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Leading Furniture Dealers and Undertakers
Main Street L0UISBURG. N. C.
ONE THOUSAND DROWN
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WO TIME TO CRY "WOMEN FIBST"
AND THEY PEBRISH.
The Great Liner, Carrjing 1,867 Peo.
pie la Bammed Amldshlp In a Dense
Fog, and Before Stewarts Can
Arouse Sleepers In Early Morning
They Find (irilTP IB me 1 tj Waters
of the Canadian Stream; Tragedy
Happens Within Sight of Land
Help Answers "Save, Oh, Save"
Signal Biit Arrives Too Late.
RImouskf, "Que., 29?Sinking In
ninety feet of water within 16 min
utes after being rammed amidships
In the Upper Reaches of the St. Law
rence River early today, the Cana
dian Pacific liner Empress of Ireland
carried down with her more than
900 of her passengers and crew. Of
the 1,367 persons on board -the liner,
only 433 are known to have been
saved, making the probable death
list 914.
Looming up through the river mists
as the Empress of Ireland was lying
to, waiting for the fog to. lift or day
to break, t[ie Danish collier ^torsted
crashed bow on into the side of the
big Canadian liner, striking her ab
out midway of her length and ripping
her side open clear to the stern.
Die In Sight of Shore.
The crash occured not far from the
shore of Father Point, 150 miles from
Quebec, which the Empress ot Ireland
left yesterday afternoon bound for
Liverpool, and ten miles from this
point on the St. Lawrence. In
reality, therefore, although the liner
was heading for the sea and the col
lier coming 1n from ltl the disaster
waa not one of the ocean, but ot the
Tlver. Unlike the Tltantlc's victims
the Empress of Ireland lost their
lives 'within sight of shore In lam\
locked waters. ;
Immediately after the ship's crew
recovered from the shock ot the col
lision and It was seen that the liner
had received a vital b!6w. a wireless
"S. O. S." call was sounded.
I Rescue Attempt Fritltless
The hurried appeal was picked up
by the government mall tender, Lady
Evelyn, here ft the Government pilot
boat Eureka at Father Point, and
both set out to the rescue. So deep
was the hurt of the Empress, however
and so fasj (.he inrush of waters,that
could reach the scene the liner had
gone down. Only floating wreckage
and a few life boats and rafts from
the steamer, buoying up less than a
third of those wbff had set sail on
her, were to be -Umfcl. The rest had
sunk with the liner, had been crush
ed to the Storsted's past with her, or
had been forced from exposure In the
ice-chilled waters to loose their hold
on bits of wreckage and had drowned,
htjary and Exposure Kills
Only a few persons were picked up
by the Storsted, which was b*dly
crippled herself end these were
? brought here by the Collier, as were
those saved by the Eureka and Lady
Evelyn. Twenty-two of the rescued
died from Injury and exposure.
The others, most of whom had
Jumped Idto tlrt boats or plunged Into
the water from the *|pfctKI vessel
acantly clad, were given (ttch clothing
as the town could supply, and later
those who could travel where placed
on board of train and started for
Quebec.
Accounts agree that In the brlet
?pace of time?not more than 14 min
utes?between the shock of the collis
ion and the Binking of the liner, there
was little cltuice for systematic mar
shalling of the passengers.
Few Women Saved.
Few women were among the sayqd,
not more than a dozen, the llBts nfa'ke
It appear.
"It all happened so quickly we did
not really know what was going on
and nobody had time to cry "women
first,' " one of the passengers told
Captain Bellinger, of the Rescue boat
Eureka.
"The stewarts did not have time
to rouse the people from their births,"
the survivor added. "Those who
heard the friends calls of the officers
for the passengers to hurry on deck
and rushed up, piled Into the boats
which were rapidly lowered and car
ried a*ay. Many who waited to dress
were drowned.
Explosion Adds to Horror.
The horror of the interval during
the time the Empress was filing and
the frightened throngs on board her
were hurrying every effort to escape
before she sank, was added to by an
explosion which quickly followed the
ripping given the liner by the Stor
steds's bow. According to one of the
rescued the explosion probably caused
by the water reaching the boilers,
bulged the liner's sides and catapul
ted persons from her decks out into
the sea. The ship's heavy list as
water pouring in weighted her on the
side she was struck made the work of
launching boats Increasingly difficult
and when she finally took her plunge
to the bottom Bcores still left on her
decks were carried down, only a few
being able to clear her sides an<hfln^
support on wreckage,
Captain a Hero.
