The Tragic Story of the Empress of Ireland

About this eBook

Author

Marshall, Logan, 1884-1937

Title

The Tragic Story of the Empress of Ireland, and Other Great Sea Disasters

Credits

Produced by Markus Brenner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation

Subject

Steamboat lines -- Passenger lists

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 58274

Release Date

November 11, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Tragic Story Of The Empress of Ireland
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.FACTS ABOUT THE WRECK OF THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND
4. 4.INTRODUCTION
5. 5.CHAPTER I The Empress of Ireland Sails to Her Doom — THE EMPRESS SAILS FROM QUEBEC — THE HOLIDAY HUMOR OF THE PASSENGERS — CAPTAIN KENDALL WARNED OF FOGS — THE STORSTAD SIGHTED — FOG SUDDENLY SETTLES — THE STORSTAD CRASHES INTO THE EMPRESS — INJURY ON STARBOARD SIDE — FOUGHT FOR LIFE IN DARKNESS — A MORTAL BLOW — WIRELESS CALLS FOR HELP — HUNDREDS DROWN IN CABINS — NO TIME TO ROUSE PASSENGERS — IN THEIR NIGHT CLOTHES — PICKED UP THE CAPTAIN — LIFE-BOATS LAUNCHED IN RECORD TIME — THE EMPRESS GOES DOWN
6. 6.CHAPTER II Captain Kendall Blames the Storstad — SHOUTED TO COLLIER — SHIP FOUNDERED QUICKLY — WORK TO SAVE OTHERS — NO PANIC ABOARD
7. 7.CHAPTER III Captain Andersen’s Defense — STORSTAD’S RIGHT OF WAY — DID NOT BACK OUT — TO THE RESCUE — INJUSTICE TO CAPTAIN
8. 8.CHAPTER IV Miraculous Escape of the Few — RESPONSE TO WIRELESS CALLS FOR HELP — EUREKA AND LADY EVELYN ON THE SCENE OF DISASTER — THE SEARCH FOR THE QUICK AND THE DEAD — TERRIBLE PLIGHT OF SURVIVORS — SAD SCENES AT RIMOUSKI — WILLING HANDS HELP — TWENTY-TWO DIE AFTER BEING RESCUED — TALES OF NARROW ESCAPES — THOSE WHO DIED BRAVELY
9. 9.CHAPTER V The Stricken Survivors Return — EXTREME SUFFERING AMONG SURVIVORS — FEW WOMEN AND CHILDREN SAVED — CROWD GREETS SURVIVORS — MANY INJURED — EXPERIENCES OF SURVIVORS — “ALL OVER IN FIFTEEN MINUTES” — KNEW IT WAS THE END — “LIKE A LOT OF INDIANS” — FOUR CLIMBED ON UPTURNED LIFE-BOAT; SAVED MANY LIVES — SALVATION ARMY LASSIE RESCUED WHEN ABOUT TO SINK — CLIMBED UP SIDE OF LINER AS SHE KEELED OVER — HUSBAND GAVE WIFE BELT; PLUNGED OUT TO SAVE HIMSELF — BOAT LISTED SO BADLY PEOPLE COULD NOT GET UP DECK STAIRS — PICKED UP BY BOAT FILLED WITH MEMBERS OF CREW — TORONTO WOMAN SPENT LONG TIME IN WATER BEFORE RESCUE — UNKNOWN MEMBER OF CREW SAVED SEVERAL LIVES — OTTAWA MAN PUT WIFE IN BOAT; WAS SAVED LATER — SAW COLLISION; EMPRESS WAS SOUNDING HER SIREN — FELL INTO WATER — MONTREAL MAN SAW NO LIFE-BELTS
10. 10.CHAPTER VI Heroes of the Empress Disaster — DR. GRANT THE CHIEF HERO — SIR SETON-KARR GAVE UP LIFE FOR STRANGER — LAURENCE IRVING DIED TO SAVE HIS WIFE — H. R. O’HARA DIED FOR FAMILY — CAPTAIN SAVED BELL-BOY — HOW CHIEF OFFICER STEEDE DIED — HERO SAVED WEE GIRL — GAVE UP HIS LIFE-BELT
11. 11.CHAPTER VII The Surgeon’s Thrilling Story — HAD DIFFICULTY REACHING DECK — MANY PLUNGE INTO ICY WATER — WEIRD SHRIEKS OF TERROR — PASSENGERS CAUGHT LIKE RATS
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII Ship of Death Reaches Quebec — ESCORTED BY BRITISH CRUISER ESSEX — SMALL WHITE COFFINS — PATHETIC SEARCH FOR RELATIVES AND FRIENDS — WRETCHED CONDITION OF BODIES — LOST HIS ENTIRE FAMILY — TWO CLAIM SAME BABY — “JUDGMENT OF SOLOMON” — BODIES BRUISED AND MUTILATED
13. 13.CHAPTER IX Solemn Services for the Dead — TRUST IN GOD — AT ST. JAMES’ CATHEDRAL — RABBI JACOBS’ TRIBUTE — WHOLE CITY HONORED THE ARMY DEAD — A STRIKING SERVICE — MESSAGES OF SYMPATHY — IMPRESSIVE PROCESSION — PEOPLE LINED STREETS — SERVICES IN THIRTY-FOUR LANGUAGES
