WEATHER FORECAST

Grey River Argus, 2 June 1914, Page 5

WEATHER FORECAST

, /summary/, The westerly disturbance which has dominated the weather conditions dur ing the past three days, intensified considerably on Sunday. 'High wester ly winds, have .prevailed, with" squally and showery- weatii^rj; », ji FORECAST. Present slnddca|tions" are for very boisterous weather", with ' heavy-yshow-ers generally,- and snow on tae'high.er levels' in the south,- westerly- winds/ strong to gate and changing, -to south westerly in about twenty" hours, the weather becoming-' much colder, and the barometer -rising fast then: ItT-- " > . , For Chronic Chest Complaints Woods* Great Peppermint Cure, is 6d is fid. • ,*

FARTHER PARTICULARS r 1 "■ QUEBEC, May 31. The chief engineer/ 'Samrson', gave evidence that he^femamed* m >the «n--ginerc^'untiHignts^were^otit and the steam, 'gent. ' ** He soon reached- the deck. The lifeboats had broke' 'loose and swept numbers tinder the water including Mr. Sampson "who 'was entangled 'In the ' wreckage sfad 'narrowyy escaped. ""- lN ' /" ' * He' scrambled int^a/boaS-and could sec the collier a 'mile" and a half tant* " < Immediately fhrfore the collision the Empress of Ireland went full speed astern and 'then stopped. He then got tin* 1 order: Full spetdah<fad',' J but he had only started the e~n-< gmea, when the crash" came. ThVre was no explosion' of any kind. If the collier had kept closer to the Enrpress of Ireland's side, 'many lives would, have "been r »saved> ' > ' v - If she r had pusned '.against the hole the Empress of Ireland could liave reached; sohre- before linking". The inquest was adjourned for % a wefek- - 6 ' QUEBEC, May 30. There were na 'Australians lost on the Empress "of Britain. SALVATION ARMY'S LOSSES. . WELLINGTON; May 31The National headquarters of the Salvation Army, Wellington, to-day re ceived from fhe International headquarters, London, stating that over 100' officers* and soldiers had been lost ,<on the 1 Empress of Ireland. „ The officers- whp> , perished include Commissioner and Mrs./ Rees (Canadian tCommanden-J, Colonel 'and Mrs Maidrrien (Canadiari chief secretary) .~ Bri^radier Scott Potte?: Major and Mrs J^indlav, Major an-d Mrs. Creighton, Mrs.. Major.- Simcol and thirty other oificers, and also .the Canadian staff band. ■Brigadier and Mrs. Hunger were on furlough/ in Canada from India, References were -made to the disaster in 'all the churches 'to-day. It is not thought that any New ZealanderS'Were aboard. A LUCKY MAN. CHRISTCHURCH, June 1. Fears for the safety of the weil'knpwji New Zealander ?> Mr Leslie Lilly wJio, it was thought, was a passenger by the Empress of Ireland were set ax rest -'yesterday by the receipt of a cable- message sent by him from Montreal. , *' *"' - His brother, Mr Arthur Lilly, late 'organist at St. Luke's Church, Christ church, states that Mr Leslie Lilly was travelling representative oi Hessi's Smith and Liter, silk merchants, of London, in Eastern Canada anil the United States. v "In the last letter received from him by his brother, he stated his intention of leaving last week "on his return to Liverpool! in the ill-fated ship, but a cable< message stated that' he was prevented by '.'business arrangements from joining* the steamer last Friday as he had intended. > - MOTION OF CONDOLENCE. , 'c"]feISTCHURCH, June 1. At the Christchurch Methodist Mm isters* Association meeting this morn ing, twenty-three members being pre serk, the .following* fcesohitfon *was carried : — ~" * > "Tliat "this meeting of Christchurch Methodist Ministers' Association expresses its» deep 'regret at 4he loss of • life involved in the wreck- of -the s,sEmpress" oTTreland, in the Gulf of St Lawrence, 'and hereby commerrds to God's "suslainw grace all those to wiom ithis wreck has brought' sore b» reavement." At the same meeting this further resolution was also carried: "That this meeting has heard with great sotiow x)f *he terrible loss of life invofved in the wreck >of ' s.'s. Empress of Ireland on the St. Lawrence, including" d number of Canadian Salvationists. This meeting expresses its deep sympathy with the local members of the Salvation Army in the loss of tn'eir comrades, and prays that the 'bereavement may b£ sanctified b^the consolation of tne '^otV Spirit *n a widar extension of the Kingdom oChrisV ' " \ THE CAPTAIN'S STATEMENT. HOW HE ESCAPED. QUEBEC, May 31. ; The S A orstad has been docked to as, certain the damage to ner.

