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-' rf"' ;: - , t - '. ; ' C' v V : Ml ' .-. r.V s. -. ' - Y " jBE POLK OpTOTT XIUXTQ 13 BEAD HI UOUD POLK OOUMTY HOtlES EVEY brS THAU UJY OTIICi 7EI3LY nEWOPAPEl ;.xx. NO. 4 VOL SALUDA, POLK COUNTY, N. C.,, FRIDAY, "JUNE 5, 1914. ESTABLISHED MAY, 1891, --k-at J v ' . " ' J ... - r- - - -j -sf . . i h n mm mmh mm MMMMHMMBnaHHMM-M MMH I ' ' BBMHMHB , : ' . -S .-,'. T0BSTAP S mm I Pi :o:- ineral Ship Reaches Quebec and Distressing Scenes Attend Identification of Victims :o:- OBPSES SO BATTERED to;- . i: to corrected record of Lrp3. 957 is the death collision in the St. Lawrence, the collier Storstad med the liner Empress of. Ireland the Canadian Facinc bteamsnip Survivors of the castastrophe iter 403, very few women being to: rz them. hiore than SOU Doaies nave Deen Ln from the river, but about 650 rpses are held in tne nuiK or ,tne fcpress or are uruuug uu i along the uaspe coast Deiow British cruiser Essex are sweep- jg the river witn searcnugnis, searcn lg for the dead. T'ne official statement or the Uan- m Pacific Railway containing the It of the living and the lost was veu out and it is believed to be Lrfr accurate. It is as follows: Lost, 957; saved, 403; total 1,360. Passengers lost, 746; crew lost, 211. Passengers saved, 201; crew saved, Already investigation is under way. p.e first steps were taken at Lmouski when Coroner J. Pinaull ob- liced a statement from Capt. Henry Urge Kendall, the commander of e lost liner. j r '. Tie captain testified - that', th. Em jress was motionless in a shifting u and that he warned the collier jtorstad with whistle, bell, megaphone p voice to keep her distance?" Ie vw the collier lunging forward and ent his own ship astern, but could ot avoid the Storstad's bow, " which truck---the Empress amidships, and ierced deeply. The most interesting point in the Scial account of the disaster was apt. Kendall's statement that he leaded with Storstad's commander p keep full speed ahead, so as to ling the great hole torn in the Em- ress's side. But the collier backed pay immediately and the river rush- imto the sundered ship. The rall- nad officials believe that the Em- ess could have been kept above a.er for perhaps an hour, maybe wre, if the Storstad had manoeuvred fith her victim. Capt. Anderson of. the collier de- ped to say anything about the col- aioii except, "I did my best.1 ith the Norwegian flag, flying at &lf mast at her stern the collier Stor ed came into port under her own eam. She was badly damaged about Je DOWS. hut sn fnr an rnnlrl ho soon did not extend in mnve, than t n- Pfeet from the stern. She was low a water m had GVidentlv V.oan llp-htAnAd. r!t the impact with the Empress of rs.and hari Koon r.o -.rtA. PY the wav h 4 . . . -J " 6 . BIBUi. TV AO ted to port, the hawse hole com f e:?y smashed. ulateR rwd riv. E? fwist.ed or missing, while the heavy evidently been driven Hack veral feet into the bows. In n anticipation of the arrivai .of the egian collier. Mr. W. Simpson Mn 6'aicl l me Aanrirauy lu8b.neasv uia j tt j ;"tor8 for the Canadian, Pacific elm aocuments ror tne br ?f the st0"tad for damages C S , Q t0 the extent of two.mil Qoiiars. This amount can be 'er aue-m0M mr. x eiWutfi v AUO warrant was S. v, 7 ActlnK Deputy Sheriff W. m a U- The collier's captain !fQ her. but the latter succeed- A lift .! VA i. . . &.x ""ttui was naiiPrt tn thP. ?mnlei by a writ of sum- . u m rem tv, , ' . leT1vJ AUTS vessel cannot now wiW: th0U the deposit of ball. be arranged. 40 LNG LINES OF COFFINS. Rich MnA r " ' " d P.00r Alike Wait Turn to Quebec 7rn?lfvy DMd- 5 k low' n, h6d ln three r0WS tlCk brnl g Pl6r 8hed were 186 WiiV? white Pe coffins of of. 7 bodlB- ! than one tWen th.M lm of the collision be colUer StortUUI" Ireland and the vhit?6 .f. these coffinscovered atiri and snuggled ir- Ju. A . jv ll ARE RECOGNIZED regularly together, had bodies of ba-. bies. All fiad just arrived from R mouski. - - , ; , : - Ranged along the shed, conspicuous in the Louise Basin in" the St. Law rence River because it was draDed with black and the; British flag, were 1 tne scarlet coated marines from the, British cruiser Essex acting . as a guard of honor. Blue coated Quebec policemen moved to and fro, while Canadian Government officials stood ready to give sympathy and help. At the heads of those forty, rows of coffins stoftd lines of men and women, many of them survivors, looking for relatives and' friends. Each coffin lid was lifted by one of the searchers while others . crowded close to get a glimpse at the body ftiside. The line moved constantly.' One lid would be dropped : with a low toned "No" and the searcher would raise the lid of the next coffin, just "dropped by the person ahead. i v . Suddenly a low moan of a man or the muffled scream of a woman, broke the silence. 