A SCENE OF HORROR.
The scene immediately , after the collision baffles description, the shriek, of the passengers rudely awakened from their slumbers, the hoarse cries of the captain and officers, and tue wailing of women, mingling witn rushing of theater into the gap opened up in the steamer 8 ■ side . -There was little time to launch the
boats. . 4.1 -r?ni Wireless .messages from the Empress 'of Ireland reached the Government steamers Lady, Evelyn- and Eureka, which immediately, .steamed full-speed to the scene.of the disaster at Father Point, and sent the Government » message reading, »No, «ga of the Empress of Ireland; hfehoats visible in the distance, circling round the Government steamer Eureka; steamer Lady Evelyn also, on the scene now."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8851, 30 May 1914, Page 5
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119A SCENE OF HORROR. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8851, 30 May 1914, Page 5
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