The Tragic Story of the Empress of Ireland, and Other Great Sea Disasters

Transcriber’s Note
Spelling errors and other inaccuracies in the lists of survivors and rolls of the dead are preserved as printed.
An Authentic Account of the Most Horrible Disaster in Canadian History, Constructed from the Real Facts Obtained from Those on Board Who Survived And Other Great Sea Disasters
BY LOGAN MARSHALL Author of “The Story of Polar Conquest,” “The Story of the Panama Canal,” Etc.
Containing the Statements of CAPTAIN HENRY GEORGE KENDALL Commanding the Empress of Ireland ——And—— CAPTAIN THOMAS ANDERSEN Commanding the Storstad
ILLUSTRATED With Numerous Authentic Photographs and Drawings
Copyright, 1914, by L. T. MYERS
THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND
One of the finest ships of the Canadian line. Soon after leaving Quebec on her voyage to Liverpool with over 1,300 souls on board, she was struck by the Norwegian collier “Storstad” off Father Point, Quebec, on May 29, 1914, at 2.10 A. M., and sank about fifteen minutes later, carrying a thousand of her passengers down with her.


NUMBER of persons aboard, 1,475.

Logan Marshall
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THE EMPRESS SAILS FROM QUEBEC


THE HOLIDAY HUMOR OF THE PASSENGERS


CAPTAIN KENDALL WARNED OF FOGS


THE STORSTAD SIGHTED


FOG SUDDENLY SETTLES


THE STORSTAD CRASHES INTO THE EMPRESS


INJURY ON STARBOARD SIDE


FOUGHT FOR LIFE IN DARKNESS


A MORTAL BLOW


WIRELESS CALLS FOR HELP


HUNDREDS DROWN IN CABINS


NO TIME TO ROUSE PASSENGERS


IN THEIR NIGHT CLOTHES


PICKED UP THE CAPTAIN


LIFE-BOATS LAUNCHED IN RECORD TIME


THE EMPRESS GOES DOWN


SHOUTED TO COLLIER


SHIP FOUNDERED QUICKLY


WORK TO SAVE OTHERS


NO PANIC ABOARD


STORSTAD’S RIGHT OF WAY


DID NOT BACK OUT


TO THE RESCUE


INJUSTICE TO CAPTAIN


RESPONSE TO WIRELESS CALLS FOR HELP


EUREKA AND LADY EVELYN ON THE SCENE OF DISASTER


THE SEARCH FOR THE QUICK AND THE DEAD


TERRIBLE PLIGHT OF SURVIVORS


SAD SCENES AT RIMOUSKI


WILLING HANDS HELP


TWENTY-TWO DIE AFTER BEING RESCUED


TALES OF NARROW ESCAPES


THOSE WHO DIED BRAVELY


EXTREME SUFFERING AMONG SURVIVORS


FEW WOMEN AND CHILDREN SAVED


CROWD GREETS SURVIVORS


MANY INJURED


EXPERIENCES OF SURVIVORS


“ALL OVER IN FIFTEEN MINUTES”


KNEW IT WAS THE END


“LIKE A LOT OF INDIANS”


FOUR CLIMBED ON UPTURNED LIFE-BOAT; SAVED MANY LIVES


SALVATION ARMY LASSIE RESCUED WHEN ABOUT TO SINK


CLIMBED UP SIDE OF LINER AS SHE KEELED OVER


HUSBAND GAVE WIFE BELT; PLUNGED OUT TO SAVE HIMSELF


BOAT LISTED SO BADLY PEOPLE COULD NOT GET UP DECK STAIRS


PICKED UP BY BOAT FILLED WITH MEMBERS OF CREW


TORONTO WOMAN SPENT LONG TIME IN WATER BEFORE RESCUE


UNKNOWN MEMBER OF CREW SAVED SEVERAL LIVES


OTTAWA MAN PUT WIFE IN BOAT; WAS SAVED LATER


SAW COLLISION; EMPRESS WAS SOUNDING HER SIREN


FELL INTO WATER


MONTREAL MAN SAW NO LIFE-BELTS


DR. GRANT THE CHIEF HERO


SIR SETON-KARR GAVE UP LIFE FOR STRANGER


LAURENCE IRVING DIED TO SAVE HIS WIFE


H. R. O’HARA DIED FOR FAMILY


CAPTAIN SAVED BELL-BOY


HOW CHIEF OFFICER STEEDE DIED


HERO SAVED WEE GIRL


GAVE UP HIS LIFE-BELT


HAD DIFFICULTY REACHING DECK


MANY PLUNGE INTO ICY WATER


WEIRD SHRIEKS OF TERROR


PASSENGERS CAUGHT LIKE RATS


ESCORTED BY BRITISH CRUISER ESSEX


SMALL WHITE COFFINS


PATHETIC SEARCH FOR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS


WRETCHED CONDITION OF BODIES


LOST HIS ENTIRE FAMILY


TWO CLAIM SAME BABY


“JUDGMENT OF SOLOMON”