'Oh, Mary!" "My hus band!" or some name of endearment was uttered.'.-. 1 : ..A stalwart man bent forward and kissed, the gashed forehead of his .wife. It is remarkable how many; heads f all fainting otf nheTraBf Thecoffih1 she had just raised. Thus it went on all day long until forty-eight bo dies were identified. -: A man would find the bodies of his wife and children. A woman would identify the body of her husband. In the hunt' for bodies of the victims there was no distinction of class. Ev ery person whether finely dressed or roughly clad, took his turn in the line that moved constantly from coffin to coffin. The great majority of persons, however, were disappointed in their search. ; Lost His Entire Family.: At times a frantic man would hurry from coffin to coffin . looking oyer the shoulders of persons near it and try ing to satisfy himself by a quick glance that the'body was not that of the loved one most of the bodies were so. marred 'that quick Identifica tion was impossible and then dash to the next The most pathetic is the experience of C. W. Culien, a candy merchant of Montreal, who had sent his wife, two children and a maid, Jennie Blythe,; on the Empress ot Ire land for a summer ; trip to England. The maid alone survived. A glan ctf at the bhdies taken in a walk along the line revealed the story of the collision and the incidents fol lowing. ; Almost all bore marks of vio lence Inflicted by contact with parts of the wrecked ship or in struggles in the water. There were bodies of wo men whose heads were split open or gashed; It is "possible that women running from their staterooms In the darkness following the collision ran against stanchions : or , were hurled against the walls of "the sides of the corridors. The wounds also Indicated that some of ' the women bad !, been crushed when the collier buried her steel nose in the side of the Empress. Officials In Rimouski have said also that the bodies of the women showed that several, of them had been stab- had that bodies of men had Deen found with .knives ln their hands.? At any rate, it was apparent by a glance at the shrouds that had been placed on the bodies of both men and. women that 'there? were other wounas not.ais rinsed on the faces. . Tn addition to the 188 bodies re-, celved here .twenty-one had been iden tified at Rimouski and shippea 10 iaa h,vm nf relatives. That makes 209 rArnvered out of a total of al m.t i nno victims. If the Empress is Uoiflort manv other bodies4 trapped In I - - ... -mst A their staterooms will bentainea, out the question as to whetner me sn p hii hA- liftedit seems impossible raised has not been decided in the stress of circum stances followjng the catastrophe. cr.u i ikftlv to Be Identified. The bodies which are not identified t.orA wli he embalmed and kept ior a few days longer. Then they will be photographed by represenUtives , of the Canadian Pacmc ana -ourwu rfai marirnd "unknown." r ' The prospects are that few more will be identified and that thft xemaijder of the "victims will have grave on land marked by a number, as their coffins are, or graves in the sea." .All the bodies that have been recovered have been shipped from Rimouski. - How Disaster Happened. Montreal.The other . Bide of "th story of the collision" In the St .Law rence between. the Canadian Paciflo liner Empress of Ireland and the Nor wegian collier Storstad, which' result ed in the sinking of the liner, with the loss" of more than 900 lives, is now told for the first time. The master of. the Storstad denies the charge that he was responsible for' the disaster. - Captain H. Gs Kendall of the Em press of Ireland in his testimony be fore the Coroner at Rimouski placed the blame for the crash upon the col lier, 'charging the Norwegian steamer had . been warned amply by the sig nals of the Empress's presence, but had run the liner down while the Em press virtually was .stationary. Storstad Captain's Version. He also charged that his plea that the collier keep her bow in the gash it had made in the side of the liner had'4been disregarded with apparent deliberation, causing, the Empress to fill rapidly and sink within a few min utes;" . : . "'- .'