The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-06-02
Heroic Efforts Made By Officers
And Cre1U to Save Passengers,
Bat Time Was Too Short
Collier Deserted Sink
;Gag S9h5if7-lNVFO No Panic,
(By Associated Press. J

Rmouski Quebec May 3o-Whle tabulation of casual
ties the sinking the steamer Empress being
today showing that 4o3 of her passengers and
cued and o64 had peShed Captain Henry George the
liner telling his story of the disaster inquiry conducted by
Coroner Pnaud here.
Captain Kendall substance declared he had taken all possible
precautions against collision His ship stopped and
the requisite signal when Storstad which sank
the two miles away but the collier had kept through
the fog that settled down sighted each
other and had rammed the Empress of Ireland while latter
uay meoniess Then despite lis plea to the
collier that engines full speed ahead to keep A.
the liners side plugged whe Storstad bow Captain Kendall
the Danish vessel the water Enlp
Captain took story disaster from the point
at which the Empress Of Ireland Quebec Liverpool
had dropped her pilot Thursday night at Father Point
Captain Kendall Teshfies.
We then proceeded full speed, continued Captain Kendall
after passing Rocky Point baoy sighted storstad
it then being clear.
The Sorsad was about one point twelve on NV
board bow slight bank coming gradually the land
and knew would between myself The So
sad was about two miles Then the fog so
stad lights disappeared. stopped my Ship"
At the time Captain Kendall three ort blasts
on his whistle meaning q going full speed asten Captain
Kendall added that the Stosads whistle answered with long
Soon after he blew two long blasts his whistle meaning ship
under but stopped and has up whistle
signal also answered by the Sosad minutes later the
captain sad the Sosad lights fog The Storstad
ships length Captain Kendall said through
his megaphone at The Soad at the same time
had his vessel full speed ahead fry avert collision
After the Serstad bow had cut into the Empress
tunnels Captain Kendall asked the Sorstad to
speed ahead to the holes had made but the backed
away and the water rushed ill., Captain Kendall then beach
his vessel Water however put the engines commission three
minutes after the collision. ssi. NJ sss.
had IN the meantime given orders to get the life boats
captain continued e. told the chief
wireless operator to send out distress signals He that this
had said the boats out quick possible thai
was the last saw of the chief officer In about three minutes
after that the ship turned shot into the
sea myself and taken down with the suction The thing
was seizng of grating pulled into
aife boat which had already about people in
1--WE pulled around picked up about twenty or twenty-five
and put about ten around the side the ropes
around their wrists hanging Wethen pulled the Storstad
got all board the Soad and then her with six
the crew and vent When everybody had
tWhat caused the colIona . asked the coroner.
sorssad running into the Empress which was stoppedgI
answered Kendall.
70 stand fast he Impossible for him
have heard he added.
81 shouted times shouted Keep ahead said Can.
tain Kendall and H he did not hear he should have done i'll
ansNay as seaman should have known mat
sSS'eT There was wind he was asked @ tsl
tIt was quite still, u
How many boats were Sflnere op the Empresss
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