STRUCK DURINC FOG.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13394, 30 May 1914, Page 3

STRUCK DURINC FOG.

SUNK AXMOST AT ONCE.

(Received May 30, a ; a.m.) OTTAWA, May 29. A thousand Jives are believed to have been Jost when the Canadian-Pacific Railway Company's steamer Empress of Ireland collided wiUi Mie Norwegian collier Storstad, off, Father Point; near Rimouski. The collision occurred during a dense fog, the Empress of Ireland sinking 10 minutes after the collision. ■■Four, hundred and -twenty out of a total of 1400 of the crew and passengers were taken from the lifeboats to Rimouski by Xrovernment steamers* standing by. The list is not known, but. the passengers included Laurence Irving, the well-known actor, and a number of New ZeaJandors. Nothing is known of the fate of the | Storstad. : , STEAMERS To< THE RESCUE. Immediately on the receipt of the "5.0.5." signals ttye Canadian Government steamers Eureka and Lady Evelyn, from Father Point, hurried to the mcue. The early news received was barely more than the "5.0.5." call, naming the ship, and stating that she was in fear of immediate sinking. . The absence of a. further call is explained by the fact that the vessel sank almost at once. , i There must have been a terrible impact. The vessel is believed to have been cut in two. -I.''--At earliest dawn "boats were seeir hovering over the spot, but there were no signs of the steamer.