- i , -' 'V--I . Captain , Thomas Andersen of the Storstad. had remained silent on the subpect of the collision until reaching Montreal, his destination. After he had made a report to representatives of the Dominion Coal Company, char terers of the vessel, and of the own ers of the steamers, a statement based on his declarations to them was given out. , . . " ' '": 1"' The Storstad Statement. The statement is as follows: '"-The fact that the storstad has on ly, jow reached port has made it im possible' heretofore "to give an authen tic statement on her behalf." All con nected with the.Storstad deplore most deeply the terrible accident which has resulted in the loss of so many valu able lives. It is not with any desire to condemn others, but- simply 'be cause it is felt that the public isentU tied .to know the facts that the fol: lowing statement'isut forward i.. "The vessels sighted each, other when far apart. The. Empress of Ire the" Storstad. The Empress of Ire land's green, or starboard, light was visible to those on the Storstad. Un der these circumstances the rules of navigation gave the Storstad the right of way. Fog Hides Vessels. 'The beading of the Empress was then changed in such a manner as to put the vessels In a position to pass safely. Shortly after a fog enveloped first the Empress and then the Stor stad. "Fog signals were exchanged, the Storstad's engines were at once slow ed and then stopped. Her heading re mained unaltered.' Whistles from the Empress were heard on the Storstad port bow and were answered. The Em press of Ireland was then seen through the fog, close at hand on the port bow of the Storstad. She was showing her green , light and was making consid erable headway. -:, "The engines of the Storstad were at once reversed at full speed, and her h pad wav was nearly checked when the vessels came together. "It has been said that the Storstad should not have backed out of the hole made by the collision. She did not do so. As the vessels came together the Storstad's engines were ordered ahead for the purpose of holding her bow against the side of the Empress and thus preventing the entrance of wa ter into the vessel. ' Storstad's Bow Pulled Out. "The headway of the Empress, how ever, swung the ; Storstad around in .such a way as ;to twist the Storstad's how out of the hole, and to bend the bow itself - over to port. "The Empress at once disappeared In the fog. The Storstad sounded her whistle repeatedly in an effort to lo cate the Empress of Ireland, but -could- oblain no indication of herx whereabouts until cries were heard, The Storstad was then maneuvred as close to the Empress as was safe, in view of the danger of injury to the persons ' already in the water. The Storstad at once lowered every - one of her boats and sent .them to save the Dasserigers and . crew, of .the Em press, though she herself was in a ser ious danger of .sinking. When two boats from, the Empress reached the Storstad the Storstad's men also man ned these boats and -went in them. tn the rescue, v Her own boats made several trips, and in all about 350 per sons were taken on board, and every thing that the ship's stores contained was used for their comfort Clothes of those on the Storstad were placed at the disposal ot the rescued, and ev ery assistance was rendered. , r Denies Storstad Delayed. "The statements which have appear ed In the press; indicating that there was the slightest delay on the part of the Storstad In rendering prompt and efficient -aid do a cruel injustice to the captain, -who did not hesitate- to send nut Averv boat he hid. in spite of the desperatecjgjQdrtion of his ownrshiD," CME OF SURVIVORS , . . V Pitifur Sight at Quebeo-When hi Rescued From Emf)re8s Reach City. MANY ARE BADLY INJURED Alt Are Thinly Clothed and Had Suf- fered From Plunge Irtto Icy Wa- . A tem ; of the ; 8t. ': Lawrence Few Women Saved. , . Quebec,: May 80. -A full equipment of ambulances supplied by Quebec, by the town of Levis on the opposite side ot the river, and the army medical service, corps was waling at Levis, when the special survivors of the Em press of Ireland train .from Rimouski arrived and the survivors of; the Em press of Ireland were immediately dis embarked and trajisferred to the ferry steamer, which had been waiting at the special wharf to facilitate the transfer to. Quebec. . It was a pitiful sight when the ferry steamer Polaris docked on the Quebec side" at 8:30 o'clock Friday night and the - 296 men- and women survivors trooped falteringly down the gangway. Victims Show Exhaustion.