The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1914-06-05

Ioss Of his ahfp. va found clinging 70
4 Hoksu sper.
j. w. Laasley. ranchsr. q CsnforA
q. G.. vent 1ova Win The chip, but
held his breath. ana. coming 70 tAs
surface. found Z pleoe AZ vrackage ara
chung % Il until picked IN,
| One Of the survivors. IN sxplainfns
the ouicknsss with which the Emprsss
Of Ireland went down. said:
.The COLLAR. beins only somsthing
over 5000 tons. did not reach up even
| to the upper, or topmost deck Of our
hull. Her how cut under the uppes
deck ana took a peelins on the side Of
our shin that allowed the water TO
| rush tnto thu lower Aecks. Than the
liner hselsd over. and even those In
the superstructure deck rooms had no
chance to savs themselves Hundreds
OF them must have been dumped Out
Of their boFths and slammed against
the walls with stunning force"
SoonAs on Shore.
Father Point. One. MAY ss.-"The
Emprees of Ireland oassed ana landed
her oiIot her. ~ 4 az mi. mornins."
said an ofacial Of the Canadian Pa
cif,c. "There vas a haze At the time.
Al $50 = m. I vas awakened by an
"a n a" r,r~ an INV door hell and.
rushing down. was informed by 4 Mar
conf operator that the Empress OF Ire
land was .intips. having been struck
by some vessel In undress started
to help. No other signal could Be
got from the doomed vessel She had
no time to give another. rs she sank
ten minutes after being struck.
Mr.. Whiteside. manager OF the Mar.
conf station, rendered effective serv-
ice by notifying the government
steamer Eureka, at Father POINT
wharf, and the Lady Evelyn AZ ha'
mouski wharf.
Hello Rushed to Scene.
Cant. !. r. Belanxer OF the Eureka
Immediately rushed to the scene and
Captsin Pouliot. with the Lady Eve
lyn. followed later. his ship being
three miles farther away.
Meanwhile DAYLIGHT broke and
scanning the horizon with a telescope
7 saw the two government steamers,
nine lifeboata and n collier in the VI
cinity. going here and there. Later
the Eureka arrived ut Father Point
wharf with 80 survivors and several
poor drowned bodies, also several Of
the survivors VINO nad oeen ~ounoe"'
AGENT IN Narrow escape.
"The scene on the Eureka was most
distressing, the survivors walking
around their dead shipmates, stretched
out in their last sleep. The Eureka
was sent to Remouski wharf with all
on board, and the Canadian Pacific
agent, Mr.. Weber. who was here. hav.
ing Just got OF the Inflated vessel with
the pilot, engaged all the cabs he
could find and telephoned for. all pos
sible medical assistance. A. the com
pany's agent here, I advised all the
survivors that their cables and tele.
grams to their families would be paid
b. the Canadian Pacific railroad.
"The Lady Evelyn passed into Re-
mou.h wharf about out. IN .. m. with % some
the .urvivors was CAPTAIN Kendall.
commander a, the Inflated shin, who
~.. ,,ch.a nm nv I. ,,feho.t from the
vreck.,e After the shin had gone
down
c,,..,s,n.. A,,,o.. n.kad
Su' s'svs ""''0s< "oNs~.
MOST OF the SURVIVORS were a,"os'
naked In the cold morning win tne
temperature NJ 20 degrees ana "n''o
frost on the GROUND.
AT $40 the Norwegian conner
storstad. coal laden from ssdhey' ~
81. for Montreal. came along slowly
when her DOW nad peen sma'heo !"
H.. sss' ths, t hss ,trnsk the Empress
NJ ireland the fatal blow. The stros.
tad was too much damaxed TO allow
her IN nroceed 10 Quebec under her
own s,eam. lint before proceeding she
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