ST. LAWRENCE WRECK.
THE IMPRISONED BODIES. RESCUE WORK ABANDONED. By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. QUEBEC, June 22.
All attempts to get the eight hundred bodies entombed in the sunken hull of the Empress of Ireland have been abandoned, following a conference betAveen LieutenantCommander Forbes and the divers of the man-of-war Essex, at the scene of the wreck.
The death of Cossoboom on Sunday was caused by a fall off. the slimy hull.
The decision of -the Canadian-Pacific Raihvay Company will not affect the operations of the', company attempting to salvage, the ship, but it is thought that diving operations will have-to be giA'en up.
RELIEF FOR STJFFERES,
FUNDS MOUNTING UP.
"Times" and "Sydney Sua" Services.
LONDON, June 23
The New Zealand Shipping Company has contributed a hundred guineas to the Lord Mayor's Empress of Ireland fund. Mr J. D. Rockefeller has contributed £2200 to the relief of the relatives of the Salvationist victims of the Empress of Ireland disaster.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 118, 24 June 1914, Page 7
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