BODIES BRUISED AND MUTILATED


TRUST IN GOD


AT ST. JAMES’ CATHEDRAL


RABBI JACOBS’ TRIBUTE


WHOLE CITY HONORED THE ARMY DEAD


A STRIKING SERVICE


MESSAGES OF SYMPATHY


IMPRESSIVE PROCESSION


PEOPLE LINED STREETS


SERVICES IN THIRTY-FOUR LANGUAGES


SCENES AT HEADQUARTERS AS SAD NEWS CAME


REUNIONS THAT FAILED


HEART-BREAKING RETURN OF THE FEW


REVERENT CROWDS WAITING


ENSIGN PUGMIRE’S STORY


STORY OF BANDSMAN GREEN


“IN GOD’S HANDS”


HYMN THE SALVATIONISTS SANG WHILE THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND WAS SINKING


RE-DEDICATION TO WORK


SALVATIONISTS BRAVE TO THE END


MAJOR ATWELL’S EXPERIENCE


SUNDAY SERVICES IN TORONTO


FLOWER OF ARMY AMONG THE LOST


HUNDREDS SAIL ON OLYMPIC


LOSS TO ARMY IN CANADA


SIR HENRY SETON-KARR


LAURENCE IRVING


SIR HERBERT TREE’S TRIBUTE


COMMISSIONER REES


MAJOR LYMAN


CANADIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS


LONDON CLERGYMAN


HALIFAX PATHOLOGIST


AUTHORESS AMONG LOST


SOME OTHER WELL-KNOWN PASSENGERS


LIST OF SURVIVORS


ROLL OF THE DEAD


SEIZED ON WARRANT


CARGO UNLOADED


OFFICERS IN CONFERENCE


THEIR VERSION OF THE ACCIDENT


ENGINEERS’ STATEMENTS


HELPED RESCUE EMPRESS PASSENGERS


STATEMENT OF CAPTAIN ANDERSEN’S WIFE


GAVE ALL THEY HAD TO RESCUED PASSENGERS


STORSTAD’S OWNERS FILE COUNTER SUIT


MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL


GRIEF IN ENGLAND


LORD MAYOR OF LONDON STARTS FUND


SYMPATHY EXTENDED BY KING AND QUEEN


PRESIDENT POINCARÉ REGRETS LOSS


THE UNITED STATES SYMPATHIZES


AMERICAN RED CROSS ACTS


TANGIBLE SYMPATHY


NO REPLY TO “STAND FAST” CRY


TESTIMONY OF JAMES RANKIN


CHIEF ENGINEER EXPLAINS


WIRELESS OPERATOR’S STORY


GOVERNMENT INQUIRY


CAPTAIN LINDSAY’S WORK


CAPTAINS’ STATEMENTS CONTRADICTORY


STORSTAD DEFENDED


MESSAGE FROM THE STORSTAD’S CAPTAIN


PILOT NAULT TELLS STORY


CAPTAIN ANDERSEN MUCH DISTRESSED


AN OFFICER’S STORY


THIRD OFFICER’S STORY


MANY DIED AFTER RESCUE


COULD NOT SEE LIGHTS


SIGNAL TO GO ASTERN


WAIT FOR THE VERDICT


BLAME NOT TO BE PLACED BY AMATEURS


DIMENSIONS AND ACCOMMODATIONS


PROVISIONS FOR COMFORT AND PLEASURE


WEEKLY LIFE-SAVING DRILL


WATER-TIGHT COMPARTMENTS TESTED


THE LOSS AND INSURANCE


A RECENT RESCUE


PERSONALITY OF CAPTAIN ANDERSEN


INSURANCE


FATHER POINT


PICTURESQUE RIVER


GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE


HISTORICAL BACKGROUND


TADOUSAC


CAP TOURMENTE


QUEBEC


HISTORY AND TRADITION


MONTREAL


GEOLOGY OF COUNTRY


SISTER SHIP OF OLYMPIC


CARRIED CREW OF 860


MOST LUXURIOUS STEAMSHIP


THE ENGINE ROOM


COMFORT AND STABILITY


TARDY ATTENTION TO WARNING RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENT


MURDOCK PAID WITH LIFE


VAIN TRIAL TO CLEAR BERG


BRIDGE GAME NOT DISTURBED


THE CAPTAIN ON DECK


PASSENGERS NOT ALARMED


ASTOR AND WIFE STROLLED ON DECK


A SUDDEN TREMOR OF FEAR


CONFUSION AMONG THE IMMIGRANTS


WIRELESS OPERATOR DIED AT HIS POST


THE LIFE-BOATS LOWERED


LOADING THE BOATS


COOLEST MEN ON BOARD


FORCED MEN USURPING PLACES TO VACATE


LAST WORDS OF MAJOR BUTT


COLONEL ASTOR ANOTHER HERO


HEART-BREAKING SCENES


HENRY B. HARRIS


THREE EXPLOSIONS


OTHER HEROES


IN THE FACE OF DEATH


DEATH FAILS TO PART MR. AND MRS. STRAUS


GIRL STEPS BACK TO DOOM


THE MONEY BOAT


MEN SHOT DOWN


A SAD MESSAGE


PREPARED TO DIE BRAVELY


THE SINKING VESSEL


THE COWARD


THE DOOMED MEN


“WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST”


COLONEL ASTOR’S DEATH


CAPTAIN WASHED OVERBOARD


SAW BOTH OFFICERS PERISH


BAND PLAYED ITS OWN DIRGE


MANY LINERS HEAR THE CALL


VIRGINIAN IN DESPERATE HASTE


TITANIC SENT OUT NO MORE NEWS


TITANIC STOOD UPRIGHT


SAW LAST OF BIG SHIP


“ONE LONG MOAN”


WOMEN TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE


SCANTILY CLAD WOMEN IN LIFE-BOATS


PHILADELPHIA WOMEN HEROINES


MANY WOMEN ROWING


THE PESSIMIST


COUNTESS ROTHES AN EXPERT OARSWOMAN


MEN COULD NOT ROW


DEATHS ON THE LIFE-BOATS


GAMBLERS WERE POLITE


HELP IN SIGHT


THE “LUCKY THIRTEEN”


A WONDERFUL DAWN


TRANSFERRING THE RESCUED


THE DOG HERO


A THRILLING ACCOUNT OF RESCUE


THE SORROW OF THE LIVING


NEARING PORT


TALK WITH SURVIVORS


ALL CARED FOR ON BOARD


TITANIC CREW HEROES


RUSHES ON TO DOCK


THE TITANIC LIFE-BOATS


ANXIOUS MEN AND WOMEN


THE FIRST SURVIVORS


RUMORS AFLOAT


MRS. CORNELL SAFE


MRS. ASTOR APPEARED


LAST SEEN OF COLONEL ASTOR


DR. FRAUENTHAL WELCOMED


A SAD STORY


MORE THAN SEVENTY WIDOWS


STEERAGE PASSENGERS


TWO LITTLE BOYS


BABY TRAVERS


THE RYERSON FAMILY


CAPTAIN ROSTRON’S REPORT


LIST OF SURVIVORS


ROLL OF THE DEAD


THE ARIZONA


DOZENS OF SHIPS PERISH


TOLL OF THE SEA


WATER-TIGHT BULKHEADS


SUBMARINE SIGNALS


LIFE-BOATS AND RAFTS


NIXON’S PONTOON


LIFE-PRESERVERS AND BUOYS


ROCKETS


RESULT OF TITANIC DISASTER


LONDON CONFERENCE ON SAFETY AT SEA


EACH TRAGEDY HAS ITS LESSON


LIFE-BELT DRILL


MR. NIXON SUGGESTS REMEDY


GIANT RAFTS


LIFE-SAVING SUIT


MORE INDIVIDUALISM IN SAVING


CHUTES DOWN SHIP’S SIDES


STORAGE BATTERIES FOR LIGHTS


DOUBLE HULL ABOVE WATER


SUBMARINE BELL


REGULATION OF TRAFFIC

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Английский

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2018-11-11

Темы

Shipwrecks; Empress of Ireland (Steamship); Storstad (Steamship); Shipwrecks -- Québec (Province) -- Saint Lawrence River Estuary; Steamboat lines -- Passenger lists

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