From all accounts Capt. H. O. Ken
dall, of the Empress of Ireland, bore
himself like a true sailor. He re
tained such command ot the situa
tion, It appears that while the Stor
steds's stem still hung In the gash It
had made In* the Empress' side Capt.
Kendall begged the master of the col
lier to keep his propellers going so
that the- hole might remain plugged.
The StorstM, however, dropped back
and the Empress filled and foundered.
Captain Kendall stood on his bridge
as the ship went down. A boat pick
ed .him, up and he directed its work
ot saving the others until the craft
was loaded. The captain was Injured
and sffered from- the explosion but,
his hurts are not dangerous.
When day broke the rescue boats
had not returned from the scene of
the wreck
Wireless Saves Masjr.
People standing on shore at Father
Point, scanning Uie harbor with tele
scopes, saw the rescue steamers plck
lng up boats in the rtver and prepared"
to give help to the survivors. They
were sorely in need of aid as most
of them had on little clothing and 'the
temperature was near t thes treeing
point. When they had been given
attention the work of recovering
bodies was undertaken. The rescue
steamers themselves had brought tn
nearly fifty ot these and tonight after
they had continued' their search a
total of about 260 bodies had been
recovered. One woman and tour men
still living, but unconscious, were
picked up by the steamers during the
dar. Few of the bodies Jiad 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 approximately 20 minutes after
I the disaster and the Lady Evelyn but
little later.
A corrected list of passengers and
crew on the Empressof Ireland, Issued
j officially by the Canadian Pacific Ratl
j road gives the total number aboard
j as 1,367 divided as follows:
First cabin passengers 87; second
| cabin passengers 153; third class pas
1 sengers 714.
Officers and crew 413.
Easy Credit under New Law.
Mr. Frank B. Feetham, a recog
nized credit authority, Is endeavoring
to enlist the interest of wholesalers
and retailers in the opportunity that
will be extended them by the opera
tions of the new banking laws to con
vert their paper into a guaranteed
shape which will be discounted by the
Federal Reserve System. New and
excellent opportuntleB for credit seem
to be open. It is pointed out fcy Mr.
'Feetham that under tlie present die
thods of trade wholesale accounts due
In 30, 60 or 90 days, or longer, but it
In the meantime the wholesaler be
comes cramped and wants to borrow
money these open accounts are of
but little use tor his purpose, as the
banks will not handle them. UndW
the new banking law these open ac
counts may be converted Into negotia
ble paper by a simple process. For
example; a bill of lading may be at
tached to a draft and tile retailer
required to accept the draft before
obtaining the bill of lading. The new
law fecognlzes the accepted draft as
commercial paper, and It can be dis
counted at a local bank. Again, the
draft could be placed as collateral for
a loan from the bank. This provision
of the new law ought to operate to
the convenience of the trade and It
will be no doubt taken advantage of
This method of doing business has
been forced for a long time by Brit
ish merchants and it has operated to
their benefit In developing and ex
tending foreign trade! The retailer
who gives the draft has the privilege
of renewing it as in the case of pres
ent transactions, If he finds he Is not
going to be able to meet It on ma
turity, the banking law expressly re
serving the right to. basics discount
ing paper with the Federal banks to
substitute for paper coming due other
piper that Is alive. This Is a pro
vision of the new system with which
tiie mercantile Interest of the coun
try should make Itself acquainted.
Ertabllshlng-freamery Routes
(From The LexlngtosDlspatch.)
County Demonstration Agent T. A.
Cole belteves that he Is going to be
In the county within the next few
months. One will run "out from
Thomasville, another from Lexington
and the third from Old. He Is doing
all that he can to Interest the farmers
in growing more feed this year so that
they can keep more cows and pro
dule more cream. For the present
tile cream will be shipped to the Guil
ford County creamery at Greensboro
and Davidson County farmers ylil re
ceive exactly the same treatment at
the creamery as the Guilford County
farmers receive.
Fall Ltne.of
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HUGH F. WENDLE
Architect and Engineer
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