Empress of Ireland Disaster Aboard Storstad Collision Details
Quebec May 30 Survivors from the Empress of Ireland recount 19 minutes of terror after a fog bound collision with the collier Storstad. Only 206 crew and passengers survive among 1 387 aboard. most women and children perished as lifeboats failed and the ship sank rapidly. Captain Kendall and Captain Andersen face blame and defense in subsequent inquiries.
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Quebec
Canadian Pacific
Empresa of
Ireland
Rimouski
Liverpool
Father Point
Storatad
Mven
Andereon
Storstad
Kendall
Empress
Evelyn
Eureka
Captain Kendall
Doctor Crippen
Salvation Army
H. G. Kendall
Royal Naval Reserve
Coller
Hner
Collier
Que
Empress of Ireland
Andersen
Coller Storstad
Thomas Anderson
Empress of Ireland Disaster Recounted by Wireless Operator
Wireless operator J. Williams reports the Empress of Ireland sank within ten minutes after collision. Government steamers Eureka Lady Evelyn and Storstad aided rescue with 337 saved. At Rimouski wharf the scene observed as survivors and bodies were recovered. In Quebec a rescued unidentified woman died from exhaustion after swimming near the sinking liner.
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Father Point
Que
Wirelaas
White
Marcon
Eureka
Belanger
Nvelyn
Wo Telescope
Nureka
Lady Evelyn
Kendall
Moore
Storstad
Rimouski Wharf
Quebec
St. Lawrence
Rail routes claim 1913 fatalities and damage totals
Michigan rail lines killed 359 people and injured 2,719 in 1913, with track damage at $39,736.45 and equipment damage at $278,485.05. Details split by employes, passengers, trespassers, and others. total incidents reach 3,108. Also notes expansion of agricultural courses in Michigan high schools and extension by Michigan Agricultural College.
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Lansing
Michigan
State Railroad Commission
Cooley outlines plan for Peru Marquette railroad inspection
Dean M. E. Cooley, appointed appraiser for the Peru Marquette, reports to the railroad commissioners on staff organization and progress. The team will track every mile, inspect inventory and track physical condition, and seek original costs from records to aid depreciation studies. Final inspection aimed for August with final report in October.
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Dean M. E. Cooley
Peru Marquette
Dean Cooley
Rural Carriers Association Meeting Sets Next Host
The Rural Carriers Association of Northwestern Michigan met at West Branch with 50 carriers substitutes and wives attending. Otto Hatzenbuhler Detroit post office cashier led a talk and round table. S E Hayes Standish spoke on Good Roads and How to Get Them. Judge Nelson Sharpe discussed The Rural Carrier and Patron as Viewed From the Beach. Turner chosen for next meeting place. A D Hammond Turner elected president Frank Carroll Omer vice president M F Parker Standish secretary.
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Rural Carriers’ Association of
Northwestern Michigan
West Branch
Otto Hatzenbuhler
Detroit
S. E. Hayes
Standish
Nelson Sharpe
Turner
A. D. Hammond
Frank Carroll
Omer
M. F. Parker
Delegates Named From Michigan for Negro Congress
Governor Ferrin selected Michigan delegates to attend the Negro National Educational Congress in Oklahoma City Oklahoma from July 7 to 10 1914. Named were Eugene J Marshall Kalamazoo Francis H Warren Detroit Joseph M Evans Detroit W H Green Detroit Madam F B Preston Detroit Fred B Atwood Saginaw J H Holmes Battle Creek J C Ford Grand Rapids J W Jarvis Lansing Miss Maud Jones Lansing Moses Simmons Saginaw George Goodridge Saginaw.
