IMPRESSIVE SPECTACLE
SERVICE OVER SUNKEN 1 EMPRESS. INSPECTION OE THE STORSTAD. Bt TeleicraplJ—jPraiM-Association—Uopyrigm (Received June 3, H p.m.) MONTREAL, Juno 3.
Tho incoming Megantio held a service over the spot where the .Empress Blink.
The passengers and crew lined the decks and sang:—"Abide With Me,” standing with bared heads. It was an impressive spectacle. The Canadian Pacific Company has arranged for the funeral of the unidentified and unclaimed dead on Thursday, and bears all the expenses. Inspection of the Storstad’s bows indicates that it would have been impossible for the stem to have remained locked in the Empress’s side, as the bow was twisted out cf shape by the Empress’s motion. The final official figures arelo24 lost, and 432 saved.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8750, 4 June 1914, Page 8
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