APPALLING SHIPPING DISASTER.
LOSS OF THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND
OVER 1000 PEOPLE DROWNED.
VESSEL SINKS IN A FEW MINUTES
HEARTRENDING SCENES
NEW ZEALANDERS AMONG THE VICTIMS.
The cqllisiou in the St. Lawrence river, which wm briefly reported in our cablo news on Saturday, was an appalling disaster. The liner Empress of Ireland was struck amidships by the collier Store tad, in a fog, and the rent made was so huge that in spite of the liner's bulkheads she sank in a few minutes. The disaster was so sudden that of the 1387 souls on board only 355 wero saved, making the death-roll the dreadful total of 1032. The dead include Mr Laurence Irving, the well-known actor, and his wife, almost the whole of the large Canadian Salvation Army delegation bound for London, ' and Mr and Mrs W. R. Bloom field and Miss Bloomfield. of Auckland. Only twelve women were savod.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14982, 1 June 1914, Page 7
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150APPALLING SHIPPING DISASTER. Press, Volume L, Issue 14982, 1 June 1914, Page 7
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