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Events ThaUJadc a .StiKCon
: " densedjVa Paragraphia
WHAT WASHlNGf ON :IS DOlflG
J,
Newt' off 'Interest That Trickles :FroVa
-the White House arid the Various
r Departrnents-Catalogiie off
" , -'Crimes, and Casualties ' -
wiiiiiifliHianunnuimnmnHiDiiniimmiinmn
'-liininBiiiHinii
Arms-1 for-the -Huerta . gbyeniBient
have been landed at - Puerto "Mexico'
" from the - German steamer avarii.
- The, arms" carriedbythe steamer
Tplraiga hate also been Janded jrtthr
out hindrance from' the American goy-
ernment.; v ' - " "l'"- ,
" . Vera , Cruz has information that;
,Huerta is.' pledged to retire from the.
iPresidency when his. successor ; has
been chosen by the" means devised by
- the mediators, ; -w v. ,--c' '
The , mediators at Niagara Palls
were reported to Toe -seeking to reach
"an agreement before General ViHa,
can get' to Mexico City and establish
a dictatorship. -The opinion was .ex
, pressed . generally that thel mediators
would win the race.; ' ' ,
. Carranza ; declared . that -unless; wthe
' mediators agreed- toTkeep their hands
off Mexico's internal affairs the conH
stitutionalists would :absolutely, ignore
their findings. y X-
; Prominent persons arriving at Vera
r Cruz confirmed the reportoLthe Huer-ta-Blanauet
break. -t 1- - --
President Wilson's- insistence that
- any : government r in" Mexico" must
pledge itself to a solution of. the agrari
ian problem won at thaNiagara-Falls J
- . conference, -the mediators promismg
tq give ft full consideration. -.' w
j" 'Villa, hearing x that 5 the :fmediators
2 were hurrying their workirorderedhjs
" entire armyouUof Torreoir .toward
Kacatecas -4n order to " take Mexico
City before the mediation conferences
: - are' over. - '' - i
. ; Gen-TuerCa's delegates at; the me;
'diation conference. refuse . todlscdsB
7 the Question of land law' reform. -Un
less -President WilsonJrecedesfrom
T his "position 'in- this respect absolute
" failure of theoohference is expected.
r - "Gen;.Huerta's- delegates artheme
1 dent Wilson th'afne will not send any;
, representative, formal or"" informa.1,
-to the-mediation conference.-; ;
f : Villa and Zapata are; reported Vto
haveeffected an arrangement'where-L
by :Huerta's escapefrom Mexico City,
will be rendered next- to': Impossibles
Mexican foutposts jnearVera'. Cruz
:- are accusedof haying- fire a number
of sliots at X.ietit. Ballinger .U.lSjN
J; nsvhe passed jerthrvheadlna,
bi-plane. - Neither.-theachine nor
the' aviator was struck. -rt-tr i'"-'-;
' iiiiiiiinnniiiuiminkminiiiiimniiiiinuMmiiiuiiiinnuiiiiiiiiiiiim
I V';; Generals : ,
vRiuiuiiHiiwminiiitninimjiiiuiKUiniuiiii
- An appropriation of r$104,00-to; entertain-
officers ,jand - men of - foreign
fleets at the Panama-Pacific Exposi
tibn was inserted hTthe" Naval, Appro-J
priauonbm. ;
- Henry Ttockwell -Baker nephew -.pf
the late -John' W.-Gats, who- spent
: 1200,000 inlan' attempt ta save him
from t tuberculosis , lef tr an Restate of
$105,000;. : yrnz:
1 David E.' Cummins; an enlisted man :
1 In the "navyi'-successf ully "passed-the
J,V4entranoeexaniinatJntojJh
.Crt: - Academy at Annapolis and'-wlir be-
- come" a midshipman June 1 '
Mrs. TMadelinV Ferola convicted of '
H; murdering- Camelq; CamestraoiinThf
2 Bronx, was sentenced itodieinthe
:slectricchalMudntheweeXbegin'
Suing July r , r wfCrJ
iMorton-VHall, a 15-year-oid -wireless
. telegraph - enthusiast - of Wakefield;
ftfass Wastkilled by ;falling from fa)
tree towhich heS was adjusting1 "his
apparatus. rj ':tX:-
Onenian - was burned to death, .when:
nrev oausedjdamage estimated "at
V . -,600,000- in -the;lumber: yard: district
J. ' along' the Cuyahoga-River,1. Cleveland--
; rThe estate of rChasrWtPdstrr who
lied In Santa Barbara Oal.s'valued
; '-at -$20,OOOF,000V r- , r - f-- r
ThelSenate and HouseTWasihington
'adjourned as a' niark of "respect -to the
;late Senator Bradley, of Kentucky.
