OCEAN LINERS IN COLLISION.
BOTH BELIEVED TO BE SUNK. ' wx&wmwwM km iiED star boat rmmr HSAVY DEATH ROLL' feared. Ey Prss's Ass«c!<ition—OoDyrieSt (ftcc, May 30, 0.30 a.m.) Quoboo, May 2,9. The Canadian-PftciEe lintff-Empress of Ireland, 14,191 tons, outward birtrndfor Liverpool, with 1.287 souls 011 hoard, is beliovcd te luivo collided with the. 1M Star liner 1 lanorcr, 'east of Father Point, near tho meuth of tho St, Lawraiee. A iiiossago to tho Government states that tl-.ero is no sigh, of either liner. . Life-boats ate visible b tho distance, Girelmm rotind tho Govo:tTi:mont Which responded to tho "5.0.5," {argent irireks# distress sigftai), of tho Empress of Ireland. 'flio Govoriiment steamer .Lady Evelyn is'also standi-iig by, fIW Kmprcss ni Irelnnd cleared for Liverpool yxreta-driy.,, her full compie- ■ ineiit of passengers and crew being ■ iSado up as followsi First stecs 77 Seoorid Class 200 ! Third Gia'ss 504 Cpew jog . Total t,;?97 Included aniongsi; the passengers was .i party of Salvaticm Army delegates oil their way to the great lut.M:iiaiional Congress of Salvation Army Qj'jcers at Lfindo'n..
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2162, 30 May 1914, Page 5
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173OCEAN LINERS IN COLLISION. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2162, 30 May 1914, Page 5
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