The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-01
RESPONSIBILITY DENIED
BY STORSTAD'S CAPTAIN
Statement Bnsed His Version OF
Disaster Issued by Ships
Owners.
Asr1 SUSPENSION OF JUDGMENT
With Bows Crumpied In and Gnp just
Above Water Line, Damaged Collier
Limps Into Port.

| Montreal. May 31.-with her bows
crumplcd I'm and twisted around at an
acute anglo to port. and n gap showing
on tho port side only foot or so above
the water line in mute evidence OF the
/ tragedy In which she figured, the ool-
| lier Storstad limped into tho harbor
here to-day. a few minutes later, a
! warrant of arrest, taken out by tho
/ Canadian Pacific Railway, was nailed
to her mainmast by order Of w. Simp-
son walker. X. o., registrar OF tho
\ Quebec Admiralty.
board my vessel and place II under
arrest?" asked Captain Andersen. COM
mandcr OF tho collier.
"By authority OF the British empire"
curtly replied the deputy sheriff COM
misSioned to execute the warrant.
| Captain Andersen, Immediately the
collier docked, conferred with Captain
| Owe Lange. American chief Of the
Maritime Steamship Company OF Nor
way, and John j. Griffin. attorney for
tho company. both of whom came from
| New York to look into the situation.
Captain Andersen ut first declined to
discuss tho disaster. declaring he would
/ make statement later In tho evening.
Subsequently statement based on
Captain Andersen's report, rs we'll as
the reports of other officers to Messrs.
Iange and Griffin, was given out.
STORSTAD DID NOT HACK
AWAY AFTER COLLISION
| According to tho captain and OIL
| GERS the Storstad did not back away
after the collision. On the contrary
she steamed ahead In an effort to keep
her bow In the hole she had dug into
| the side OF the Empress
The Empress. however. according to
tho Storstad's officers. headed away
and bent tho Storstad's bow over at
| nm acute angle to port. Aftor that,
the Empress was hidden from the view
OF the Storstnd. and. despite tho fact
that the Storstnd kept hor whistle
blowing she could not locate the EN-
press until the cries OF some OF tho
victims in tho water were heard
Captain Andersen denied that he
moved n mile or so away from the
tmpress after his vessel struck tho
liner. The Storstad hac not moved.
II wns the Empress which had changed
position. he. declared.
according 20 the report made by Cap
tain Andersen. to tho owners imme
diatcly after the collision occurred he
neard CAPTAIN Kendall shout calling
on him not TO pull away
won't. shouted the Storstad's cap
tain. as loud as he could After that
the Empress disappeared from tho
StQrstad's view. ~
STATEMENT IS BASED
on CAPTAINS REPORT
Tho statement reads:
/ tiho fact that the Storstnd has only
TO-DAY reached port has mado 1T Inn
possible heretofore to give an authen-
| TIC statement on her, behnlF All con-
nected with tho Storstad dcpl,fc mos,
deeply the terrible accident which has
resulted In tho loss OF 80 many VAL
uablc lives. 1t Is not with amy de-
sire 10. condemn. others. but simply
hecarso 1t Is felt that the public is en-
titled to know the facts, that tho FOL.
lowing statement is put forwards: /.
'The vessels sighted each other whom
far apart. Tho Empress OF Ireland
was seen OF the po-t.bow tho Stor-
stad. The .lcninacsa OF Ireland's green
or starboard. Egh. was visible to- those
on the Stors.ad. Under these, clrcum-
stances. tho rules OF navigation, gave
The S;orstad. tho Eieht ofsway. =
The heading OF tho. Empress then
vas changed In such n nlnnner as to
put tho vessel In n position to pass
safely. Shortly nfter a fog enveIoped
first the Empress md the Storstad
Fog signals wero' exchanged The
Storstad's engines were at once slowed
and then stopred.- Her heading. re-
mained unal,c:ed Whistles from the
I5mpi cas- were heard on til. Storstad's
port bow and were answc cred. The En-
press of Ireland was then seen through
the Sos, closo at hand on the port bow
of tie Storstad. She WAS showing
her green light and was making con-
sidera bile hcaGWay.
IfIsADWAY NEARLY CHECKED
WHEN VESSELS COLLIDE
The engines OF the Storstad were.
Mt once reversed at full speed and her
headwaY was nearly checked when tho
vessels came together.
1T has been said that the Storstad
should not have backed .ou. OF tho
hole made by the collision. She did
not do So As tho vessels came to-
gether the Storstad's engines wore or
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