FUNERAL OF SAILORS.
UNIVERSAL MOURNING
SUGGESTIONS TO PREVENT SEA TRAGEDIES.
QUEBEC. June 4. l>e funeral cf twelve of the Empress of Ireland's sailors was held to-d.iv.
Services were conducted in the Anglican and Roman Catholic Cathedrals.
The-Duke of Connnifrht was represented, and the Lieut.-Governor and the Premier of Canada attended personally The Lord Mayor and the City Councillors walked in the precession. „Flags were flown at half-mast, and there wero signs of mourning everywhere. Mr Ferguson, wireless operator of tho Empress of Ireland, states that he sent out tho wireless "5.0.5." call for eight minutes, and got a reply from the shore station, stating that it was despatching tho Lady Evelyn and tho Eureka to the liner's assistance. Many corpses are being shipped to England. Newspaper correspondents are making numerous suggestions for the prevention of sea tragodies. including tho construction of sloping bows, or a device on tho bridge for sounding a warning boll in every cabin, | The French Academy of Science recommends horizontal bulkheads encircling a ship, which, when penetrated, would act like water ballast. As the cost of construction would be increased thereby, the adoption of this idea is not likely.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14987, 6 June 1914, Page 11
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