THE ENGINEER'S EVIDENCE.
NO EXPLOSION OF ANY KIND. Tho chief engineer, Mr- Sampson, , gavo evidence that he remained in tho •ngine-room until the lights went out _ and the steam had gone. Ho soon-' . . reached the deck. The lifeboats broke loose and swept numbers of person-- x under the water, including himself. Ho was entangled in wreckage, and •■ \ narrowly escaped. Ho scrambled into a boat. Ho could see the collier' a mile and a half distant. Immediately before the collision the I'imprcss of Ireland went fnll speed astern and [stopped. He then got the order "full ! speed ahead," but had only started the engines when tho crash came. There was no explosion of any kind. If tho collier had kept closer to the liner's - side many lives would have boon saved. If she had pushed against the hole in' the liner's side tho Empress of Ireland ."" could have reached the shore before sinking. . The inquest was x adjourned for a - : week. . No Australians were lost in the Empress of Ireland.,
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14982, 1 June 1914, Page 7
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