STEAMER EMPRESS OF IRELAND SUNK.
VERY HEAVY LOSS* OF LIFE.
ONLY 337 SAVED, WHILE PASSENGERS ALONE TOTALLED 1367.
STEAMER HOVE-TO IN DENSE FOG, WHEN STRUCK BY COLLIER
EMPRESS OF IRELAND CUT IN, TWO
COLLIER STORSTAD' DAMAGED, BUT REACHED PORT SAFELY
(Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright.)
, QUEBEC, May 29. '• ■ ■ The Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Ireland is believed to have collided with the Bed Star liner Hanover, east of Father Point. A message to the Government says there is no sign of either liner. Lifeboats are visible in the distance circling round the Government steamer Eureka, which responded to the Empress of Ireland's "SOS" calls. The Government steamer Lady Evelyn is standing by. The Empress of Ireland cleared yesterday for Liverpool with . the following pasrenger list: — . First. Cla3s ... ... 77 Second Class .... ... 206 Third Class 504 Crow ... ... ... 500 Total ... 1287 A Salvation Army party was aboard going to the International Congress in London. Both vessels are ■believed to have sunk; y.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13394, 30 May 1914, Page 3
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159STEAMER EMPRESS OF IRELAND SUNK. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13394, 30 May 1914, Page 3
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