Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-06-01

bow in the hole she had dug Into the
side of the Empress.
The Empress. however. according to
the Storstad's officers. headed away
and bent the Storstad's bow over at
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
Captain Andersen denied he moved a
mile or 80 away from the Empress}
after his vessel struck the liner. The
Storstad had not moved. 1t was the
Empress which had changed position,
he asserted.
According to the report made by
Captain Andersen to the owners after
the collision he heard Captain Kendall
shout, calling on him not to pull away
ct won't" shouted the Storstads
captain, as loud as he could. After that
the Empress disappeared from the
Storstad's view.
The statement follows:
1.-THE fact that the storstad has only
today reached port has made 1T i'm
possible heretofore to give an anthem
tic statement on her behalf. All con-
nected with the Storstad deplore the
terrible accident which has resulted in
the loss of so many valuable lives. 1t
is not with any desire to condemn 9TH
ers but simply because 1t Is felt that
the public is entitled TO know the facts,
that tho following statement 10 put
| forward
THE vessels sighted each other when
far apart. The Empress of Ireland was
seen off the port how of the Storstad.
The Empress of Ireland's green, or
starboard, light was visible to those on
the Storstad. Under the circumstances.
the rules of navigation gave tho stor-
stad the right
THE heading OF tho Empress was
then changed in such a manner as to
put the vessels in position to pass
safely Shortly after a fog enveloped
first the Empress and then the Stor-
stad.
Fog signals were exchanged, the
Storstad's engines were at once slowed
and then stopped. Her heading re-
manned unaltered. Whistles from the
Empress were heard on the Storstad's
port bow and were answered The En-
press of Ireland was then seen through
the fog, close at hand on the port bow
OF the Storstad. She was showing her
green light and was making consider
able Roadway
'.The engines of the storstad were
at once reversed at full speed and her
Roadway was nearly checked when the
two vessels came together.
/ h. M
should not have backed out of the hole
made by the collision. She did not do
so. AS the vessels came together the
Storstad's engines were ordered ahead
for the purpose OF holding her bow
against the side of the Empress. and
thus preventing the entrance of water
into the vessel
| storstad's Bow Twisted.
THE Roadway of the Empress, how
ever. swung the Storstad around IN
SUCH a way as to twist the Storstads
lbow out of the hole and to bend the
bow Itself over to port.
the Empress at once disappeared
in the fog. The Storstad sounded her
whistle repeatedly In an effort to To-
cate the Empress of Ireland but could
obtain no indication of her whereabouts
until cries were heard.
"The Storstad was then maneuver-
| ing as close to the Empress as was
safe in view of the danger Of injury
to the persons who were already In the
water.
"The Storstad at once lowered every
one of her boats and sent them to save
the passengers and crew OF the En-
press, although she herself was in seri-
GUS danger of sinking. When two
boats from tho Empress reached the
Storstad, the 6torstad's men also
manned these boats and went in them
to tho rescue. Her own boats made
several trips and in all about $50 per-
sons were taken on board and every
thing that the ships stores contained
was used for their comfort. Clothes of
those on the Storstad were placed at
the disposal of the rescued and every