Empress of Ireland Disaster Details Titanic Scale
Quebec May 30 survivors from the Empress of Ireland tragedy arrived at Rimouski aboard a train carrying 396 survivors. Of 1,376 aboard, 237 crew survived and only 20 women remain among the living. The Storstad collision ripped a long gash, flooding cabins within minutes. lifeboats launched in a 19 minute ordeal as the ship sank.
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Tales of Heroism and Survival After Empress of Ireland Sinking
Eyewitness accounts from Quebec recount rescue efforts after the Empress of Ireland was rammed by the Storstad. Dr James F Grant of Victoria BC is praised for saving many lives amid the disaster. Affected survivors describe their escape, including Gracie Hanagan who saved herself and Major Attwell and wife who were carried to safety.
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Gracie Hanagan
Salvation Army
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A. McIntyre
Canada
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Salvation
Well Known In London
Among the passengers on the Empress of Ireland A B Anderson was chairman of the British Electrical Manufacturers' association and managing director of Ferranti Limited of London. He resided in Marrow. A. J. Burrows, a Canadian well known in the race trade, was a traveler for T. S. Birkin & Co. of Nottingham.
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Anderson
British Electrical Manufacturers’ Association
Ferranti, Limited
Marrow
A. J. Burrows
T. S. Birkin & Co
Nottingham
RELAND CAPTURED CRIPPEN CAPTAIN OF EMPRESS OF IRELAND
Capt. H. G. Kendall commanded the Empress of Ireland and aided in the capture of Dr. Hawley H. Crippen and his stenographer Ethel Clara Leneve in London. Crippen and Leneve fled aboard the Montrose on July 22 1910 with aliases Rev John Robinson and John Robinson Jr. Sir Kendall received a wireless alert from Quebec five days later confirming their presence aboard. Leneve was disguised as a boy during the escape.
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H. G. Kendall
Hawley H. Crippen
Balle Himore Crippen
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Ethel Clara Leneve
Montrose
Antwerp
Kendall
Quebec
Doctor Crippen
Miss Leneve
John Robinson
Leneve
Spring cleanup targets flies and mosquitoes in homes
The piece urges cleaning to curb flies and mosquitoes, noting their breeding and upcoming season. It compares swatters and kerosene to essential cleaning tools and warns of rising pest populations. It also mentions society weddings as a separate fashion note.
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