The chronicle=news., 1914-05-29

IN tHe partial llst III sutsN"'
ayailable at I o'clock this afternoon
there appeared the name OF only oh'
saloon passenger. that OF q. W. q
Henderson. address not given.
Lawrence Irving. son Of the lat'
Sir Henry irving. 10 among the miss
ing. asd other prominent persons IL
the first eabins were unaeeountes
for lat. this Afternoon. When thu
rescue ships Eureka and Lady Eve
Iyn reached the srene shortly befos'
daybreak they found nine lifel'oaii
from the Empress. all jammed full
aud many Of the occupants dead. u
Was still dark and wrsekage covered
the river everywhere, The Norstad
her bow badly eFunbi-d was still on
the seen. picking up the iisinx vhsr'
ever she could. In one of the life
boats erouehed Captain Kendall. the
commander of tho Empress. dasesi
and greatly shaken. lie had ieapet
from IN. derk and had been picked
up by members of his crew.
When the train zane from the
wharf bearing survivors Il was . pitt
fui sight to SO theta aiisht- Most
Of them had very little riothinx.
Many had to b. carried bodily. A
xou,an had . broken i.r and shout
der and man had ,so iess broken.
They ~-Y. carried 10 the hotel oppo'
site the staiioa. u. H. Oiiara and
his little girl Helen were sar@d. hut
np tn tho pres-nt no news of Mrs,
O'iisra had b-cn received. She prob
ably drowned.
\ Young EnFiishnan said that
.'h-n the ship vas struck b, ih" col
iiH lh- s.a-k vas ,-sitfI-. ". sat
asi--t. in his .shih. lie iant'-d from
t-.i. rpiiins on a dressing s"-n sni
~.n. directly tn ~ah- ur Tao nf HE
fri-atis. telling them h- thought the
ship -a. .inktns. ii- then vent on
deck aud .amS bAsh a s-rond time 10
.-- II hi. friends hal iuu their sahin
',.il is his -S.iirm.ht h- ~-ni Id III.
Nfaas dssk, The ship then ~ss sihk-
Ing sa fast he souii hardly stand
lie l.ssl held af = 'up- n- The si.i-
af the .hip AMI s~uns insn hfr
beat, lie saia he hai not seen his
friends aud fear. lh.F s-f~ ifu~ ned
t.- sosa.n saa stiiaf-n ~es- sar-
cd Th.y .-s- asis-p In thsis cab
in .hn the ship ssak aud the aesi'
dent ss~uss-a 50 auistiy ihrs souia
net ~ rescued
on- woman ~ho >as sass'ei oaiS
in = vest i.mi-c.s overheard ssd s~sn
10 the i.Aas Evri,a, She ~as so GU
hsusa-a. however. ,hai she dtrd In .
t.~ n,inus~s afI~s she ~ss sshea
ss.as ,hs ~ai.r. Tier taeatils has so'
i,~sn established.
lss.h the frs, ard s~~oai Nasr"ni
af sh- i.rnps-ss ursr saved
s:s.ar. iiosrsosi. the s~.oai OPERA
,ae 80. .osnise sn suss ~h"a 'h~ h"s'
h-san To siaks II. csushs the fsshrf
i'oia, Alasvuni station aud called Tot
.ss;.tsaer. t,asTfssd ~ss saved hy
falling int. = lit-t-aa's The e'hrf
Ronald fcreusnn. had u"
.uim tot the boat 10th operators
....- back 10 Ei-acaski r,urs on the
pIias i,nAi eafrfas
Ca.s~nr,.s ~-sc taud in the praise
II csruaia and Pilot n 'h. LADY w
.i,s AMI Can,aia iseisassr of the
Eureka and ,hsir er~~s.
All a. shrm displayed the greatest
bravery. Il was declared A. Mr..
N.wtii,ams Of Father t'oini also vac
active In aiiius ,hr rescued. All of
the authorities Of R,a,pastt and of
pssh~r roin, i.ia.a IN sasiaz sor the
survivors
The Lad, Evelyn. which returned
4. tho .s-n- Of ,Ac disaster. reported
i,x wireless. 'ha, shc had picked mr.
scS.as-~s bodies al so'ci"rk.
The Mar,oni operator here gives
the following ~. -riat of The sinking
of The steamer Emprrss of Ireland In
collision with the collier ssorssai:
The Empress of ireland vas
ram,ur,' this morning al t:i. by the
sssr.tai. twenty miles out from
Father Point. The Empress sank
within ten minutes. The =. u. 4.
signal sent out was received At fa'h-
er Point and the government steam
crS Eureka and Lady Evelyn were
dispatched to the distressed vessels
assistance. The Empress Of ireland
listed ani vas unable to get masr
cf tho boats ont.
Captain Kendall was saved. being
rtkc,i up on some wrcctasc by a
life boa. thirty minutes after his ship
hal foundcrc,i 10th wireless opera.
tors. assist purscrs. chief cns'.
nccrs and chief steward were saved
Tho chief steward and rurser ars