14. 14.CHAPTER X Crippling Loss to Salvation Army — SCENES AT HEADQUARTERS AS SAD NEWS CAME — REUNIONS THAT FAILED — HEART-BREAKING RETURN OF THE FEW — REVERENT CROWDS WAITING — ENSIGN PUGMIRE’S STORY — STORY OF BANDSMAN GREEN — “IN GOD’S HANDS” — HYMN THE SALVATIONISTS SANG WHILE THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND WAS SINKING — RE-DEDICATION TO WORK — SALVATIONISTS BRAVE TO THE END — MAJOR ATWELL’S EXPERIENCE — SUNDAY SERVICES IN TORONTO — FLOWER OF ARMY AMONG THE LOST — HUNDREDS SAIL ON OLYMPIC — LOSS TO ARMY IN CANADA
15. 15.CHAPTER XI Notable Passengers Aboard — SIR HENRY SETON-KARR — LAURENCE IRVING — SIR HERBERT TREE’S TRIBUTE — COMMISSIONER REES — MAJOR LYMAN — CANADIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS — LONDON CLERGYMAN — HALIFAX PATHOLOGIST — AUTHORESS AMONG LOST — SOME OTHER WELL-KNOWN PASSENGERS
16. 16.CHAPTER XII List of Survivors and Roll of the Dead — LIST OF SURVIVORS — FIRST CABIN — LIST OF SURVIVORS—SECOND CABIN — LIST OF SURVIVORS—SALVATION ARMY — ROLL OF THE DEAD — FIRST CABIN — ROLL OF DEAD—SECOND CABIN — ROLL OF DEAD—SALVATION ARMY
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII The Storstad Reaches Port — SEIZED ON WARRANT — CARGO UNLOADED — OFFICERS IN CONFERENCE — THEIR VERSION OF THE ACCIDENT — ENGINEERS’ STATEMENTS — HELPED RESCUE EMPRESS PASSENGERS — STATEMENT OF CAPTAIN ANDERSEN’S WIFE — GAVE ALL THEY HAD TO RESCUED PASSENGERS — STORSTAD’S OWNERS FILE COUNTER SUIT
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV Parliament Shocked by the Calamity
19. 19.CHAPTER XV Messages of Sympathy and Help — MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL — GRIEF IN ENGLAND — LORD MAYOR OF LONDON STARTS FUND — SYMPATHY EXTENDED BY KING AND QUEEN — PRESIDENT POINCARÉ REGRETS LOSS — THE UNITED STATES SYMPATHIZES — AMERICAN RED CROSS ACTS — TANGIBLE SYMPATHY
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI Placing the Blame — NO REPLY TO “STAND FAST” CRY — TESTIMONY OF JAMES RANKIN — CHIEF ENGINEER EXPLAINS — WIRELESS OPERATOR’S STORY — GOVERNMENT INQUIRY — CAPTAIN LINDSAY’S WORK — CAPTAINS’ STATEMENTS CONTRADICTORY — STORSTAD DEFENDED — MESSAGE FROM THE STORSTAD’S CAPTAIN — PILOT NAULT TELLS STORY — CAPTAIN ANDERSEN MUCH DISTRESSED — AN OFFICER’S STORY — THIRD OFFICER’S STORY — MANY DIED AFTER RESCUE — COULD NOT SEE LIGHTS — SIGNAL TO GO ASTERN — WAIT FOR THE VERDICT — BLAME NOT TO BE PLACED BY AMATEURS
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII Empress in Fact, as in Name — DIMENSIONS AND ACCOMMODATIONS — PROVISIONS FOR COMFORT AND PLEASURE — WEEKLY LIFE-SAVING DRILL — WATER-TIGHT COMPARTMENTS TESTED — THE LOSS AND INSURANCE
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII The Norwegian Collier Storstad — A RECENT RESCUE — PERSONALITY OF CAPTAIN ANDERSEN — INSURANCE
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX The St. Lawrence: A Beautiful River — FATHER POINT — PICTURESQUE RIVER — GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE — HISTORICAL BACKGROUND — TADOUSAC — CAP TOURMENTE — QUEBEC — HISTORY AND TRADITION — MONTREAL — GEOLOGY OF COUNTRY
24. 24.FACTS ABOUT THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC
25. 25.CHAPTER XX The Tragic Story of the Titanic Disaster
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI The Most Sumptuous Palace Afloat — SISTER SHIP OF OLYMPIC — CARRIED CREW OF 860 — MOST LUXURIOUS STEAMSHIP — THE ENGINE ROOM — COMFORT AND STABILITY
