St. LAWRENCE DISASTER.
THE EMPRESS INQUIRY. (Received 11.55 a.m.) Quebec, June 19. When the enquiry re-opened, Mr Haight apologised to the Court for giving the impression that the Cana-dian-Pacific Co. tried to spirit an ay witnesses likely to prove hostile to them. Mr Haight denied any such intention, Percy Hillhouse, of the Fairfield Shipbuilding Company, testified that the Empress of Ireland’s boats were sufficient to accommodate three hundred more persons than she carried. Bulkheads extended throughout the ship, which would have floated even if both middle compartments were flooded. The water must have entered elsewhere. Captain Staunton, life-saving superintendent of the Canadian-Pacific line, swore that the life apparatus was complete in every detail. It was impossible for any bodies to be floating head downwards if the lifebelts were affixed correctly.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 50, 20 June 1914, Page 6
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