WIRELESS OPERATOR’S STORY
William James, wireless operator at Father Point, told of being awakened by his assistant at 1.55 A. M. by the news that the Empress had been in collision with another ship. He then took charge and forwarded the word to the Lady Evelyn and Eureka. The Empress gave no reply further than to say that she was twenty miles from Rimouski.
Captain Boulanger, of the Eureka, told of the trip he had made to the scene of the wreck. He was not sure on his first trip of the exact position where she had sunk. On the second, however, he could tell from the boiling up from beneath of the muddy water where the wrecked vessel lay. He told of gathering what bodies he could find.
After a moment’s deliberation by the jury it was decided to adjourn the inquest for the present.