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII The Titanic Strikes an Iceberg! — TARDY ATTENTION TO WARNING RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENT — MURDOCK PAID WITH LIFE — VAIN TRIAL TO CLEAR BERG — BRIDGE GAME NOT DISTURBED — THE CAPTAIN ON DECK — PASSENGERS NOT ALARMED — ASTOR AND WIFE STROLLED ON DECK — A SUDDEN TREMOR OF FEAR — CONFUSION AMONG THE IMMIGRANTS — WIRELESS OPERATOR DIED AT HIS POST
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII “Women and Children First!” — THE LIFE-BOATS LOWERED — LOADING THE BOATS — COOLEST MEN ON BOARD — FORCED MEN USURPING PLACES TO VACATE — LAST WORDS OF MAJOR BUTT — COLONEL ASTOR ANOTHER HERO — HEART-BREAKING SCENES — HENRY B. HARRIS — THREE EXPLOSIONS — OTHER HEROES — IN THE FACE OF DEATH — DEATH FAILS TO PART MR. AND MRS. STRAUS — GIRL STEPS BACK TO DOOM — THE MONEY BOAT — MEN SHOT DOWN — A SAD MESSAGE — PREPARED TO DIE BRAVELY — THE SINKING VESSEL — THE COWARD — THE DOOMED MEN — “WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST”
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV Left to Their Fate — COLONEL ASTOR’S DEATH — CAPTAIN WASHED OVERBOARD — SAW BOTH OFFICERS PERISH — BAND PLAYED ITS OWN DIRGE
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV The Call for Help Heard — MANY LINERS HEAR THE CALL — VIRGINIAN IN DESPERATE HASTE — TITANIC SENT OUT NO MORE NEWS
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI In the Drifting Life-Boats — TITANIC STOOD UPRIGHT — SAW LAST OF BIG SHIP — “ONE LONG MOAN” — WOMEN TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE — SCANTILY CLAD WOMEN IN LIFE-BOATS — PHILADELPHIA WOMEN HEROINES — MANY WOMEN ROWING — THE PESSIMIST — COUNTESS ROTHES AN EXPERT OARSWOMAN — MEN COULD NOT ROW — DEATHS ON THE LIFE-BOATS — GAMBLERS WERE POLITE — HELP IN SIGHT — THE “LUCKY THIRTEEN” — A WONDERFUL DAWN — TRANSFERRING THE RESCUED — THE DOG HERO — A THRILLING ACCOUNT OF RESCUE — THE SORROW OF THE LIVING
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII The Tragic Home-Coming — NEARING PORT — TALK WITH SURVIVORS — ALL CARED FOR ON BOARD — TITANIC CREW HEROES — RUSHES ON TO DOCK — THE TITANIC LIFE-BOATS — ANXIOUS MEN AND WOMEN — THE FIRST SURVIVORS — RUMORS AFLOAT — MRS. CORNELL SAFE — MRS. ASTOR APPEARED — LAST SEEN OF COLONEL ASTOR — DR. FRAUENTHAL WELCOMED — A SAD STORY — MORE THAN SEVENTY WIDOWS — STEERAGE PASSENGERS — TWO LITTLE BOYS — BABY TRAVERS — THE RYERSON FAMILY — CAPTAIN ROSTRON’S REPORT — LIST OF SURVIVORS — FIRST CABIN — LIST OF SURVIVORS—SECOND CABIN — ROLL OF THE DEAD — FIRST CABIN — SECOND CABIN
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII Other Great Marine Disasters — THE ARIZONA — DOZENS OF SHIPS PERISH — TOLL OF THE SEA
34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX Development of Shipbuilding
35. 35.CHAPTER XXX Safety and Life-Saving Devices — WATER-TIGHT BULKHEADS — SUBMARINE SIGNALS — LIFE-BOATS AND RAFTS — NIXON’S PONTOON — LIFE-PRESERVERS AND BUOYS — ROCKETS
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI Seeking Safety at Sea — RESULT OF TITANIC DISASTER — LONDON CONFERENCE ON SAFETY AT SEA — EACH TRAGEDY HAS ITS LESSON — LIFE-BELT DRILL — MR. NIXON SUGGESTS REMEDY — GIANT RAFTS — LIFE-SAVING SUIT — MORE INDIVIDUALISM IN SAVING — CHUTES DOWN SHIP’S SIDES — STORAGE BATTERIES FOR LIGHTS — DOUBLE HULL ABOVE WATER — SUBMARINE BELL — REGULATION OF TRAFFIC

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