7- " William A. Taylor," chietrof the-bu
oedAssistantSebretaiyCof Agriculture.
'- : 7 William- Warner- of. Clevelandran
rx0vlator, feirr,000 feet intaXake" Erie
3 'and was drowned.' His bride saw him-
;'-::Vfail-;;-.r , ' -
. -:SlrCeca Spring-Rice: the British
"Ambassador at; Washington, adopting.
' Al. J "' " .- ft " t . wft .-. ..
-: ieviaea oi'jrresiaeni nson is per-
. forming hlsdutit3 in. a tent, r :
: -Bibles were presented to graduating
"midshipmen of the Naval Ac&demyTjy
V thAmerican Seamen's Trlcnd Society
-c2 Jlew York.' - -
fVAfter;findirig his T7ifo.in the ccn
panyj of another man, David-MitchelU
'a .negro 'of Newark, 1I,'J shot and
'killed bbth-and-then kiUedhimsell:':;
vcvHenry- Siegel who; isunderl;$2 5000
bond "connection "with - the failure.
f- of Several of his enterprises returned
A to New York on,the. Olympic. J.'"
-VThe Bank of Commerce jfiTrusjr Co
aUStuttgart. Ark was ordered closed
The banlC-Jias capital of- $100,000
J withdepqsitcr $aso,ooo: :-V:;
4 The proposed. Federal , improvement
of, the Wabash Hirer from At 'mouth
io: Terre-Haute,- was disapproved yi.
t the,VV'ari.,Department.-;,
Tnero. are 21 cases r scarlet, ievcr
at the State Prison in A.uburni N-Yi-y
r Dri '-J.;BStubb8,; presidenUof ' the
?TJniversity of Nevada;T4ied suddenly
at Reno v' c
The .sieismogJraVbatBrooldyn'C
lege recorded, earth quake shocks at a
.aisianceoi ovui mues.uw
nr 1 . . m r K a A
Isadora Zimmerman, a. milk wagon
V -a-
"driver, of New- York lost, the sighti bf
Mi ' right eye from: the lash. of -"Ills
The' plant -of ; the Commercial: En-4
velope & Box: Co. at Bingham ton,-: N
Y, : was partially-' destroy ed by-- fire.
Lossf40;000. li?'1yj; T
Representative yEJdwin" Y. "Webl),
chairman of the.. House; judi-
k clary, committee-, "- ,v
u C-A Severance, one of "the '-men" in-
dieted Mn charges .".of " fraudulent 'use
of the -malls inxhe California land
frauds was sentenced to .six .months'
. Paralysis of . Duildlng operation in
Chicago on account' of the; brickmale'
ers' strike-is estimatedvas . costing
000,000, & day.' J-; ' V - ',
" ,The. body -of -Senator! Bradley was
buried at. PrahkfortKfVrl I- Vr-1
An. anonymous'gift -of$100,000 to
; Cornell: University was announced b'y
the. trustees. . -;
" J acob X. Riis," the " author - and I ie
tufer,- died-at his home' in Barrel
Mass.; ; aged . 5. f . Jr.-'
-rne unicago- cjty? council -passed " an
ordinahceiprohiblUng thoisale 6f . fire
arms.. ;fX-r-C g
: " Mra.-Sarahrank;.Vho.died"ln'New
, York leaving aniestate :of more' than '
$100,000cuts off;her daughter iir the
will with i: ;'S - ju-l
Oscar-S. Straus7ho lain London
deniedthat heSvwas : a candidate if or
the United - States Senate orany - other .
apolitical-office.
