REGULATION OF TRAFFIC
It is probable that the wider investigation of the disaster will deal with traffic regulations or their absence which made the collision between the Empress and the Storstad possible. There are no regulations separating the paths of eastbound and westbound steamers in the St. Lawrence, although at the point where this collision occurred the river is nearly thirty miles wide and the depth of water ample for the whole distance across. The Empress of Ireland had gone out from Father Point and was proceeding down the river at a distance of three miles from shore, which is apparently the custom. The Storstad, with her 11,000 tons of coal, was steaming westward at about the same distance from shore, and this, too, seems to have been the custom. Cargo-carrying tramp steamers have equal rights with passenger ships in the St. Lawrence, and the path along the south shore off Father Point and Rimouski seems to be common to both classes of traffic both eastbound and westbound. It is not so long since the Empress of Britain, sister ship to the lost Empress of Ireland, ran into the collier Helvetia, but in that case the collier came off second best. Obviously, we must have more painstaking rules for the navigation of the Gulf and River.
The 32 pages of illustrations contained in this book are not included in the paging. Adding these 32 pages to the 319 pages of text makes a total of 351 pages.
Transcriber’s Note
Minor punctuation errors have been repaired.
Hyphenation has been made consistent.
The Salvationist Hymn originally appeared on page 100. It has been moved so that it is not in the middle of a paragraph.
Page [117] references Alfred Ernest Barlow as being a lithogist. This should probably be lithologist, but it is preserved as printed.
On the assumption of printer errors, the following amendments have been made:
Page [31]—pulle amended to pulled—We pulled around and picked up ...
Page [36]—rest amended to best—... the blame for the disaster should best be suspended ...
Page [55]—Amy amended to Army—A member of the staff band of the Salvation Army, ...
Page [65]—controled amended to controlled—... and controlled the situation was marvelous.
Page [70]—in amended to into—... was disinclined to go into the part he had played, ...
Page [103]—life-perserver amended to life-preserver—Major Atwell hunted for a life-preserver ...
Illustration facing page [105]—ANDERSON amended to ANDERSEN—CAPTAIN ANDERSEN
Illustration facing page [105]—Anderson amended to Andersen—Captain Andersen is seen on the bridge ...
Page [126]—Norwewegian amended to Norwegian—The Black Diamond Line, a Norwegian firm, ...
Page [151]—occurrred amended to occurred—... who was on the bridge when the collision occurred, ...
Page [158]—sumptously amended to sumptuously—... on the lower promenade deck was sumptuously appointed, ...
Page [195]—on amended to an—... messages, “Struck an iceberg, C. Q. D.”
Page [219]—with out amended to without—... really without the necessity for the order, ...
Page [231]—LINES amended to LINERS—MANY LINERS HEAR THE CALL
Page [257]—omitted word ‘of’ added—“Are you one of the Titanic survivors?”
Page [265]—Franenthal amended to Frauenthal—Efforts were made to learn from Dr. Henry Frauenthal ...
Page [273]—passsengers amended to passengers—... as most of the passengers saved were women and children, ...
Page [305]—instal amended to install—It is Mr. Nixon’s plan to install a gas engine ...
The frontispiece illustration has been moved to follow the title page. Other illustrations have been moved where necessary so that they are not in the middle of a paragraph.