The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-31

however, Is matter for the official
investigation.
Capt. Anderson of the collier de-
cllned TO say anything about the COLI.
sion except II did my best" The
Storsind. with bow crushed and seem
ingly barely able to float passed this
city to-day on her way to Montreal
After reaching there Capt Anderson
VIII he 'intcrrognted by the Dominion
representatives,. lie AMI his officers
are credited with saving many lives
Immediately after the Empress sank
and before relief ships arrived from
Rllnouskl.
More than 800 bodies IRE expected
here late tonight or early tomorrow.
The mail tender Lady Evelyn is pro
ceeding up the st. Lawrence from
RilnouSki, where n temporary morgdc
has been established. Very few bodies
have been Identified because few wer,,
clothed in more than nightdress. The
task of identification will be both diff
ficut ana trying.
scores Of survivors told their stories
here to-day aud 1t is now certain and
positive that no man disgraccl himself
MS the Empress sank. There are many
tales Of heroiSm and of sublime self.
sacrifice. There are no tales of COW
ardice. Sir Henry Scton.karr. II. Il.
OHara, Commissioner ReeS of the Sal.
'atlOn Army are only n few of those
who gave their lives To save others. All
survivors agree that Capt. Kendall and
his men did all that was possible and
that no criticism can attach to their
conduct.
Dungled signals Hinined.
Signals that in the fog were mis-
understood caused the collier Storsdad
4 TO drive her steel nose into the side of
the Empress of Ireland early yesterday.
As result the steamer Lady Grey, con-
voyed by the English cruiser Essex. is
coming up the stately st. Lawr, nee
with 800 of the y57 bodies of men.
women and children whose lives were
s~sh ~ aiiN idAfSA hISdSAtI bI the sea.
Statements about the bungled signals
suggesting the real story of the few
minutes preceding the fatal crash in
the ST. Lawrence of Cock Point were
made tonight, and more facts Will be
brought out when the Deputy Minister
Of Marine. Alexander tombstone. begins
his Official inquiry into the catastrophe.
Until tonight there was a gap in the
nf 81
minutes OF which nothing could be
learned, preceding the ripping of the
steel plates Of the Empress and the
twisting Of the Storsdad's bow.
IL was admitted both by the Canadian
Pacific authorities and persons con-
nected with the Stursdad that Capt IL.
q. Randall of the Empress ana capt.
l.. h. Anderson of the collier sighted
one another at a distance Of two miles
when IL was perfectly clear.
Earnest Haze, assistant purser of the
Empress OF Ireland, said tonight that
Capt. Anderson, or whoever was ON The
bridge Of the Storsdad at the time OF the
collision. should be held responsible
Tor the accident.
II was on deck with Capt. Kendall
he said, 81 saw the Storsdad abolt the.
same time that he did. know that
C4pt, Kendall sounded three whistles.
1 am certain also that The collier
Acknowledged them. ~"
tt If our whistles had not been
acknowledged this would be at least a
littlc excuse. Since they were It was
absolutel ineXCusable for the Storsdad
To proceed further. She was bound by
the law Of the sea either To change her
course or to stand by and wait until we
passed.
II can never forget Capt. kendalls
horror when he saw the collier APP
preaching She can't be coming on lie
said, but she did. | should like to know
u Capt. Anderson was ON the bridg.."
signals Exchanged Before Fog.
1t was clear when Capt Kendall, af-
ter having discharged his pilot at
Father Point, was heading out in mid
stream on his way eastward. He saw
the lights of the collier In the distance
and signals were exchanged then. as
mariners will tell you often happens
on the broad mouth of the ST. Lawrence,
Then fog quickly settled down and the
ships were lost to each other.
The whistles of the Two ships called
to each other in the mist and those calls
were mistaken.
Capt. Elliott of the marine department
VI the Canadian Pacific. said that
friends of the Storsdad insisted, from
what could be learned tonight without
actual conference with Capt. Anderson,
that the Empress sought to run across
the bow gf " eslier. But Canadian
Pacific Of n not admit the re-
sponsibill!AK 1e disaster. They say
that inveSlgati6h will show that the
Empress was not in the wrong course.
1t has been said" explained Cant.
Elliot, that the Storsdad backed away
immediately after she hit the Empress
and that for this reason the Empress
was permitted to ill With water more
quickly than otherwise would have hap
pened and sank before the passengers
could be rescued. AS a fact, the prov
Of the Storsdad was torn away from
the Empress by the momentum of the
Two ships. That fact Is shown by the
manner in which the bow of the Stors-
dad was twisted and her anchors driven
through her own plates. The Stor dad
stayed close 10 the Empress as long as