One man. waa.killed and daman es-
Umated at, $600) 00, 'caused by a storm
00. caused bv a storm
rhich swept Superior,' Wis'., and "the f
vicinity; ;:v.vs;tj-- t:j 'I
Several buildings, including ;the
StateBank at'Brookiyn Mich.', 4 Were
destroyed by;flre.r TheVlriss" is -estimated-at
$50,000: - V 'lz Xt
Twelve business houses were da.
stroyed and mahy othersr'incluing
'thQ National; Bank; ere damaged" by"
tire at. Paints ville, Ky., ri:-"
The .steamer Hightod-Watch ' arrived-in
Ke w-Yoflr frblnrBueOsAires'
andMontevideobringing 2,650 tons of
-frozen ArgentineTmeatr : rlbifS
s- The first Star, Spangled -Bannerls
being . repaifeb: at the SmithionianIn
stitut3onP It wilLbeg3hown. in" the "Bal
timore cagiCentennfaIiniBaltimVre
At a meeting bf lhe,First Affsembly
,JUistrictRepublican r ClubBrooklynt
two hundred members W voted uhanil
mbuslyjforya resolutionaskingTheo-;
;dor e Roosevelt and . memb ers ; of the
Progressive Party - to return W the
Kepubllcani. fold;
LjjjnnnniuniniH J
SDOftiltti 'S
Sporting
rjimuitiiiiiiniiiinminiiiiiiiiiiiiiinuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiuiiiimuiiiiiiiiiniiiic
Thff'DerbJVTther; best 1snown Ahorse
,racejin theworld was , won at Epsomi
Englandf-DV afi Ajnerican-PrtrrhSn1t
Jtierman Bpuryea's Durbar II., ,whose
recent form ia-JFrance ,has 'b'eencon
idered:p" poorthatlnewas. started
aia forlorn toopew-'iiC "v--" j-
At"B elmon t 'Parku rj.- r.R" racing : re
"viyed a ear7ag6;n waV reestablished
Ion affirm basis when . fifteen thousand
pefsbnasaw-e-fbii
twlnthe3IetropplitanHandicap
:mllefrom MghclassfielCof Eleven;
ClydeMlianr says "Bender,:har
fadewahichrivals iMathewSo'n's--Corncll"
defeated ' Princeton by V
Jefigthf and'Yale by five lengths in" the'
.varsl-racetat Ithaca, N,-Y which
was rowedbefore the llargest ? orpwd
thatever witnessed TaceniiakeUla'QncKra panic- toebntend wither In
Cayuga The Cornell freshman 'Criew
-def eated.4he Princeton freshmenrhg
crew Vofthe .'Coilege'of -Agriculture
wont -the inlercolleae - rowing cham.
pionship.
2"ii"iii"i""muiiinniini!i!iiininiiiuinuit!ni!i:!iiiiiii!iiiiimii!iiaui!!iitis
1 -f v Fotcigh : - 1
liiiniiiiiiMraniuiuiiiiiimiinujuiniuuiiiiinwiiiJuiiiiiiiii'iiiiiinnuiimnul
; Aniballklesa,v a : ybungmillicnaire
oCHavana was sentenced toonely ear:
afid t weight 'months Vjmprisonmen tlf or
fighting a dueliwithludolph -Warren
'In Which the latterwas killed. Z-i
-The Swiss ederalObverrimeht -de-
cided ".tnalS.wiJbzOTlaVd;"should-;4)e -rep--resentedfficiallyatthe
Panama-'Pa;'
cificExpositionia Sah ' Francisco '-"
The, famous promenade DesAnslaid
at-NIce,. Italy,-was ' destroyed by a tidal-
wave- The -damage -la estimated
at X 50,600 ' v, s- '- "
ilrls. Emmeline; Pankhurst--wa3 -to-.
leased from Holloway Sz.il followinj
thj electa cf tcr bun-cr striicc
iO'm'-.IUii"-
A '
-J i J ii
.nrcc3f:JreIaml"Sun!c"1nCot
iicicnlrUfifc St Lavrcnca
OfiLY; 20 :; VOLIEH ; AREt SAVED
iVhilealtlna to Be
: Rescued.
