IMPOSSIBLE TO SALVE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15625, 3 June 1914, Page 7

IMPOSSIBLE TO SALVE.

WORK BEFORE DIVERS. SOME BODIES RECOVERED. AUCKLAND LADY FOUND. LATE MR. L IRVING. (Received June 2, 7.50 p.m.) ' Quebec, June 1. . A statement has been made by Commander Tweedie, of the cruiser Essex, to the effect that it will bo impossible to raise the sunken liner, but that divers may recover the money and valuables. • Tho bodies of Mrs. H. Wynn Pricc, of Auckland; Mist, Byrne, of Brisbane; and Sir Henry SetonKarr have been recovered and have been identified.

The body of Mr. Laurence Irving has drifted ashore, the face being so battered as to be unrecognisable. One hand still clutched a portion of his wife's night attire, showing that he had attempted to hold her up when thrown into the water by tho lurch of the ship.

BLOOMFIELD FAMILY REGRET AT VANCOUVER. By Telegraph—Frees Association—Copyright (Received June 2, 11-20 p.m.) Vancouver, June 2. The cadets who visited New Zealand express the keenest sympathy with the Bloomfield family. During their recent visit to the city tho cadcts entertained the late Mr. W. R. Bloomficld, and his wife and daughter.

AUCKLAND SYMPATHY. Reference was made at the meeting of the Harbour Board yesterday to the disaster. The chairman (Mr. J. H. Gunson) moved: "That the board express its regret at the appalling disaster, and extend its sincere sympathy to the relatives and friends of those involved in it, and especially to th» relatives of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Btoomfield, in their sad and sudden bereavement." Mr. Gunson paid the members of the board all knew of the work done by Mr. Bloomfield in connection with local bodies for many years. It was as a member of the Drainage Board and the Local Bodies' Association that Mr. Bloomfield came more paiticularly into touch with the Harbour Board, and the members all recognised' the zeal, energy, tact, find ability he displayed in the discharge of his public duties. Mr. Bloomfield's death was a public loss.

Mr. W. B. Leyland, in seconding the motion, said the resolution not only voioed the feeling of members of the board, but also voiced tho feeling of all who had been acquainted with Mr. Bloomfield.

The resolution was carried in silence while the members stood. A resolution of sympathy was passed by tho members of the Eden Terrace Road Board last evening oil the motion of Mr. H. A. Goqdj seconded by Mr. C. H. Olive. |