SYMPATHY EXTENDED BY KING AND QUEEN
King George cabled to the Duke of Connaught, Governor-General of Canada, as follows:
“I am deeply grieved over the awful disaster to the Empress of Ireland in which so many Canadians lost their lives. Queen Mary and I both assure you of our heartfelt sympathy with those who mourn for the loss of relatives and friends.”
To Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, His Majesty cabled:
“In the appalling disaster which has befallen your company by the loss of the Empress of Ireland, in which so many perished, I offer you my sincere sympathy.”
The Irish Nationalist Convention at a meeting in London under the presidency of T. P. O’Connor, passed a resolution of sympathy with the relatives and friends of those who died when the Empress of Ireland sank and it was transmitted to Sir Thomas Shaughnessy.
THE MAIN DINING SALOON
An example of the spaciousness and luxury of the “Empress of Ireland.” The late supper served in this saloon had been ended but a short time when the disaster occurred.
ONE OF THE LUXURIOUS CABINS
It was from such scenes of comfort that the passengers of the ill-fated ship were hurried to a scene of death and despair in which more than half of them perished.