Quebec -May 80-A, train with 395;
survivors : of thai lost ; Canadian JPacifl
steamship Empress of -Irelandarriyed
hewfromrRlmouski"" shortly , before
icnt o'clock' lastThursday r.nighU
Tldry-eevea,T wounded 'were left.at
RimonskL" Vv V "ST T!A
.Theso are -all that live of th
who sailed from- here -Thursday af ter-
noon bbunofor IiverpooX.on the queen,
v3el:orafamonsJeet, Tfieshlp
sailed but of a suDJUtvarbor:into .tbe
fog loff FatherfPoInt; iwhere; the rip
ping rprowVt the collier Storstad"
struck the ileatn blow! Infthe" darkv
. The lost number 934 J :
7 237 of Crew AreSaved.: . -6lthe'Jlving237
arer members, of
the- crew- -ri-C:. '
-Df:-the living ronly 20 ;are, worhen;.
two-are .cWldren.r. ;: - :
" Thua-the story f. the most'.terrible
disasternn . jthe: history : of Canadians
wvigatiottIsr written - more; grimly
more Vividly hadflguresitimn ;it :
could everbe.in- words. ;virJ ;r
4 How thfeJiimdredS:ftrpngi".
of the crew were saved , .while line hun
dreds of .weakjfwomen andrcWIdren
perished only?7tne inwgUonlcan'
fathom' now.7 -JV- S "I a cT 1 " T
vNpt even fhe ' surrivors can -'fully
LPicture .-tne i-minuie . aeaxn-jnroe. oi
i.therriveh - sMpr - thepassengera wak.
toeoT in tte dead.ot night either.to.be
cmshed bythe'. invading prow pf;the
Ctorstad; drowned in the rushbf wa-
. - . . . ' .1.
XeTBort to arag memseivea,xoj xne ut
lng deck,wliere: panlb lxeignedwherer
shrieks of ;ierrorndibf paln"made an -Inferno,
under the snrouding mistXThe
ibattlethatHaurged - aboutthe ""life-
boats ; that had ; not -teen shattered in
the; brash, I the cmel triumph 5 ofthe.
strong over the weak--Iet the hard J&g
ores tell.it, They albnejcan.
One toft the - matters on" wbichr the
rescued vagreepiithatptain-Ander-:
son of the J Storstad babked'MsesseT
pnt :of ithehole-she thad dug - Intoc the;
Bmpress'- side,numgr-.Herj own: bent:
-pTowHf despltethe r shouted pleas x of
Captain: ; Kendall? that hold fastto
the .wreck. '
? i ...7
7 7s . Water Rushes -1 n.
ifAa Nthe colUer backedjaway the-wa-l
ter .rush listed the" Empress "sothat
all her: lifeboats on the portside were
useless;-;?, KrCjk.h? :
The Storktedmbreoverr haying Tno
mortal damage andlyingIn a; river
that was ruffled - only JJy the iitre wn
forms; of the drowningr the . wounded
and the dead, picked up but a few of
those who were taken I to" the hospital
m nH.trn -- -
It .was the: government .mail steam
erJBr?elyrliandthe 'pUotboaturekai
which had to run all the way -from: Fa
thejlPoint, that didj thebig wbrkVof
rescue. V ; "-; -rj':tc 0
A strict' invesatlon" is ta be lmme
dia-begunVai Si
anrvtvor inVtrying to-tell something of
what ;happenedc;There - was ro Ume,
to : rouaej the people r no tlme tocry:
Women and chUdronfirst. "l: t
-" Nlnenteen minutes' wad the timcbej
tween the:crash and .tiesinkinglIn"
that - time there ' Wfe Jif eboats - to
that tlm the wireless :must flash its
calls-tor. helpl- -Jr 'ptT V.-"-
rThe 14L0. fl?;pcked np,; by..many
hip8 near and far brought response
too late to, cave vcn a third of the hu-
maV &$ex$i$zm iv-,"tv
; - Captain Kendall, ner ot the ciost
able and trusted skippers of the -line
r man. whohadj-captured Doctor
Clppen, the murderer, and had .'served
for, many 1 years.; without a mlshapat
sea stood on' the bridge" during those
W minutes: 1 - r :yj:::
- Gathered piecemeal - from curvivors
the horrors of this wreck groTyswitlT-th8itellins.-
v;- : :--;r-,
Tho deemed cries had littla jtlnuT
crenlp ray:TheyJwere engulf ed by.
tha- enmrhins'- waters that -swallowed,
th3 tij chip. ; zrz-;
'The wirclcca c?cratcr3n tne im.
