The Chitina leader., 1914-06-02
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QUEBEC May 29-During the early morning hours another terrible calamity occurred that has shocked the people the world and which equals loss the Titanic horror The Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Ireland her way to Liverpool and day out, when she rammed by the collier Storstadt the head of the Gulf Of St Lawrence She tore great hole in her side and shortly after the collision there explosion in the engine room Scenes the greatest confusion and excitement followed Life boats put and the Storsad picked up what she could all the survivors being landed Rimous The Empress of Ireland carried nearly 200 passengers and had of 399 It believed that eight hundred have lost their lives
 The Empress of Ireland built Glasgow about years ago. and sister ship the Empress Britain These vessels were about 25 feet in length with beam of 78 feet and having carrying capacity of 25000 tons They the largest ships afloa prior to the building in 1907 of the Mauritania and the Lustania which 79o long
 RIMOUSKI, May 29.-The Empress of Ireland carried total of 3 and and the dead will number least half. Capt. H. G. Kendall commander was saved although most of the cabin passengers have pershed Among the missing is Sir Henry Karr noted English lawyer and Laurence Irving of the late Henry Irving All 20 of party of 40 Canadian Salvation Army Corps Many of the survivors have broken and legs injured in
 RIMOUSKI May 29-Late this afternoon it is known that not less than TOO prshed in the Empress of Ireland disaster The vessel sank in IA minutes after she struck All kinds of narrowing witnessed by those who survive Twenytwo died after they had been picked up by vessels Shortly after the explosion the ships Eureka Evelyn went to the and have landed passengers here Nearly all are nervous wrecks having undergone terrible strains.
 RIMOUSKI June l.--Captan Kendall, master of the steamer Empress of Ireland testified this morning before the cofoner inquest He stated that the disaster due the failure of Capt Thos Anderson of the collier Stordad to observe the whistle signals Also that the failure Capt Anderson to hold the of his collier in the hole that gashed n the side of the Empress the result of the Empress filling with water soon and the consequent explosion As result the passengers give time make their escape.
 MONTREAL, June 1.-When Captain Anderson was shown the statement made by Captain Kendall he denied that he was responsible He that fog signals exchanged and that the engines of the Sorsadt had stopped when the collision occurred the Empress twas making considerable headway Upon her arrival here the collier lbeled by the Canadian Pacific Company claim of $2OOOOOO damages against the of the Storstadt
 RlMOUSkI, May BOA revised list shows that 954 dead by of the sinking of the Empress of Ireland Four hundred and trytree have been rescued The number fatalities IS greater than at first thought, when 1t believed that about oneaf of those aboard had been saved
 OTTAWA, May 30-Fomer Premier Sir Wilfred Laurier has urged the government to make thorough investigation of the that led to the sinking of the Empress Ireland by being rammed by the collier Storstadt.
 QUEBEC, May 3O.-Shorty after a Canadian Pacific relief tran carrying survivors from the wrecked had started its the train deraled Much resulted for time but injured.