ST. LAWRENCE TRAGEDY.

Mataura Ensign, 3 July 1914, Page 5

ST. LAWRENCE TRAGEDY.

BURIAL OF UNIDENTIFIED. IT ELECTRIC TELEGJRAPH COPYRIGHT, TIMES AND SYDNEY SUN SERVICES. Kcceivecl Ju!v 3, 8.30 a.m. OTTAWA, July 2. The Canadian Pacific Company has purchased a plot of ground at Rimou•ki overlooking the River St. Lawrence for the burial of the unidentified victims of the Empress of Ireland disaster. A vessel is still engaged in searching for bodies. Those which have been lately recovered are unidentified, ißimouski is a banking and post town, the capital of the eastern country of that name, and has a population of about 2-SOO. The Jnter-col«nial railroad runs through it, and since it has a fine water frontage oil the St. Lawrence, a cool climate, and' .plenty of opportunities for hunting, fishing,'and bathing, it is a popular summer resort. At the same time, its communication with the rest of the world on "the riverside is cut off for about half the year owing to the water being frozen. At Rimon-ski's waterfront vessels of the largest tonnage load, and 1 the place is also a port of call for ocean steamers. From' the water-front a pier projects for nearly a mile, niu.li frequented as a promenade. Rimouski possesses a cathedral, convents, and seminary, and it is a see of the Catholic bisho'p.