VTczzt-cticMn- to : ticlr , pc ets" to the
Izztr had- tizzs only to rend a fev "a
O. C." czllslZc? help 7ien-the rl:!ns
xr t era - r 1! - e -' - i.,;
1
I liT. l ' Mill -
Craft oo3 Througn wtoivmjt twi rutste to save me passengers ana crew
AOdlRlpsr ltTopn'From;MldShjpa;f of fhVesseL rI -!?cs?
- tcternU4en i Women and fi; ' L J lOn board, the steamers ,Lady Evelyn
Tl.-t cilenca-told'tho rc:cien "miles
rray' more potently -n c l-z' that
docm had ovcrtalitn tLo cliip.
.Only six hours tefcro thi- fateful
collision "tho "pczccr.i canj c.3 a
good-night-hymn "Gcd,D3 Witi'Ycu
4-Tell Wo Mcst A-oln ryed , t7-te
"CilYatlcn Army fcemd en tear J. r '
- - Lart Calf fc AId. T -
- That Jaat'fl. 00. wireless xry for
aid trpmtho"-' crippled and sinking
liner wa? " V- trumpet : call to'those
-ashqrerltwas heard by J." IlcWillf
4ams thowirclcrs , operator iit Father
Point, who repcsteoMt along thaLcbast
tomtlifter.DOinJtaftcr he had tried
In jrain to get another mczzae . from
the.EmpressVirr' v'r .'rV
-iWhen;.herfafledhortoewthaVe
wireless was wrecked anot the -" ship'
probably' sinking.'-
He repeatedtiis rears to otner wire
less stations 'and purged thet need ,-of
andTSureka that cry. for aid was heard
and getting- Uie-' position ol theEm2i
prs of -Ireland .from . Operatbr,Wll
lams, they put "on extra' stokerscalled.'
ftheirfull crews :to-quteew"and:began3
aracetaiafe Jlte.V1" :f'S:
'lThat;this raceended" Just too" late
to save, the .majority of; those on the
hapless Jiner: Ib no'-fault of thebffl
cersand'crewa7bf.theseltwo ' rescuing
vessels. ?;'-; - 7 " "C
Relief ;vessejsv andtrainsr .eiuipped:
"with .doctors andJ;hurseVand. every
medical and surgicalsuppry were:
rushed to Rlmouskl to care f or the aur-
Mvors.-vV.r : cX2L.r
rZ Survivors Tell of Fog.;
It.waa foggyaccording to survivors
when the Empress pttlreland, a . steel?
fhulledsteeliieadedshipbfc
than" eight thousand tons . ief t Quebecj
at '4:30- Thursday afternoon in' com-"
"mand f "HGrfKendair of the: Royal
Naval Keserveone of the most skilled
-of. trsaUantiblhayigators. "-r-iZ.
Tot est' ;nres-TiIso ; obscured the atil
iiiosphere'andjtherbigshlp, Ineharge-'
r,of .apilopfoceeded slowly on her-
wayr to. sea. At midnight the pilot 4eft
aear Father- pint, shouting" a merry
Vbonvoyage" -as1 lie - wentdown a lad-.
vder "to his 'Waiting.boat,--"--""-"-Jf
Thedarkness at thlsjtlme ;jwas" in;
tense: and; thehipindef'
speed jtossible Ithsteeragewap held
her:cqurse. "Her decks "were .deserted
rTne passengers had rair sought -their
berth's 'With.- ho -thbughtl'of : impending
rdeathr:-5-;Jt;-: T'
"Out of "tiieiadarkneBs on the port
cslde, soon , af ter-2 iZ0 in' the mornings
there loomed thelittltf;Nbrwe"gfan colx
ilerrbbt half .tnealzeofthe- Ehnpress
but fated to -be her. destroyer ij;n
No t until T.the collier was almost
abeam of the pig41ner - was the danger
-known Ion either shfn-Tfie fosr'had
blotted out the steaming: lights s
inruie j?on, ht BLarooara. iignis
of; bbthrships ; - vl' "t
, Quick; ;orderstrumpetedv- on -boUi
vesselsi7were:lieardr- Buti theyrcame
all toof late.-t5' .-i?--
-Tb steel-pointed: prow of -the;Storjh
tad - struck thellner :amidshlps and
. then'.forged; .aft,- ripping .'andrtearing
Jts :way: through the Empress -of -Ire-
(iano.. --C -r-
- Clear to. the stern of the ."Empress of
Ireland was this " great Tsteel : slaving
'cut xromrJierJpldefrbm thetolrqf the ,
huir to far belbw the water llner Into"
J;hat" rent; th6;;water poured with - the
.force of a,HJagara.V 'iy p '
4i The , Jwfof therEtoraW"mashed
Its 'way through berths " jon .that , side
ofthe JshipikiUing passengers sleepy
ingin their berths and grinding bodies
.. pieces; vrp r- . J.-' :
-Reaching the sternjof the big liner,
thV Stbretad staggered off in the dark
nessvh'er.boorumpfed bythe impact.
