MANY DEATHS FROM INJURIES
THE ST. LAWRENC E STREWN WITH WRECKAGE. .EMPRESS'S FUNNELS SHOW TNT!. SCORES OF SALIVATION' ARMY OFFICERS LOST. (Rec. May 30, 10.45 a.m.) QUEBEC, iMay 29. The rescued include Mr, Mrs, and •Miss Byrne, of Brisbane. Captain Kendall escaped. The. fate (if Lawrence Twiny's party is unknown. i
)N. COI'XKJUHT.) .Many survivors had arrjis and legs broken. Twelve bodies lie on |he wharf at Piimouski. They were fatally hurt "by the collision, but escaped in the lifeboats and died before landing. Wreckage strews the St. Lawrence. The funnels of the Empress of Ireland are .visible at low tide. The Lady Evelyn saved 300 and the Eureka 60. Most of tho members- of the crew escaped. Many passengers leaped' into "the "waters and clung to wreckage, thus escaping. The Storstad is expected to reach Quebec shortly with a, number of survivors and dead bodies aboard. Scores of prominent Salvation Army officers, including 'Commissioner Rees, of South Africa, "were lost. Twenty-two are reported dead as a result of their injuries.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 30 May 1914, Page 5
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