, Charles
Clarke, X. Laski, Savein, King Scott.
Haes, assistant purser.
Only one woman, Mrs. Simon, is
among those picked up by the Eureka
the crew and third class passengers.
Picked Up by Boats.
Montreal, May ga message re-
ceived here by the Canadian Pacific Of
ficers from Rimouski. said:
"All the passengers Of the Empress of
Ireland have been picked up by the
boats of the Lady Evelyn and
Eureka
Over Six Hundred Missing.
Rimouski, May 2S.@Three hundred
and ninety-nine survivors from the
steamship Empress Of Ireland have
been landed here. This leaves 1,0S8
of those on board unaccounted for.
1t Is understood, however. that $50
were picked up by the collier Stor-
stad. cutting the list Of missing to
678.
Partial List of Saved.
st. John, May 2S.-An passengers OF
the Empress of Ireland have been
saved is the BELIEF expressed in q mes
sage received by the local passenger
department Of the Canadian Pacific
railway, supposedly from Rimouski
All Saved in Life Boats.
Montreal May 29.-The text Of a
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