;HerJcbmmanderwas ready a few.mln-r
"utes plater, whenheound bis;.ship
, wjould 1 floaty to aid the crippled' nd
.Sinking- Empress,, but bewas t6o late
7tov save the majority --of- those on;
board. 1,-- . - - x V-
ivThe. JJmpress'.of Ireland - recoiled, "al
most on her starboard beam ends f f om
tb.e bio w6fthevoollier .and passengers
yere fiuhgfrqml'thelrJberths against.
th'ewallsbf tnerrfstateroomsjfrr
MaiixwereTs'tunned .aVdrbeforethey
hadtlme rtoj ior;:wererrle4o;
the bottom wUh theshlp CzS '
The -vasr torrents .pouring: into'Uie.
great gash. on-the.poTt sida, aft," fllle'd
-the corridors jand jQobedlevery state
Yooln ,abaf t ' the'-midship . sectionlnslde
f
- VP1?1"8.8 aever a chance' for the"4
hejplesa ones; in the, after! cabins And"
staterooms -of rtheN liner. - With her:
"part- side laid -open: for half its length
firomjthe midship section to. the' stem.'
t 8ve'had-more7chance'td float' than;
ttierEmpTess JofIreland,and jtheT
trappedpassengers In , that section
werer, doomed rfrbm 'the ' moment the
Storstad -struck. - - , - v-1
Reeling Ifrom the -blow the ship "be
gan to -settle almost " Immediately as"
theTator rushed intb;the tig rent:-
From'the forward citinc. hovever.
I menl'and .womenrin "nlht attire' stum,
I bledialonj ,thocorridors and up-'tho
companloawayHo the prcmcnaia deck
he. Jdeck: below the cna.cn which
the. teat 3 rented. '' " -
- - :-Cv.-rmto Dzi.:.
-Up' they cwamed cn ":: in "Ticlr
nl!it c!t!r to f--! :- : - ;
ar?ay to'port and 'thVdeck slanting at
a desrca.'that m-ie3t:almost impos
sible to stand s even - clinging to rail.
?3 "-' ; " . , x-,.
Hen and women, chrieking, praying,
fcrying for aid. that jras fated to arrive
too late, fell rover u c n o anotber In that
bststrugglefbr lif o "cn- board the
doomed .Empreta'cf Ireland -
jTcnzledmothera leaped overboard
wlththeir babies in thelrrma. Oth
"ers kneUon deck and ftieoTtd pray in
the fCT7i moments left to.themSoBiQ
wcreflunsf verboard- by the. wheeling
cf tho cinking lihlplapld "tome broke
their les orarma In trying to reach
the llfeboato. ;-,- '
1- "Above the din of Jthe struggle on
the great- prWehadet deck could be
heard Captain Kendall shouting com
mands for : the launching - of the llfe-
boats Severallwere launched n the
a9minute33hat f toe;swpfioated.
