Death Roil 1023

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 13, 3 June 1914, Page 5

Death Roil 1023

FURTHER DETAILS OF THE C.P.I * DISASTER. ALLEGATIONS AGAINST CAPTAIN KENDALL. SCORES FROZEN TO DEATH. THE STORY OF THE STORSTADT. Received 2, 9.30 p.m. Montreal, June 1. The latest return shows that 1467 per ions were aboard the Empress of Ireland Of these 444 were saved, of whom 3i were first-class, 38 second-class, and 16-third-class passengers, and 207 memberi of the crew. WOMAN'S ASTOUNDING STORY. ALLEGED CALLOUSNESS OF LINER'S CREW. Received 2, 9.28 p.m. Rimouski, June 1. Mrs. Andresen asserted that after the Empress of Ireland sank she heard continuous screams all around. Captain Andresen sent out lifeboats, picking up everyone possible. She is positive tnat Captain Kendall, of the liner, did not assist any passengers. Instead, he came aboard and lay down in the Storstadt's chart-room, while the Empress of Ireland's crew came aboard and refused togo and assist the diowning passengers, stating that they were too numerous. AS SEEN FROM THE STORSTADT. SHIFTING THE BLAME. SMALLER STEAMER HAD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. - Received 2, 9.30 p.m. Montreal, June 1. The agents of the Slorsiadt state that the Empress of Ireland was cceu off the port bow of the Storstadt, the green" light being visible. The rules of navigation gave the .Storstad!' the right-of-way. . The Empress of Ireland's course wa.s . changed so as to pass safe!,-. When the ■fog descended, the Storstadt's engines wero slowed, and then stopped. Her course was unaltered. Whistles were heard from the Empress of Ireland an'd answered. When the green lights were '• again seen through the fug the engines ..of the Storstadt were seni astern and her way nearly checked when she collided. The Storstadt tried to keep her prow in the hole, but the Empress of Ireland slewed away and disappeared. The Storstadt frequently whistled in order to locate her, but failed, and then manoeuvred close to the Empress of Ireland £•>■{ lowered boats. Everything possibl. wns done to assist. Th« . ffkers of the St<.,-,tadt confirm the agents' statement. '!' ify declare that, r ;-ri's of people wearing' lifebelts were 1. ; ng dead in the sea, the freezing water 'living benumbed them. PERSONAL EXPERIENCES. OSPEAKABLE CONFUSION AMONG PASSAT, ERS. THE SALVATIONISTS' LAST CHORUS. Received 2, 9.30 p.m. Montreal, May 1. Staff-Captain Mclntyre, a Salvationist, declares that there was unspeakable eonfusion aboard the Empress of Ireland. As the vessel lurched and listed 1 , people climbed to the higher decks. When the lir.er sank he was carried down for yards in the swirling cataract, but, keeping his hcad,"after fearful suffocating moments, lie came to the surface and grasped an overturned boat. Bandsman Green, a Salvationist, lost liis father, mother and 3ister. lie says that efforts to reach the deck were like climbing a wall. There was little panic, excepting among the foreigners. He saw a man push into a boat before a woman, and another man knocked liim down. The Salvationists sang "God be with you till we meet again" until their engulfment caused an abrupt termination. Dr. Grant's efforts are unanimously praised. He relieved bath physical and mental sufferings and brought order out of chaos. When taken aboard the K& Storstadt, he directed the laying out of the corpses, and arranged for a supply of dry clothing for the women. A HARROWING EXPERIENCE. EIGHTEEN MILES IN ICY WATER. A WOMAN'S PARLOUS PLIGHT. Received 2, 9.30 p.m. Rimouski, Juue 1. Starved and raving as the result of her experiences, a stalwart Norwegian woman passenger from the Empress of Ireland was found wandering among the sand dunes, clad in. a single garment. | Men sought to aid her, but the woman ran off, and was only caught when exhausted. She had forgotten her own name. She had apparently drifted in the water for eighteen miles, clinging to driftwood, and has not been identified yet." THE MANSION HOUSE FUND. London, June 1. The King has given £SOO and the Queen £252 to the Mansion House fund for the Empress of Ireland disaster. Adviceß state that the bodies of Sir H. Seton-Karr, Mrs. H. Wynn-Prke, of 4 New Zealand, and Miss G. Bjtm, of Jrisbafle, have been identified.

