The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-01
Canadian Pacific Railway Signs Warrant-Ship
 Badly Damaged
ANDERSON DENIES
 HE IS TO BLAME
Captain of Storstad Says His Vessel Took Every Precaution to Avoid Collision With Empress of Ire
 land-Saved $50 Passengers

Montreal. May 31.--With her -Es crumpled in and twisted around x acute angle to port and a gap . g on the port side a foot or ,ve the water line. in mute evide< the tragedy in which she figured eso ollier Storstad, limped into the .% here today. A few minutes la, ~ warrant of arrest taken out by Canadian Pacific railway was nail ' .ler main mast by order of W. ,n Walker, K. G. registrar of the Qu.> admiralty.
 By what authority do you come on board my vessel and place 1t under ar rest?" asked Captain Anderson, com mander of the collier
 By authority of the British Empire" curtly replied the deputy sheriff com missioned to execute the warrant.
 Anderson Makes Statement Captain Anderson immediately the col Her docked, conferred with Captain Owe Lange American chief of the Maritime Steamship company of Norway and John J. Griffin attorney for the company, both of whom came from New York to look into the situation.
 | captain AnuerSOn dt 1lrSt declined to discuss the disaster. oecaring he would make a statement later In the evening. | Subsequently, statement based on Cap tain Anderson's report as we'll as reports | of other officers to Messrs. Lange and | Griffin was given out. | According to captain and officers the I Storstad did not back away after the {, collision. On the contrary. she steamed ahead in an effort to keep her bow in | ha bnI cba baJ int h, eff oe th, | Empress.
 | The Empress. however. according to the Storstads officers, headed away and bent l the Storstad's bow over to an acute angle | to port After that the Empress was hidden from the view of the Storstad, and despite the fact that the Storstad kept her whistle blowing she could not locate the Empress until the cries of some of the victims in the water were heard. Denies Moving Vessel
 Capts h. .Anderson-d -he> moved n l mile or So away from the Empress after | his vessel had struck the liner. The Storstad had not moved. It was the Elm press which had changed position he de- clared
 | According to the report made by Cap tain Anderson to the owners, immediate | ly the collision occurred, he heard Cap | tain Kendall shout calling on him not to pull away.
 q won't shouted the tsorstad's cap tain. as loud he could. After that the Empress disappeared from the Storstad s view
 | The statement read:
 T won't,'' shouted the Storstads cap today reached port has made 1t impossi- ble heretofore to give an authentic state ment on her behalf. All connected with the Storstad deplore most deeply the ter | lx@tk II. | loss of so many valuable lives. It is not with any desire to coivdemn others, but simply because it is felt that the public is entitled to know tue facts that the following statement is put forwards:
 The vessel sighted each other when far apart. The Empress of Ireland was seen off the port bow of the Storstad The Empress of Irelands green. or star board light was visible to those on the I Storstad Under these circumstances the rules of navigation gave the Storstad the right of way.
 Heading Changed
 "The heading of the Empress then was changed in such manner as to put the vessels In a position to pass safely. Short. ly after a fog enveloped first the Empress and then the Storstad.
 "Fog signals were exchanged. the Stor. stad's engines were at once slowed and
 
 altered. Whistles from the Empress were heard on the Stortad's port bow And were answered. The Empress of Ireland was then seen through the fog.4 close at hand on the port bow of the Storstad. She was Showing her green light and was making considerable headway. l
 The engines of the Storstad were al once reversed at full speed and her head. way was nearly checked when the vessels came together
 "It has been said that the Storstad should not have backed out of the hole made by> the collision. She did not do so As the vessels came together the Stortad's engines were ordered ahead to hold her bow against the side of the Empress and thus prevent the entrance of water into the vessel
 The headway of the Empress. however ! swung the Storstad around in such a way as to twist the Storstad's bow out of the hole.
 ''The Empress at once disappeared ir the fog. The Storstad sounded her whistle repeatedly in ar effort to locate the Elm. press, but could obtain no indication oi her whereabouts until cries were heard | The Storstad then was manuevered ai | close 10 the Empress as was safe in view of the danger of injury to the persons who were in the water.
 Storstad Lowers Boats
 'The storstad, at once lowered ever, ! one of her bosts and sent them to save the passengers and crew of the Empress tnough she herself was in serious dange | or linking. When two boats from tn,