Arizona republican., 1914-05-31
Final Tabulations of Gas ualties in Sinking of Em- press of Ireland Place the Number of Lost at Nine Hundred and SiXtv-four
EVERY IRRIGATION
 HAD BEEN TAKE
Commander Says His Ship Had Been Stopped and He Gave Requisite Signals When Collier Was Still Two Miles Away
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 RIMOUSKI, May 30.-While final tabulations of casualties in the sink ing of the ill-fated steamer EmpIess of Ireland were being made showing that 403 of the passengers and crew were rescued and 964 perished, Cap tain Henry George Kendall was tell ing his story of the disaster at the inquiry conducted by Coroner Pinaud. Kendall in substance declared that he had taken all possible precaution against collision. His ship had been stopped and he gave the requisite signals when the Danish collier Storstad was still two miles away, but the collier kept on through the fog which settled soon after the two vessels sighted each other and ram med the Empress while the latter was virtually motionless. Then, despite his plea. the moster of the collier that he run his engines full speed ahead to keep the hole in the liners side plugged with the Stors- tad's bow, said Kendall. the Danish vesseel backed away, water rushed in
  the cause of the collision by the cor oner. Kendall replied:
 The Strstad running into the Elm press which had stopped
 The jury adjourned for d week with the hope of securing the evidence of the captain and crew of the Storstad, which arrived at Quebec today and proceeded to Montreal to land her cargo.
 Captain Kendall, who stuck to the bridge of his ship to the last and after being picked up by lifeboat, aided in saving a boatlOad of drown ing persons from the wreck, took up his story of the disaster from the point at which the Empress. bound from Quebec to Liverpool. had drop ped her pilot Thursday night at Father Point near where the disaster occurred
 We then proceeded at full speed" continued Kendall. After passing Rock Point gas buoy, I sighted the Storstad it then being clear. The Storstad was then about one point and twelve degrees to my starboard DOW. AL lIldl tIlnt I SdN u oii6H fog bank coming gradually from the land and knew it was going to pass between the Storstad and myself. The Storstad was about two miles away at that time. Then the fog came and the Storstad's lights disappeared.
 q ran full speed astern on my en- zines and stopped ship At the same time I blew three short blasts on the whistle, meaning, 'I am going full speed astern.
 The Storstad answered with her whistle. giving one prolonged blast. l then looked over the side of my ship and saw that the ship had stopped. I blew two long blasts meaning my ship was under way but is stopped. He answered me again with pro- longed blast
 The sound was then about four points on the starboard bow. It was still foggy I looked out where the sound came from. About two minutes later I saw his red and green lights. H. was then about a ships length from me. I shouted to him through the megaphone to go full speed astern as I saw that danger of collision was nevtable at the same time put my engines full speed ahead with helm hard a-port, with the object oi avoiding if possible, the shock.
 Almost at the same time he came right in and cut me down in line between the tunnels. I shouted tt the Storstad to keep up full speed ahead to fill the hole it had made It then backed away. The ship be- gan to fill and listed very rapidly When he struck I had stopped th' engines. I then ran full speed ahead again when I saw the danger was st great with the object of running ol shore to save the passengers ant ship. Almost immediately the en zines stopped, the ship filling an, going over all time to staIboard.
 'I had in the meantime given or