PROMINENT PASSENGERS.

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

PROMINENT PASSENGERS.

NEW ZEALANDEIRS ON BOARD. N OTTAWA, May 29. The. Empress of Ireland carried many Canadiah- members of the Salvation Army to attend the Internationa^ Conference to be held in London, and including most of the head officials. Tho list of passengers included many Australians and New ZeaUvnders, including :— Colonel, airs, and Miss W.R. Bloomfield, of Auckland. Miss 0. Townsend, E. Byrne, and G. Byrne, of Brisbane. The, steamer left Quebec yesterday with 990 passengers for Liverpool. HEART-RENDING SCENES. The scene immediately after tho collision baffles description. „ The shrieks of the passengers, • rudely awakened from their slumbers, the hoarse cries of captain arid officers, and the wailing of women, were mingled* with the rushing of ,water in the gulf Opened up in the boat. ./•■'•'■. ;In a little time the launch boats ot the Empress of Ireland reached the Government steamers Lady Evelyn and Eureka, which immediately steamed full speed to the scene of the disaster at Father Point, and sent the Government a message reading:-— ; \. "No sign of the Empress of Tre- \ land. Lifeboats are visible in the distance circling round the Government steamer Eureka. The _ steamer Lady. Evelyn is also on tho scene now." HOVE-TO IN FOG. The Empress of India had hove- to in a fog, when the collier struck her amidships. - ' When, the vessel steamed away from Quebec, the brass band of the Salvation Army played "God be with you till we meet again." The Empress of Ireland was commanded by Captain Kendall, R.N.R., who commanded the Monfcrose when the murderer Crippen was captured. He is among those saved. STORSTAD SAFE BUT DAMAGED. The latest reports . state that the Storstad was badly damaged about the bows, but is proceeding to Quebec un|der her own .steam. < She has on board survivqrs an v d dead bodies from the Empress of Ireland. She is reported to have rescued two hundred passengers. SAD SCENES AT LIVERPOOL. The majority of the Empress of Ireland's officers and crew belonged to Liverpool, where there were distressing scenes. The office has been besieged all day lii-ig. ' Prayprs were offered at the Salvation h -.idquarters for the tiafety of the missing Salvationists.