SHIPPING DISASTER.
* ~*» JLffQUIRY RESUMED. »By EiecjLtic ltiegraph — Copyr\ifht) (Per, Press Association. } CjUEBEC, June 23 Perc> flillhouse. of the Fan field Shipbuilding Company. which constructed the Empress ,of Ireland continued hig evidence. - <• He stated that qd.^ foot was added to the -rudder of the Empress of lieland after t ,the accident 'n igp'6,^o improve her -steering qualifi^He ' Stated tlv\t he<heaul no, corn plaint^^ from the captain^ regard ng the steering. * He g.ave Uhe fust adequate c\pKnat?on of the actual injuries to the Empress of Ireland., tell m& of water ru '-ring through a Avound 328 squaie feet at the rate of 260 tons, per second. Pic believed that a twist m the bow of the "Storstad caused .in impact be fore impenetrating t\¥ Empress of Ireland 1 :'-- Divers' from tho ManOw'ar Essex have be.^n ordered ba<:lf to the scenfe of the wreck after a between iCnptam Walsh, V>f thp C^^adnn Pacific Railwa\ find Watson, of the E^sex wh'ch decided further to attempt to lecover the eifM hundred Horhe^^ entombed in the Empress of TrpknH; 'd^sTjite tbp fa^t_^it the work wa s pbnnHoncri. foUnwlng-i rpno r t in^ dicatinff th p difiF'culties *r>-\ dano^rs CaTK'-^'n^KYndgll rf^Ued g*^vc the i^'mos thp c hin tr->vellp^ thf twn / rftirsp- *>frfi lf>''\nr»n r T*i*V>f»r P^nt nrini tn the. '"•'>ifl' x ' Plt l1v ' >wm(r t l^^ cr -onor.r V OT* t^P r r »'" ¥< "P'T>'= tiv,-r. O f -"110 r'r^nrv^o- nf tlio ->ilpt * ~-rl *^^ + mr cr'iro-, 1-.-^ \-\\n Pf tl" 1^ ''l'of bO""' W hf'l it r\lrl'nA iit» tlio r»i'r>t
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Grey River Argus, 27 June 1914, Page 7
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