Show t W 1 r. r f t i 7 r h 1 t i f a J GANA CANADIAN m VESSELS E LS COLLIDE IN FOG fOB I r t VESSEL VES GOES DOWN WIT WITHIN N TEN J t tM M MINUTES NUTE AFTER COLLISION MANY LIVES LIVES' BEING BENG LOST s r I l i r Empress of f Irel Ireland and Steamer i r n 11 1 Carrying More Than ThanK rh r n K Twelve wele wel e Ji Hundred undre i Pa Passengers f G Go Down in St St. t t. t Lawrence Lawrenc e. e i 1 Q r l r ri ri The Quebec The Canadian Canadia l' l Pacific rail rail- f. f way y steamer seamer Empress of Ireland with i more core lore t than an 12 1200 Q persons abroad sank w t fa m the Gulf of bt St St. Lawrence nce J early Fri Fri- Say ay morning so soon m aft after r a collision f thi thirty ty miles off Father Point with JM i collier d. d i H Three hundred and fifty survivors T from th the ste steamer ner were l landed d sever ever everth th U tl hours hour later at at Rimouski by r Ir rescue c e t I steamers mel leaving lea mo more e th than per perk per persons k y so sons un unaccounted for and probably Y I k lost st st. 0 01 1 i r The The collision occurred at 2 30 o'clock k in the morning during a dense fl tog fog The Empress of Ireland r lan wireless Z sent Bent out a few S O. O S S. signals t v enough nough to send the Canadian government govern go IJ ment steamer Eureka and the the mail mall Lady Evelyn to the rescue ind iid then her It messages ceased r was afterward learned that that the bi big passenger asse ger st steamer amer r sank t ten m minutes tes ter t the e collision The h Empress press of Ireland d l left ft t this I I T port at 4 20 p. p m. m Thursday for Liver lAyer Liverpool pool ol with seventy seven first second sec sec- I ond and third-class third passengers a ft 1 large arge mail an and gener general l cargo With r tier ber crew she has some 1206 1200 persons ri Among h her pa passengers was as j ft large party of the Salvation Army Aimy 0 going to the inte international national congress or ol the army in London 1 A The Empress of f Ireland is a ii sister f ship hip to the Empress mpr of Brit Britain iI She She was was' built at the Fairfield Ship BuildIng BuildIng Buildt Build Build- t Ing c company company's s works Glasgow w. w 3 She is feet feet long and nd 63 feet 6 6 i laches wide She She is t tons ns re register regis gis r ter and about tons displacement displace en e- e Jt Y ment nen n nt t j 3 k rr There are five pass five passenger nger decks with r v 1 i boat deck dec above Th The Upper deck leek deck is r famous s among ong travelers vel s affording ff g a a. j r walk of f a mile Thel ss bar Ireland l n d. d fis is is corn com T ma it f k nd J j o CripP Ii r ra vj n p. p pS S' S his port por i F Y The Jl h mails at t and t f y J J e ea f h e d I J s. s 4 P l J. J r c I y 1 bupT P one rw wireless es al f o e p 4 ie En Empress pres and nd then th n s silence i ce c j 1 1 F th r point rie near r. r the col- col ol- ol t ision s m pc pcr occurred r e is 5 I miles down down the 1 J I rak ti t. t L Lawrence wrence river from froID- Quebec at athe athe t tf tj f j i. he he head d 0 of the Gulf ulf of St St. Lawrence jf I. I The steamer d Captain Any An An y i is a vessel of tons register regis J A ter built for the coal trade and is Is' 3 11 z capable pable of pf carrying O tons dead weight She h has s been engaged f for r some lome time carrying coal between Syd Sydney ney aey Qu Quebec bec and Montreal She he would have haye ave a crew of a about ou forty eight oty ight me men meir r. r c She was due to arrive i in Quebec eb ab about ut noon Saturday |