There-pas -no' time. fo observe the
ruie Womejalflrs t'-!f in this rdisaster,
f orT:those' nearestithe boats scrambled
torplacesPtn thcm-:4-v;C
-"Bnt even aXthey.were being
launched,rnilei&Vj;wireiess still was
aUingSl Ol there bame a terrific
explosionithattalmostreni the ship in
.:lt ; was , the explosion of the boilers
struckbyCthe cold-water., A geyser
atoVPahotnpwaTd the mid
shlpvsection,tmingled with fragments
of . wreckage; that howered down upon
jthe;iassengeralBtill clinging to the
r rails r forward? and upon j those strug
gling In the water. r '
:'- ThVxpIosIon destroyed the last
hopjatithff; ship's floating' until suc
.obrK could Carrlve, -for the shock had
smasheditheforward steel bulkhead
-aUs'that. had up to then shut out tor
Tents invading Ihe after part. The
water.r rushed - forward "and the Em
press t of -2 Ireland went swiftly to her
doomcarrng?owir with her hun
tedftXbf .passengerawho stood on her
sluitingdecksl; .their;i arms stretched
npwaroandtheir-CTiea in the
engulfing waters.:'' "
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Blames the Collier. w
;iDoctor JohnstonCchief . medical of
'flcerpjij the" Empress,feaid that had
:not-theStorstad packed? out so soon
froirntheiEmprj&ssia-large number of
xthe passengers mlHhave been
saved:He;: said; that when; the collier
pulled Itsell-rree r the : sea surged Into
jthehb'le jChad; torn r in - the side of
Tthe "'EmprJesscTand the rliner; quickly
sanfe-r-
; ;-jChief rf Operator 1Hayes 'Of . the Em--presaltold
of the ;sinking"pf the ves-
sel.
MJK - sopn; as 4 f elt: the7 shock of the
:un4 theida
f -fmy "S.V' qrTwas Immediately
pickednpbythe -operator, atrFather
,Ppin and answered. ; ut Icould not
talkwith him fo five minutes" after
the impact my dynamos failed me and ;
IljT minutes after the collision our:bpatc
.sank" r' " , -;' . , ;
r The noise of the water, rushing into
hls cabin awoke W., Davis Tof Toronto
and his wife hei;fledVupon . deck,
rbut in the rush' of ;passenjjers became
separated.; Mrlavls -was aved. It
-is feared his" wife ankiwith the boat.
A''fnlLnjpmentfof;-bance8iup-plied
. by. he city rof .Quebec the , town
of Jv6njtheepsite:side of the
rlverjand the Wrmy4medlcal service
corps. wXawaifingatTlirevis :when the
specials survjiyors train ' aiTiteiL The
passengers : were ;immedlately disem
barked and transferred- to'the ferry
rateamer,7- whiih had -rbeen waitinr a
thec-speciai'. wharf -to" facilitate the
transfer to- the2 Quebec
t J , " ... X-
Many ;SurvI vors A rijured.t
tai a. pitiful Vight, when" the terry
.steamer; Polarise docked on the Quebec
side' atTs ; 30" o'clock - and;ihe ' 396 men
"'andwbmefiieaved : from tnei ill-fated
EmpresV ofIrelandrtTOop; f alteringly
idStte.jigwayi?ae.fac all
plainiyXregistered rtherMghtful'experi
encerthey had '"ner through-
Fewxof - thesurvivors , possessed a
.oompletd .outfit; .ofr ,cIothest the ma
Jof ltyiwearingp? onlyi shirtstrousers
iLndbbodts. : r'Z Si -i r
- pleads '.were; baTedin pie 'ihroiig a
-the' injured were brought ashore, sup-;ported-?by
ixrfend8lmd'.dfflc1al8lxfthe
company. yj.-
: .'Qie, secondhand "third classpassen
lgeiiaid the crew were Immediately
rmade Comfortablefon thejAIlan -liner
- Alsatian;,-whlch-, was ; lying; ? liran Ad
joining berth at-the breakwater
: The first classand injured-paisen
jjers; were transferred in automobiles
andther Vehicles to the Chatan.Fron
tenac. A; stafT of "doctors and nurses
took: charge ot the iniured V1V
Ainqng the - 50, j)assefigers Vleftrlhl
;Riinouskl - were several: who were so, ID
or's 45o s everely injured ; that, they had
to be taken to a" hospital;.:
- --Well Knowrrlnl-ondon.
licndon, May -23f-Amongthe; pas
. senders cn the -Empress of Ireland; A.
BAndcrronas chairmaa:cf theBritr'
ish Electrical llanufactorcrs'Tassocla
tlon .tzdmanc3inj director bf:Fer
rantt Limited, of' London.- He -was a
rc3ldcntb! irrrovr: -Aj-'X Eurrowsi
Cane ilea. Trcll -tnorn in - the lace
trr t z a traveler' fer.Tx;iUrkin
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