The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-05-29


yesterday bound FOR tho army's In
tcrnutional conference IN London
So quickly did the Empress sink
that those passenger fortunate en-
oueh 90 gct into the lifeboats found
Themselves Earbed only in their uight
clothes.
No baggage was saved. The cond
ton of the survivors was pitiablc.
Some had broken arms and legs and
all had suffered terribly
T.. v. Gusacliu, prominent lawyer
OF Montreal, saved himself by cling
ing Co a raft, when the -rscue ships
docked here the station platform was
converted into hospital and the
townspcoplc, bringing food ana cloth
ing. united To- O. common effort To aid
the sufferers
Twelve bodies. with fuces covered.
lay side hy side on the wharf They
were passengers who had made the
llfehuHis bat who were fatally hurt.
Wrcckagc strcws the ST. Lawrence
for long distance near where the
Empress sank
Tho sun shonc brightly during the
forenoon. Though the water Ia sam
les the temperature today was not
Tow enough to Increase tho suffer
Sings of the survivors The vast ma
jority ot the saved were members Of
the Ehi1s crew. EarlN estimates here
Indicated not more than sixty passon-
gers were saved.
BESIDES Captain Kendall. the first
and second engineers and the ships
surgeon were rescued The captain
was too overcome to give at first any
extended account of the disaster. lie
had sent "a wireless Co his line after
iho vessel wus struck, saving:
ship gone"
The residents OF RtmuusAi. numher-
ing 5000. came silently tu the dock
where the dead and exhausted llving
wore being landed. and under the di-
rcction Of the mayor, N. R. Fleet
gave aid wherever possible Every
doctor in the town was on the scene,
and many of the injured We're taken
tn private homes From cedar chests
and closets the towusfulk brought gar
ments of AN descriptions for those
vho had lost their belongings. Two
headquarters were established --nt the
wharf and at the station OF the Inter-
those injured and not removed %
homes were cared for
The reaCue boats, Eureka and Lady
Evelyn, found on reaching the point
where the Empress sank a scene not
uusimilar to that which greeted the
ilUfIs MUlNn luNneu To the IltHNiC 3
aid. They found the ship sunk. and
The surface of the water. fortunately
calm. dotted with life boats and
smeurcd with floating debris
In the lie boats were huddled the
survivors. dazed nd moaning. some
then dying ot injuries sustained in
the crash or u the rush of leaving the
sinKins Empress Few could give any-
thing hut incohcrent, almost hysicrical
accounts ol what had happened. J l..
lliack ana Mrs. Black of Ottawa said
they had jumped together into the
river. They had been reused by the
shock Of the collision and. unable 20
ger into r. lifcbout had riskcd the lea d..
They were picked up 3y boat from
the Lady Evelyn. Another survivor
was Mrs. Patten of Sherebrookc, Que
bee.
First reports had Il that the collier
ftorstnd imd also sunk Thear pfONe 80
60 bc incorrect Though ncr bow was
badly damagcd the StnrstAd was able
tp Keep afioat. Some reports sntd
she had aboard 500 survivors. This,
II true. would reduce the death list
materially FROM more than thou
sand To less than zoo, Among the
survivors here. % we're from the
Empress second cabin
In the partial list uf survivors
available at ! O'Clock this afternoon
there APPEARED the name Of unly one
saloon passenger that of q. ". O..
i Henderson, address not given