- . The faces of 'all plainly registered the frightful experience they had gone through. Few of them possessed a complete outfit of clothes, the majority wearing, only shirts, ' trousers and boots. - . 7 , ,' Heads were bared as the injured were brought ashore,? supported by friends and officials- of the company. The second and third class passen gers and the crew "were" immediately made comfortableon th'e Allan liner- Alsatian, which was . lying:, m an ad joining berth at the breakwater. The first class and injured passengers were transferred, in automobiles and other vehicles to the-Canadian Frontenac.' A staff of doctors ahd nurses took charge of the injured. ' - c Twenty Women Are . Saved. - Among the survivors of the first cabin there were eight women and one child and, strangely, among' the 2$ res cued from the second cabin there were also eight women and one child. Of the 101 persons saved from the steer age four were women. . Among the 50 passengers left in Rimouski were a number who were so 111 or so badly injured that they had to be taken to the hospital Special praise was given the heroic work of Dr. James F. Grant of Vic toria, B. C, ship's surgeon on the Em press. To his coolness was credited the 'saving of a large number of per sons taken out of the water who prob ably, would have perished had they not received prompt medical attention. FAMOUS PEOPLE DROWNED Ul-Fated Liner Carried Men of World- Wide Reputation to Ocean Graves. New York, May 30. Laurence S. B. Irving, who, with his wife, was among the passengers on the Empress ot Ire land, was widely known' as an actor. author and manager. He received his education at Marlborough college, Col lege Rollin, Paris, and spent three years in Russia studying for foreign office.' His plays are well known. In 1908 and 1909 he presented sketches of his own authorship in England and America. He was a son of the bite Sir Henry Irving. . v Sir Henry' Seton-Karr, one of the passengers on the Empress of. Ireland, was created a knight in 1902, compan ion of St Michael and St George in the same year and was deputy lieuten ant Ixi Roxburghshire. He was born in India on February 5, 1853, and was educated at Harrow and Oxford, tak ing class honors on law in 1876,' and becoming a barrister ln 1879. He trav eled widely In this country and was an expert in shooting big game here and in British Columbia and Norway! He was interested in state " colonization and was a member of parliament from 1885 to 1896' He published books, among them "The Call to Arms," "My Sporting Holidays" and various sport ing articles and reviews. He was cap tain of the Royal Wimbledon Golf club In 1895 and 1896, and had a fine col lection of American . and Norwegian sporting trophies. His address was Kippilawj St. Boswell's, N. B and 47 Chester square, London, Eng.- He was a's member of ;the Carletdn club, Lon don, and New club, Edinburgh. " On Way to Marry. Halifax, N. S.r May 30. Dr. -M. A. Lindsay, one of the passengers on the Empress of Ireland, was pathologist at the Victoria general hospital. He was going to the old country to marry. His engagement to Miss Kathleen, sec ond daughter of Richard Webb of Briarwood, Warwickshire, v England, was announced yesterday, and the marriage was to have taken place the middle of next month. Doctor Lindsay spent his, first' two years in the study of medicine "at the FACTS ABOUT LATEST w i STEAMSHIP HORROR Of the 433 persons saved from the sinking Empress of Ireland 237 were members of the crew. Of the 87 first cabin passengers 9 are known to be saved. ; A few others of 'the rescued remained In Rimouski, near Father Point.. Among the 153 second cabin pas sengers, 29 were rescued and taken to Quebec. v-, Of the " 715 steerage passsngers 101 were rescued and taken to Quebec A few third cabin passengers .were left at Rimouski. The "proportion of crew rescued caused widespread comment, and con trasts with the heroic record of the Titanic. However, the Empress of Ire land sank In about seventeen min utes and there was little time for "women and . children first." Most of them were asleep In their berths. The reports indicate a lack of panic. yne loss of lire on the Empress of Ireland, has been equaled or exceeded by only four-marine