Captain Kendall, further examined at the inquest, declared that the order full speed ahead "* was an arempf to beach the Empress of Ireland. \ 'Ho oirdered the Jif eb*oats , out and directed that wireless calls be. despatched." but the vessel went down too rapidly. 1 Captain Kendall was shot off -the bridge while giving- directions. He 'seized a piece of grating-. When/near ly unconscious some people pulled him ' into a boat, which rescued numbers of struggling- people. By putting men over the side attached to a rop? it dragged them to safety. % . After leaving - the first boatload aboard the Storstad, Captain Kendall re urned in another boat, butSvas unable to find anyone alive. It would be impossible for the Storstad's captain to fail to hear Captain' Kendall's order to stand fast and no' go astern. Even if he did not hear the call to keep ahead, as a seaman he ought to know what to do. There Was no explosion, but Escaping s*e!am mifirht have made a noise like one. Tie Empress of Ireland carried ample boats with,. room for hundreds more than those aboard Captain Kendall freed these and the boats floated off when the vessel sank. l The S^orstad rescued only a few survivors. DROWNED IN THEIR SLEEP . GRAPHIC DETAILS I LONDON, May 31. References were made throughout England in churches and chapels m the distrcT. Notable services were held by the Salvation yVrmy. Two Board of Trade representatives have gone to Canada. English correspondents give many in'erestng incidents. Over ijOoo,ooo dollars' worth of silver is lost. * " , Of' 140 Toronto people aboard toB were Or the K)o Salvationists^ including- delegates to the Lon don Congress- only twenty-'wo' were rescued. The Storstad's bow was smashed/ 15 feet and her anchors driven into -the,, 'hulb Mr and Mrs Neville were returning after Vttour with" the Irving Companjy * ■ . t Captain (Kendall bade Hayes, „' the nurser, farewell btf- the bridge. Wh> * the water was lapping his feet /ho gave a 'passenger his belt. Hayes and Kendall jumped together Hayes wa^i son picked up, while Kendall was found later clinging *o wreckage Hundreds were drowned in their Sleep. Sir Seton Kerf insisted on Darling of Shanghai taking- his belt. D^rftnewas saved. The~"King cabled the Duke of Ccmu naught his deep grief at the awful di«? asteir and heartfelt sympathy with the mourners. The Kaiser telegraphed Kmcr George deploring the catastrophe and 1 loss of valuable lives. Queen Alexandra and Prince Henry of Prussia wired similarly. "V . - n Among the watchers at London,~wer a - Captain Kendalls niece, Miss^' Wild,, whose father was in Ac Bri tannitc. Hterhusbamd Jvas \ch,\Qi o ( ffi cer of the Titantic and perished r Her brother, George Evans-;' was sixth of , firer of the Titanic, and was <3i*own-, eeL . Her brother Frederick is an officer of the Empress -of Ireland. v OTTA)WA,.May 31, , The Hon. L. Borden read in the Federal House of Commons, Mr. Mas sey's message of- sympathy at- the appalling loss of life and heartfelt condolence with /fhe sufferers. '. z; . . f LUCKY POSTPONEMENT. HASTINGS, June 1 Mr J- J- Craig, of Auckland, orr a visit '. here, received s cable *xnm Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, ~ stating that Mrs Craig, Mr J. C. Craig^ and Miss^ Craig, had postponed their departure and ' were not aboard the Empress of Ireland. A NEW ZEALAND VICTIM. * 1 GISBORNE, June 1. Mrs Hailey, mother of Mr A. ,P. r Hailey, Gisborne, formerly of,. Rotorua, left Vancouver on May 31st intending to embark by the Empress of Ireland. He received a cablegram stating that she was aboard and all hope of her being saved had been given up. the salvation army. 1 no new zealand officers ,ajb6ard. , WELLINGTON, June. 1. . 'So far as is known, Brigadier