[Gutenberg 58274] • The Tragic Story of the Empress of Ireland / And Other Great Sea Disasters by Marshall, Logan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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The Tragic Story Of The Empress of Ireland CONTENTS FACTS ABOUT THE WRECK OF THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND INTRODUCTION 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

CHAPTER II Captain Kendall Blames the Storstad

SHOUTED TO COLLIER SHIP FOUNDERED QUICKLY WORK TO SAVE OTHERS NO PANIC ABOARD

CHAPTER III Captain Andersen’s Defense

STORSTAD’S RIGHT OF WAY DID NOT BACK OUT TO THE RESCUE INJUSTICE TO CAPTAIN

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

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

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

CHAPTER VII The Surgeon’s Thrilling Story

HAD DIFFICULTY REACHING DECK MANY PLUNGE INTO ICY WATER WEIRD SHRIEKS OF TERROR PASSENGERS CAUGHT LIKE RATS

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

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

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

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

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

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

CHAPTER XIV Parliament Shocked by the Calamity 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

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

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

CHAPTER XVIII The Norwegian Collier Storstad

A RECENT RESCUE PERSONALITY OF CAPTAIN ANDERSEN INSURANCE

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

FACTS ABOUT THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC CHAPTER XX The Tragic Story of the Titanic Disaster CHAPTER XXI The Most Sumptuous Palace Afloat

SISTER SHIP OF OLYMPIC CARRIED CREW OF 860 MOST LUXURIOUS STEAMSHIP THE ENGINE ROOM COMFORT AND STABILITY

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

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”

CHAPTER XXIV Left to Their Fate

COLONEL ASTOR’S DEATH CAPTAIN WASHED OVERBOARD SAW BOTH OFFICERS PERISH BAND PLAYED ITS OWN DIRGE

CHAPTER XXV The Call for Help Heard

MANY LINERS HEAR THE CALL VIRGINIAN IN DESPERATE HASTE TITANIC SENT OUT NO MORE NEWS

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

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

CHAPTER XXVIII Other Great Marine Disasters

THE ARIZONA DOZENS OF SHIPS PERISH TOLL OF THE SEA

CHAPTER XXIX Development of Shipbuilding CHAPTER XXX Safety and Life-Saving Devices

WATER-TIGHT BULKHEADS SUBMARINE SIGNALS LIFE-BOATS AND RAFTS NIXON’S PONTOON LIFE-PRESERVERS AND BUOYS ROCKETS

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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