The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-06-02

twenty or twenty-five more anu put
about ten around the side IN the
water with ropes around their wrists,
hanging on. We then pulled TO the
Storstad. | got all the people on
board the Storstad and then lett her
with six Of the crew and went pack
When We got there everybody mao
gone"
the coToner
Fault Was StOrstad's.
1.-THE Storstad running into the En-
press, which was stopped
Kendall.
Captain Kendall said when he
shouted to the Storstad's captain TO
| stand fast he received no answer 1t
was Impossible Tor MIN not TO nave
| heard. he added.
Il shouted five times; l also shout-
| ed, Keep ahead" said Captain Ken
dali, and if he did not hear me he
should have one 1t n way, as a
seaman should have known that
There was wind he was ASKED
ut was quite still"
How many boats were there on the
Empress"
"Betweep 80 and 40. There were
boats for everybody. h had poa's
for 1000 people
There was no panic among the
passengers or crew. About four boats
were launched. AS the ship sank
these boats foated away. The peo-
pie who were saved were saved by the
Empress boats and the wreckase.
The Storstad with three or Tour
boats pulled around and took people
off the ~wreckage. He did not get
MANY. passed a couple of his boats
and he only had three people IN
them"
James Rankin, a passenger from
Vancouver, b. c., and a marine ensi-
neer, said:
Il was aroused by the noise and ran
out. There was a big pitch to the
deck. / cannot tell how the accident
: occurred. heard the whistle blow
when l reached the deck. rive
minutes after the collision a heaVy log
! lifted. -Four or five boats go away
and saved many people. .
IL iii that if the collier had kept
her bow in the hole she made IN the
= Ireland's side she would have been
e able to max the shore and probably
9 have saved everyone. ~The-ofhcers on
e the Empress did everything they could
. The engineers remained below until
: they could get 40 more steam and
the lights went out"
+ Engineer, III, Tells Story. .
Chief Engineer sampsSn was too co. IL
to appear. His testimony was taKeI
at his bedside. .
: Il was in the engine room unit
- the lights went out and there was nc
more steam," he said. II had grea1
difficulty in reaching the decks, OWNS
- to the great list Of h ship. NJ
= sooner had l got on deck when thu
:, boats Of the port side which -hat
:. broken loose, swept down on top O
" us and carried us under water. Whel
l came to the surface I found mySel
under a life boa and ~entangled.
~ finally was pulled into one of tn
III boats. Immediately before the col
~ ision we went full speed astern an
er then stopped. Then | got the orde
-, full speed ahead, but had only start
, ed the engines when the crash came
T. try to reach the shore, as long a
lg we had steam. We could keep tn
engines going only for a few minute:
There was nc explosion. | know n
mt reason why the collier did not kee
W. much closer than she did. If she hat
d. many lives would have been saved.
I'D am also Of the opinion that had sh
If. stuck to us we could have reached til
lie shore"
he William James, wireless operator
Father Point, told of flashing new
that the Empress had been in coll
sion with another ship, to the Lao
all Evelyn and Eureka Captain Belal
on ger, of the Eureka, told of gatherir
ng what bodies he could find.
all Inquest Temporarily Adjourned.
Inc jury ADJOURNED the inquest II
af- one week. In the meantime CorOn
his Pinault will consult with the dj
IN trict attorney to determine m,
7ay be done toward obtaining the eviden
vas Of the captain and crew Of the Star
wo tad, which arrived at Quebec tod;
the and proceeded to Montreal to lal
hts her cargo.
During the day the ju
ain gave an order for the removal Of
his the bodies brought ashore. RelatiN
ack who had identified bodies were allo
his ed to remove them and others we
to taken to Quebec.
At s o'clock this afternoon the Ca
adam government steamer Lady CIR
cut with enSigns half maSted, left he
cen for Quebec bearing It's bodies in G.
ked fins. No other bodies have been fou
cad and it is believed the greater nu
but Der we're imprisoned inside the E
the press.
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