LINERS IN COLLISION.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16564, 30 May 1914, Page 11

LINERS IN COLLISION.

DISASTER IN THE ST LAWRENCE.

BOTH VESSELS BELIEVED TO HAVE SUNK.

LIFEBOATS CIRCLING ROUND

RELIEF STEAMERS DESPATCHED

787 PASSENGERS ON ONE VESSEL. By Telegraph—Presa Association—Copyright. (Received May 30, 12.30 a.m.) QUEBEC, May 29.

The Canadian-Pacino Company's steamer Empress of Ireland is belioved to have collided with the Red Star liner Hanover east of Father Point, near the mouth of the St Lawrence.

A message to the Government says that there is no sign of either liner.

Lifeboats are visible at a distance circling round the Government steamer Eureka, which responded to the Empress of Ireland's S.O.S. calls. Tho Government steamer Lady Evelyn is standing by. Tho Empress of Ireland cleared yesterday for Liverpool with seventy-seven lirst, 206 second and 501 third-class passengers. A Salvation Army party going to the international congress in London was on board. Both vessels are believed to have sunk. The Empress of Ireland was a twin screw steamer of 14,191 tons, and a speed of twenty knots. She was built in 190 G.