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  4. A FRIGHTFUL SHIPPING DISASTER

    It is the code message used by vessels when they are in need of immediate assistance. The Empress of Ireland flashe' out this signal in the appalling disaster which took place in the North Atlantic on Friday morning, and the Government steamers, Lady Evelyn and Eureka, responded to the call. The Titanic disaster that startled and horrified the world two ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. SURVIVORS ARRIVE IN QUEBEC

    Enormous crowds awaited the arrival of the train bearing the rescued members of the passengers and crew into Quebec. The survivors were too hysterical to be able ...

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  8. ONLY ABOUT 400 SAVED

    The Canadian Pacific Company admit that only 337 were saved of a total of 1367 passengers, leaving the remainder drowned or killed by the impact. ...

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  9. SALVATION ARMY HARD HIT

    The conference of Salvationists has been arranged to take place at Westminster Abbey on June 15. There will be 15 bishops and the same number of noncomformist leaders present. ...

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  10. PASSENGERS FLUNG OVERBOARD

    There is no hope of Colonel Bloomfield being saved. The Storstad landed only a handful of survivors and several bodies. ...

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  11. THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND

    The Empress of Ireland was one of the finest of the C.P.R. Company's Atlantic fleet. She was one of a [?] gaged in the trans-Atlantic service, the other being the Empress of Britain. In the Summer-time these ships maintain the [?] pool run, and in the Winter the Halifax (Nova-Scotia)-Liverpool service. The Empress of Ireland, built to [?], was [?] with 65ft beam. She was 14,500 tons register and 18,000 horse-power. The passage between Liverpool and Quebec was ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  12. DROWNED IN THEIR BERTHS

    Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, President of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company, declares that the disaster is the worst in the history of the St. Lawrence. ...

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  13. AN EXPLOSION THEORY.

    Phillip Lawler, a steerage passenger, asserts that it was an explosion that really caused the Empress of Ireland to sink so rapidly. He says the people were shot out of the ship like ...

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  14. RELIEF FUND OPENED.

    A relief fund has been opened, and the Canadian Government has promised a large contribution. ...

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  15. SCENE IN LIVERPOOL

    The majority of the Empress of Ireland's officers and crew belonged to Liverpool. When the news of the disaster reached that city, the company's office was besieged by ...

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  16. GOVERNMENT ORDERS SEARCHING INQUIRY.

    The Canadian Government has ordered a most searching enquiry into the cause of the disaster. (SHIPPING DISASTER CONTINUED ON PAGE 9.) ...

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