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  2. THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND. RAMMED IN A FOG.

    The sinking of the Canadian-Pacific liner Empress of Ireland constitutes a shipping disaster second only to the loss of the Titanic. ...

    Article : 252 words
  3. A COFFIN SHIP.

    The Canadian Government steamer Lady Grey, with ensign half-masted, brought 175 collins from Quebec. It is believed that the remainder of the dead ...

    Article : 36 words
  4. PRECAUTIONS NULLIFIED.

    The newspapers emphasise the fact that the nature of the disaster has nullified many of the precautions for safety at sea which have been carried out since the Titanic ...

    Article : 38 words
  5. THE DEATH-ROLL.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 140 words
  6. "LIKE PEAS FROM A POD."

    Phillip Lawler, a steerage passenger, asserted, after his rescue, that it was the explosion that really caused the Empress of Ireland to sink so rapidly. "People were ...

    Article : 84 words
  7. THE INSURANCES.

    The Empress of Ireland was insured with Lloyd's as follows:—Hull, £270,000; cargo, £200,000; freight and disbursements, £100,000. Individual policies on passengers' lives and ...

    Article : 34 words
  8. 'A' TERRIBLE SCENE.

    The scene immediately after the terrific collision baffles description. The shrieks of the passengers, who were rudely awakened from their slumbers by the hoarse cries of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 426 words
  9. THE INQUEST.

    The Coroner opened his investigation this afternoon, Captain Kendall being the chief witness. Captain Kendall had recovered from the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 651 words
  10. SWIMMING AMONG THE DEAD.

    Mr. Duncan, a Londoner, who was among those saved, states that there was a terrific crash and a frightful grinding of plates, and the vessel heeled over. Though there was ...

    Article : 402 words
  11. THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT.

    The River St. Lawrence, at Rimouski, runs between heavily timbered shores, the banks being about twenty miles apart. Only a short distance from the scene of the ...

    Article : 149 words
  12. A TERRIBLE CRASH.

    Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, in the course of an interview, declared that the disaster is the worst in the history of the ...

    Article : 194 words
  13. NEW ZEALAND VICTIMS.

    The Premier (Mr. Massey) sent the following cablegram to the Prime Minister of Canada. (Mr. Borden): "On behalf of the Government and peoplo of New Zealand, I desire to ...

    Article : 473 words
  14. THE COLLISION.

    The Norwegian collier Storstad, struck the Empress of Ireland amidships, when the latter was hove-to off Father Point, near Rimouski, a watering-place on the south shore ...

    Article : 225 words
  15. "BRAVE AND TRUE."

    According to advices received by Salvation Army headquarters in Melbourne, the deathroll among the Salvationists on board the Empress of Ireland was 130. ...

    Article : 147 words
  16. CIVIC CONDOLENCES.

    "One of my first duties in the morning," said the Lord Mayor (Alderman R. W. Richards) last night, "will be to cable condolences on behalf of the Lord Mayor, aldermen, ...

    Article : 150 words
  17. UNIVERSAL SYMPATHY.

    In the Canadian House of Commons this afternoon sympathy was expressed in connection with the terrible disaster. The Premier explained that it would have been ...

    Article : 120 words
  18. THE PASSENGERS.

    The Empress of Ireland left Quebec yesterday with 990 passengers for Liverpool. The passenger-list contains the names of many Australians and New Zealanders, who ...

    Article : 131 words
  19. NEWS IN LONDON.

    The majority of the officers and crew of the Empress of Ireland belonged to Liverpool, where many distressing scenes occurred, the office of the Canadian-Pacific Company ...

    Article : 138 words
  20. PROTECTION BY LAW.

    On behalf of the State Government, the Premier (Mr. Holman) will to-day send a cable of condolence. Discussing the subject last night, Mr. ...

    Article : 79 words
  21. MELBOURNE PEOPLE ABOARD.

    Two well-known Melbourne people, Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Marks, were expected to join the Empress of Ireland at Quebec en route to London. ...

    Article : 175 words
  22. INDEX. NEWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 203 words
  23. MESSAGE FROM NEW ZEALAND.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Borden) read, in the House of Commons to-day, a message from the Premier of New Zealand (Mr. Massey), expressing sympathy with the sister ...

    Article : 106 words
  24. THE IRVINGS' FATE.

    Mr. Laurence Irving and his wife were among those who managed to secure lifebelts. "Dearie," said Mr. Irving, "hurry. There's no time to lose." He placed a lifebelt round ...

    Article : 122 words
  25. REFERENCES IN CHURCHES.

    Feeling references were made to the disaster in very many pulpits during the course of yesterday's church services. In his sermon at St. Andrew's Cathedral ...

    Article : 1,518 words
  26. THE SALVATION ARMY.

    The Salvation Army lost heavily by the disaster, the whole of the territorial field forces for Canada being wiped out, including Commissioner Rees. ...

    Article : 219 words
  27. MANSION HOUSE FUND.

    A Mansion House fund has been opened for the relief of survivors and bercaved. ...

    Article : 21 words
  28. AN ALL-NIGHT VIGIL.

    Poignant scenes were witnessed yesterday, hysterically-anxious crowds beseiging the Canadian-Pacific Company's London offices throughout a day of alternating hopes and ...

    Article : 188 words
  29. LATE MR. LAURENCE IRVING.

    Laurence Sidney Irving was the younger son of the late Sir Henry Irving, the elder of whom, Henry Brodribb Irving, is well known in Australia. The deceased actor was ...

    Article : 523 words
  30. FRENCH PRESIDENT'S CONDOLENCE.

    President Poincare has telegraphed to King George his personal condolences, and France's great sympathy with Britain in the disaster. ...

    Article : 22 words
  31. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 185 words
  32. GAVE UP HIS LIFEBELT.

    Sir Henry Seton Kerr gave up his lifebelt to another passenger. He insisted on the latter accepting it, saying he could easily get another for himself. ...

    Article : 88 words
  33. VALUABLES LOST.

    Silver bars, amounting to 1,000,000 dollars' worth, en route for England, and large quantities of valuable mails were lost. ...

    Article : 25 words
  34. THE STORSTAD'S ACTION.

    Dr. Johnson, the Canadian Pacific Company's medical officer, said that if the Storstad had not backed out from the rent in the liner's side many more lives would have ...

    Article : 42 words
  35. SURVIVORS' STORIES.

    Mr. Thomas Smartt, of Toronto, says that Captain Kondall, who was on the bridge when the crash came, shouted: "Keep your heads, there. Don't got excited." He then ordered ...

    Article : 109 words
  36. CAPTAIN KENDALL'S STATEMENT.

    Captain Kendall states that he saw the Storstad two miles off, before the fog obliterated her. He stopped the ship and whistled three short blasts, to which the Storstad replied ...

    Article : 117 words
  37. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 120 words
  38. STORSTAD BADLY DAMAGED.

    The Storstad was badly damaged about the bows, but she proceeded to Quebec under her own steam. Captain Anderson, of the Storstad, on his ...

    Article : 266 words
  39. CAPTAIN KENDALL'S RESCUE.

    Captain Kendall was found clinging to some wreckage, and was picked up by a lifeboat. He assumed command, and 73 people were saved under his direction. The boat ...

    Article : 135 words
  40. NEW ZEALAND LADY SAVED.

    Miss Townsend, of New Zealand, was swimming alongside Mr. Clinton Burt, a motor car manufacturer, and appealed to him for aid. Mr. Burt caught an empty suit case, which was ...

    Article : 77 words
  41. GOVERNMENT ENQUIRY.

    The Government has ordered a searching inquiry into the circumstances of the collision. ...

    Article : 20 words
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