The Sentinel=record., 1914-05-30

heard the frenzied calls of the off cers for the passengers to hurry on deck, and rushed up and piled into the boats, which were rapidly low cred and rowed away. Many who waited to dress were drowned"
 The horror of the interval during the time the Empress was rapidly .lllling and the frightened throngs on board her were hurrying, every effort to escape before she sank was added to by an explosion which quickly fol- lowed the ripping given the liner by the Storstad, but according to one of the rescued the explosion probably was caused by the water reaching the boilers, bulged the liners sides and catapulted persons from her deck into the sea. The ships heavy list, as water poured in, weighted her on the side III which she was struck, making the work of launching boats increasingly difficult, and when finally the ship took her plunge to the bottom scores still left on her decks were carried down, only a few being able to clear her sides and find support on wreckage.
 From all reports, Captain H. G. Kendall of the Empress of lreiand bore himself like a true sailor. He retained such command of the situa- tion, it appears. that while the Stor- stad's stem still hung in the gash it had made in the Empress side, Cap tain Kendall begged the master of the collier to keep his propelless going, so that the hole might remain plugged. The Storstad, however. dropped back and the Empress fill d and foundered
 Captain Kendall stood on his bridge as the ship went down. boat picked him up and he directed ita work of saving others until the craft was loaded. The captain was injured and suffered from exposure but his hurts are not dangerous.
 When day broke the rescue boats had not returned from the scene of the wreck. People standing on shore at Father Point scanning the horizon with telescopes, saw the rescue steamers picking up boats in the river and prepared to give help to the survivors. They were sorely in need of aid, as most of them had on light clothing and the temperature was near the freezing point. When they had been given attention the work of recovering bodies was under taken. The rescue steamers them selves had brought in nearly fifty of these, and tonight after they had con tinued their search, total of about 250 bodies had been recovered. One woman and four men still living but unconscious were picked up by the steamers during the day. Few of the bodies had been identified tonight.
 The wireless is given credit for saving many lives Responding promptly to the S. O. s. call, the steamer Eureka was on the spot ap- proximately 20 minutes after the dis aster, and the Lady Evelyn but little later.
 A corrected list of passengers and crew on the Empress of Ireland, is- sued officially by the Canadian Pa cifie railroad, gives the total number aboard as 1867, divided as follows:
 First cabin passengers, ST.
 Second cabin passengers, l55.
 Third class passengers, 714.
 Officers and crew, 413.
 A full equipment of ambulances and the army medical service corps was in readiness at Lewis when the special survivors train arrived there. and the passengers were disembarked and transferred to ferry steamer waiting at special wharf to facili- tate the transfer to Quebec.
 lt was pitifu sight when the ferry steamer docked on the Quebec