SORROW AND GLADNESS. R> YOUNG MARRIED COUPLE'S TRAGI" PARTING. r A PLUCKY NEW ZEALAND GIRL, Received 2, 5.50 p.m. Tirae« and Sydney Sun Services. Quebec, June 2. There was a happy reunion of Mr. anc Mrs. Greenway, Salvationists, who wen on their honeymoon. They were separ lated in the commotion and the wife was blown into the water, limned and bruis '■ ed. 3 She was picked up liy a raft, and a 1 man said, "Don't be afraid little girl. 6 I have lost my wife!" He opened bis coat and rest, and drew dier cloße, then buttoned his coat around her. She replied, "I have lost my husband." She remembered nothing more till sßc ! was aboard the Storstadt. A pilot boat picked up Greenway. Mies Townshend plunged from the sinking ship. She was kicked by straggling victim?, but closed her eyes and struck out bravely, never thinking of the possibility of drowning. She swam a mile before she was picked up. TUB STORSTADT. ' CAPTAIN'S STATEMENT. Ottawa, June I. An examination of the Storstadt shows that the anchor point pierced the side of the Empress of Ireland, killing number in their cabins. The anchor was covered with blood. The anchor evidently opened the relate of-the Empress of Ireland like a salmon-tin opener. Captain Androgen, of the Storstadt, asserts that the Empress of Ireland changed her course,as lie maintained Ms undeviatingly. The Storstndt'g speed wa* checked before she struck the Em- l press of Ireland. The captain says he | attempted to keep the Storstadt's nose against the Empress of Ireland's side, ' but owing to the speed at whic-h the Empress of Ireland was proceeding he was unable to do so. Captain Andresen asks that judgment be suspended until a competent tribunal apportions the blame. Commander Tweedie, of the cruiser Essex, says it is impossible to raise the Empress of Ireland, but divers may recover money and valuables. WARNED IN A DRF.AM. Quebec, June 1. Ensign aud Mrs. Smith cancelled tehir passage by the Empress of Ireland Because of Mrs. Smith's dream that it was another Titanic. There were pitiful scenes in the shed

when the corpses were laid out in plain pine coffins. Thirty bodies were not identifiable. Distraught women and heart-broken men searched for missing relatives. Man .ifwiv's-uien earned the coffins- ashore, the procession down (he gangway lasting an hour. MI!. IRVING'S BODY FOUND. London, June 1. News has been received that Mr. j Laurence Irvine's body has drifted ashore. The face was unrecognisable. One hand was clutching a piece of his wife's night attire. The fund being raised in Liverpool has reached £15,000. THE CANADIAN INQUIRY. Ottawa, June 1. The Government has tixed June 9, as the date tor t lie opening of th* .Empress of Ireland inquiry. Two judges ef the Canadian Admiralty Conrt and «ne representative of the British Admiralty Court will compose the court. The House of. Commons passed an amendment to the Shipping Act providing * «eparate commission to investigate the disaster. Sir Wilfrid Laurier endorsed the Bill, which was read a second time. TJfc third reading was fixed for the following day. The amendment provides Jo* the appointment of the Canadian Admiralty judges above mentioned. Mrs. Andresen, at the inquest, stated that ker husband endeavoured to keep the Storstadt pressed against the Bnpress of Ireland's side, liut her speed was too great. Captain Andresen ordered all the boats out. At first he had not thought tin: Empress of Ireland was in any danger of sinking. Captain Andrescon gave up everything he possessed to aid the survivors when he rcstucd them. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company is arranging a public funeral fer tk« «*«J. SERMON AT WE-STMINSTBK. London, June 1. Bishop Kyle, the Dean of Westminster, preaclung in the Abbey, said the JRlgnish people quivered under the blow of the disaster. It was but the enlargement on a terrible scale of the daily disasters of the road, rail, aeroplane and motorcar; but this was more dreadful, because death and di truction was caused lo hundreds of their own kith and kin through no fault or foolhardiness, in tile protected waters of a river in t'ke dead of Hijht. CANAWA.v CADETS' SYMPATHY. Received 2, 11.20 p.m. Vancouver, June 2.. The Vancouver cadets wko visited. New Zealand express tneir keenest sympathy with the Bloomfield family. During their recent visit to Auckland C|ity the cadets were entertaiacd »y the 'Bloomfieldi).