FORD MOTOR-CARS

Grey River Argus, 1 June 1914, Page 5

FORD MOTOR-CARS

The Ford Car is tho lightest, surest, ' and most economical, and the veryi essence of automobiUng. It is built in' panada and there are more of them shipped from there in one clay thanj in the entire first year ot the com-, pany's existence.' That is a wonderful | record of growth in tea years, but It j is a fact nevertheless ,and 20,000 cars will be producefl'this year by the Ford Factory at Ford, Ontario. Even this enormous production hardly satisfies the demand for this popular up-to-date universal car. There are moru , Fords running 1 : in New Zealand than all'the rest of the^makes put- together, which; is an elegant proof of the term applied to this car "The Universal Car.'? Messrs Mark SP*ot_and Co., the local agents will supply full information to intending- purchasers on application.

OTTAWA, May 29. : "About 1000 lives are believed to have been lost when the Canadian Pacific steamer Empress of Ireland collided with . 'the -Norwegian collier Storstad off Fatherpoint, near Remou ski, during- a dense fog-, sinking- in ten minutes after the collision 1 Some 400 of # a total of 1400 people comprising * the crew and passengers were taken from lifeboats to Remouski .by Government steamers standing '.' The list is not known, but the pas sengers include Laurence Irving, ac- ; tor; and a number of New Zealand;ers ■■ "... . . I " Nothing is known of the fate of the Storstad. Immediately on receipt ol S.O.S. signals the Canadian Government steamers Eureka and Lady Eve lyn, from Furtherpbi'nt hurried to the rescue. THE WIRELESS CALL. 'The early : news was barely more fthan the S.O.S. call .naming- the ship rand stating that she was in fear ol [immediately sinking. 1 The absence! of a. further call is. jexplained by the tact that the vesseT sank almost at once. : i There must have been a terrible ishock as the vessel is believed to have ;been cut in two. I At earliest dawn boats were seen .'hovering over the spot, but there iwere no signs of the steamer. MANY AUSTRALASIAN PASSENGERS. ; The impress' of Ireland carried ?tnany Canadian members of the Salva tjon Army to attend the conieTence in London, including most of the head; officials ' . t The list of passengers included r many Australians and New Zealanders, including Xblonel,; Mr and Mrs W R 'Blomfield, of Auckland, Miss C. Townsend, Mr E. Byrne and Mr G. Byrnej- of Brisbane. The steamer^iett Quebec yesterday With 990 passengers for Liverpool. The scene immediately after the col lision baffles -description. The shrieks- of fhie passengers, rudely awakened from their slumber, the hoarse cries >oi the captain and qf ficers, and the wailing of the. women, mingled with the rushing of water '.n to the gulf opened up in the boat. Thee was little time, to launch the boats. - •'■•' The Government steamers. Lady, Evelyn and Eureka, which immediate ly steamed full speed to the scene of the disaster tat Fatherpoint, and sent the Government reading "No sign." * The Empress of Ireland's lifeboats were visible in- the distance arching round. The Government steamers Eureka •and Lady Evelyn are also on the scene now. The Empress of Ireland had hove to in the fog^when the collier struck her amidships. "GOD BE WITH YOU TILL WE MEET AGAIN." When she 'steamed away from Quebec the brass band of the Salvation Army played "God be with you till we meet again." The Empress of Ireland was commanded by Captain Kendall, R.N.R., who commanded the Montrose when the murderer Crippen was capturedHe is among the saved. The latest reports states that the Storstad was ;,badly damaged about the bow, but is proceeding to Quebec under her own. steam. She has on board the survivors and dead bodies of the Empress of She is reported to have rescued 200 passengers.