Lower coast gazette., 1914-06-06
age, were picked up by the lifeboats
and carried on board the rescuing ves-

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to give any coherent account of the
loss of his ship, was found clinging to
q broken spar.
]. W. Longley, rancher, Of Canford,
B. c., went down with the ship, but
held his breath. and, coming to the
surface. found a piece Of wreckage and
chung to it until picked up.
One Of the survivors, in explaining
the quickness with which the Empress
Of Ireland went down, said:
"The collier, being enly something
over 5000 tons, did not reach up even
to the upper or topmost deck Of our
hull. Her bow cut under the upper
deck and took a peeling of the side OF
our ship that allowed the water to
rush into the lower decks. Then the
liner heeled over, and even those in
the superstructure deck rooms had no
chance to save themselves. Hundreds
Of them must have been dumped out
Of their berths and slammed against
the walls with stunning force"
Scenes on Shore.
Father Point, Que, May 2s.-"The
Empress Of ireland passed and landed
her pilot here at 1880 this morning"
said an Official Of the Canadian Pa
ct1ic. There was q haze at the time.
At 1850 q. m, l was awakened by an
IS. o. s." ring on my door bell and,
rushing down, was informed by q Mar
conf operator that the Empress of Ire
land was sinking, having been struck
by some vessel. In undress I started
to help. No other signal could be
got from the doomed vessel. She had
no time to give another, as she sank
ten minutes after being struck.
mi. 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 at Ra|
mouski wharf.
Help Rushed to the Scene.
Capt. J. B. Belanger Of the Eureka
Immediately rushed to the scene ana
Captain Pouliot, with the Lady Eve
Ign. followed later, his ship being
three miles farther away.
Meanwhile daylight broke and
scanning the horizon with a telescope
l saw the two government steamers,
nine lifeboats and q collier in the VI
cinity, going here and there. Later
the Eureka arrived ut Father Point
wharf with 81 survivors, and several
poor drowned bodies. also several OF
the survivors who had been wounded.
Agent in Narrow Escape.
"The. scene on tie arursks Sas most
distressing, the survivors walking
around their. dear shipmates, stretched
out In their last sleep. The Eureka
was sent to Remoush wharf with all
on board, and the Canadian Pacinc
agent, Mr.. Weber, who was here, ha7'
ing Just got of the Inflated vessel with
the pilot, engaged all the cabs ne
could find and telephoned for all pos
sible medical assistance. As the com
pany's agent here, I advised all the
survivors that their cables and tele'
grams to their families would be paid
BY the Canadian Pacific railroad.
'The Lady Evelyn passed into Re
mousk wharf about 1 q. m. with some
more survivors and bodies. Amone
the survivors was Captain Kendall
commander Of the Inflated ship, who
was picked up by a lifeboat from the
wreckage after the ship had gone
down.
Survivors Almost Naked.
Most Of the survivors were almost
naked in the cold morning, with tht
temperature at IS degrees and white
: frost on the ground.
AT $40 the Norwegian colliel
Storstad, coal laden, from Sydney, N
s.. for Montreal, came along slowly
When her bow had been smashed II
I It became known that she was tn
3 vessel that had struck the Empress
Of Ireland the fatal blow. The Stors
tad was too much damaged to ALLOW
! her to proceed to Quebec under he
own steam, but before proceeding sb'
I landed q few survivors and some dea'
! bodies. which we're taken OF by tn
steamer Eureka and Lady Evelyn ant
. landed on the Remouski wharf"
Sinu God Be With YOU On Ship
? Montreal. Que, May So.-When tn
: liner Empress Of Ireland steamed ava!
). from here Thursday she carried 1s
! members Of the Salvation army from
I the United States and Canada, boun'
: for the world convention in Londor
To the accompaniment Of the arm
band. they were singing, God B
9 with You Till We Meet Again.
: This prelude to the accident in tn
. ST. Lawrence made the disaster a nea
!, parallel to the sinking Of the Titanic
: whose passengers sang. Nearer, NJ
God. to Thee" as the White Star line
went down.
!. Irving, Actor and Author.
y Nav vorr Nav 31.-Laurence s. I
irving, drowned on steamship Ell
press Of Ireland. is an actor. autho
and manager. He received bis ed
cation at Marlborough college. Colleg
Rolin. Paris, and spent three year
in Russia studying for foreign ofic'
: His plays are widely known. In lso
!. and 1909 he presented sketches OF nj