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Ferrin
Michigan
Oklahoma City
Okla
Eugene J. Marshall
Kalamazoo
Francis H. Warren
Detroit
Joseph M. Evans
W. H. Green
F. B. Preston
Fred
Atwood
Saginaw
J. H. Holmes
Battle Creek
J. C. Ford
Grand Rapids
J. W. Jarvis
Lansing
Miss Maud Jones
Moses Simmons
George Goodridge
Relic Too Big for Capitol Doors
A 15 foot high pair of old fashioned logging wheels gifted by former Congressman George R. Loud cannot enter the Michigan Capitol and await suitable housing at the state museum. The wheels arrived in good condition but proved too large for the doors. The historical commission expects more gifts of transportation artifacts once space is found.
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Capitol
State Museum
George R. Loud
Capitol Building
Loud
Historical Commission
Michigan
Nurses Elect Officers At Lansing Session For Michigan State
The Michigan State Nurses association announces officers at the closing Lansing meeting. Officers include President Elizabeth Greener Muskegon and others from Grand Rapids Lansing Ann Arbor Port Huron Detroit and Birmingham. The next annual meeting is set for Ann Arbor.
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Ann Arbor
Michigan State Nurses’ Association
Lansing
Elizabeth Greener
Muskegon
Ida Barrett
Grand Rapids
Elizabeth Parker
Mary Welsh
Jane Pindell
Josephine Halverson
Port Huron
L. E. Gretter
Detroit
Sarah F. Sly
Michigan schools to offer agriculture courses statewide
Seen and Heard in Michigan notes 40 high schools will begin agriculture courses next September under specially trained teachers. Also reports Runaway Willie Wyant's parents in Cadillac fear for him, while Grand Haven officers threaten to detain him. Fraternal Day in Battle Creek shortened to 12 hours on August 20. Charles Stone, 78, who lost a leg in a Lake Shore yard accident, dies of his injuries. Large class graduations at Grand Rapids high schools set for June 19. Mrs Julia Ann Huffman marks an eighty float birthday riding to Elk Lake cemetery. Edward Burks, 10, killed by an auto near Newaygo. Margaret A. Blackwell wills most estate to children, gives husband $1 due to mistreatment. J Frank Stevens pursues rail extension project. University of Michigan faculty to engage in forestry work in summer. Mrs Watson of Bancroft survives multiple suicide attempts after husband’s illness. Michigan Home Economics to affiliate with Teachers Association in Kalamazoo in Oct 1915. Michigan Supreme Court upholds use of federal funds by state board of agriculture. Catherine Reighard elected Women’s League president.
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Teeeh
Michigan
W. H. French
Resa
Agricultural College
University of Michigan
French
Willie Wyant
Cadillac
Grand Haven
Battle Creek
Eaton Rapids
Charles Stone
Lake Shore
Grand Rapids
Central High School
Union High
Cass City
Julia Ann Huffman
Elk Lake Cemetery
Newaygo
Edward Burks
George Burns
Davis Yable
Here
Yable
Edward
Port Huron
Margaret A. Blackwell
George Blackwell
John
Saginaw
J. Frank Stevens
Star City
Missaukee County
Board of Trade
Leota
Strateford
Stevens
Pere Marquette
Rapid City
Stratford
Clare
Ann Arbor
Spensler
Pieters
Young
British Columbia
Lovejoy
Idaho National Forests
United States Forestry Service
Owoss0
John A. Watson
Shiawassee County
St. Louis
Mia
Charles Westover
Mt. Morrin
Detroit
Michigan Home Economics Association
State Teachers’ Association
Kalamazoo
Teachers’ Association
Home Economics Association
Agnes Hunt
Michigan Agricultural College
Hast Lansing
Miss Morrison
Misa Charlotte Keene
Mra. M. H. French
Michigan State Normal College
Ypsitanti Jo
Lansing
State Supreme Court
State Board of Agriculture
Catherine Reighard
Women's League
Alice Wiard
Margaret Foote
Muskegon
Jane Hicks
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St. Lawrence River
Post Office Department
Congress
Post Offce
Geome
J. M'Williams
State Commission
P. M
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