disasters Jn the last century. Jhese were the Joss of the Rhone, Wye and other vessels at St Thomas In the hurricane of Octo ber 29, 1867 when 1,000 persons per ished; the burning of the excursion boat, General Slocum, - In the ,East river, New York, on June 15, 1904, with an approxl mkted I oss of 1 ,000 lives; the loss of the Titanic On April 14, 1912, which sank with 1,490 of her company after collision with an Ice berg, and the loss of the Kickemaru .off the Japanese coast September 28, 1912, with a loss of 1)00 lives. Laurence Irving, the "well-known English actor, and his - wife, Mabel Hackney, are among the missing given up for dead. Irving is a son of the late Sir Henry Irving. Halifax Medical college. In 1908 he went to Edinburgh and graduated, ln 1911. He was also professor of .path ology at the Dalhousie Medical college. He. was a brilliant student and a great athlete. - . ' '. - ' ' - Among the passengers was W. Leon ard Palmer of the London Financial News, who is well -known in Halifax. He came to Canada, landing at Hali fax several weeka ago, ahd.;'.was;-.re' turning ' home, accompanied by his wife. , '..v.":- ' Pioneer In Indiana. Terre Haute, Ind., May 30. George C. Richards, who, with Mrs. Richards and Mrs. Charles Gray and the latter's six-year-old daughter, was on the Em press of Ireland, going to visit his old home at Sheffield, England. He was a pioneer coal operator of Indiana. Mr. Gray Is a nephew of Mrs. Richards. Leading Denver Woman. Denver, Colov May 30. Mrs. F. H. Dunlevy, a passenger on the ill-fated Empress of Ireland, is prominent in Denver society. Her husband, to whom she was married seven years ago, is a well-known realty dealer. Mrs. Dun levy left Denver, April 15, and has since visited sisters, brothers and cou sins in Boston, New York, Montreal and Quebec She was highly accom plished and finished her education In Paris. '; V 'V Summer Planned Abroad. . Rochester, Mban., May 30. Herman Kruse, former secretary of the Roches ter Commercial club, and his daugh, ter, Miss Freda' Kruse, a trained nhnie, were among the passengers aboard the Empress .of. Ireland, With Selnhoidt Boch and Miss Edith Boch, the Kruses - left Rochester only . a few days ago to spend the summer In Europe. Boch is a retired farmer. V;1 Quit Ranch for Home. ; Santa Barbara, Cal., May 30. Alex ander Bonthrone and George .( John stone, who were passengers on the Empress , of Ireland, left Santa Bar bara last. Friday for their, home at Faulkland, Fifeshlre, Scotland. They had spent the last year on - a ranch near Santa Barbara. ., Bonthrone 'was twenty years old, Johnson twenty-two. Mllwaukeeans , Aboard. -: Milwaukee, May 30 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Freeman of West Allis were passengers on the Empress of Ireland, on their way to Europe, where Mr. r Freeman was to conduct: some busi ness for the Allis-Chalmers company. Mr. Freeman; was superintendent of the forge department of his company. during the last 15 years. He was fifty-two years and his wife about fifty. "" Many From 'Detroit Detroit, " May 30. More than one hundred from Michigan -were -aboard the Empress of Ireland. Practically all of those from Detroit however, were foreign laborers returning '.. to their homes in .various parts of Eu- . j " x a. rope, it was staiea nere xoaay.mai Charges R. Clark, London manager for a local automobile company, was aboard the vessel when it went down." It is not known here whether he sur vived. - ' -"' -'. Girls on Way Home. s : Hillsboro, 111., May 30. Miss Flor ence Bawden arid Miss Bessie Bawden, who were passengers on the steamer L Empress of Ireland, left here last Mon day for Quebec to take the steamer. They' were ' bound for their home In Bridge water, Somerset, England. Business tooaLS --.WANTED - All kinds of Medicinal Roots, Herds; Barks eta Wanted, Highest market prices paid for Wool; Hides; k Beeswax and , Ginseng. Special attention given to Parcel' - Post Shipments. . Gheck mailed promptly on receipts of goods! Write us for price . list and shipping tags! J. Q. cGuiro & Co., Ashevillo, . C. Dealers fri ? Building Material! .Everything necessary to build a home Phone 1. Landrum, S. C . - Swann's Livery At Fisher's Barn! TRYON, NORTH CAROLINA Saddle and Driving Horses. -Hacks meet all trains. Baggage and Express looked after with Special Care Phones Stable, 106; . Residence, 38 Q Dr.' J. E. 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