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Show ST0RSTA " IS UNDER ARREST JIT MONTREAL Owners of the Empress ... of Ireland Demand Damages in Sum of $2,000,000 for Loss of Vessel and Cargo in St. Lawrence River. CAPTAIN'S LIPS ARE UNSEALED Makes Statement in Which He Declares He Heard and Answered Signals From the Empress Em-press of Ireland; Disclaims Dis-claims Responsibility ' for Disaster. MONTREAL, May 31. The latest lists furnished by the Canadian Ca-nadian Pacific: railway Indicate that. ?, total of 9b'9 persons perished per-ished In Hie wrock of t.lie Empress of Ireland. The saved nurabor is 118. Mo.VI'li KAf,, May Tlio other solo nf I he slurv of the collision in the I.Bivrcuit rivrr last. Ji'riday mnrn-'" mnrn-'" e it hie a nail ia 11 ineitie Jiner liini'v.'.s of I rein ml and the Norwegian collier rtt,nrstad, which ri'nulteil in the sinking of llio liner with the loss of mure llian nine hundred lives, was t"lil tonight. The master of the Stmsliul , hull's the charge that be was responsible fur the disaster. aptain II. (i. Ken. lull of the Km-pross Km-pross of Ireland, in his testimony bo-lore bo-lore the coronet' at Kimouski venter-ilav. venter-ilav. placed blame fur Hie disaster upon Hie eollier, declaring the Nor-wrginn Nor-wrginn stennier had been amply warned .v signals of the Knipress's presence, but hud run the liner down while the KinpresM imh .rtuallv sta-I sta-I miiary. lie also charged that his plea that the eollier keep her bow in I In' kh-Ii il lui.l made in the side of Hie li hit had been disregarded with apparent ap-parent delile'nition, causing the Em-pres.. Em-pres.. In i rapidly and sink within a tew in i 11 ii r ps. lro;iks Silence. I aplain Tliomap Anderson of the .toisind bud remnined silent on the subject of (he eollision until reaching M'.i'trcal, bis destination, today. After h" had made a report to representatives representa-tives nf the lion'ininn Coal companv. i I'lii'tners of the vessel, and to the owners of the steamer, a statement based on bis declinations to them was guru out. According to the statement, when the liuipress of Ireland was sighted and tug shortly n l loi vv at ,1 enveloped both vessels. f,,e signals were exchanged a.nd Hi. Storslad's engines were stopped. When she lost siitht nf the (impress in Hie river mists, the hitter's course had ben set so that the vessels would pass each other safely. The Sterstnd 's .nuts,, remained unaltered, the statement state-ment adds, but when the Knipress of Ireland was next seen she was close 'at bund eu the port bow of the eol-ber eol-ber "and was .making considerable bcadw nv . ' ' Reversed at Once. It is de. dared thai the St orstad 's on giees were at once reversed aud that her momentum was noarlv checked when the veeN canie together. As tor the charee that the Storstad backed out of the bole v, had fo-n in the l.moress. t ae statcmcut declares that " " Her out;. nes were or- dcie.l ahead to held her noin.t the liner s side, but the hon.lwm- the -. press was under twisted tie collier's how out of the cash. ,s added. Vnd net only did the collier re-nam as near Hie scene of the cellis,,,P a5 but everv one of her boat, were low-e-ed. deipilp her owe dan-.aced enn.1l t'on. and saved o,e e.'.o of the beer's Iaseneers an.l crew. I'he statement .viii.-'k.Ij, with ski-c t int in. lenient reeardme tb. Man,',. t'r the disaster be snsr.e. :,:,., ... impartial tribunal ha. hear! the ei liecce of bo! h sote. ' ' .The Sterstad was arresfe'i .,,;-r'vnl .,,;-r'vnl in Nlentre.al todav- on a s' rn-.i ... elai'll ol' less ae.unst her owners' bv (Continued on Pase Two.) STDRSTAD IS UNDER ARREST IT MOHfHEH- (Continued from Page One.) the Canadian Pacific railway, owners 0 the lost Empress. The bodies of S3 dead from the dis-f.viter dis-f.viter were brought from Rintouki to Quebec today and the task of identifying identi-fying them proceeded amid distressing set ne. N'o additional bodies have been reported found. It would appear therefore there-fore that hundreds of bodies were i swept down the river or remain im-I im-I prisoned in the hull of the sunken liner off Father point in the St. Lawrence. Law-rence. Captain's Statement. The statement follows: The fart that tlie Strstad ha? only today reached port, has made it impossible im-possible heretofore tn give an authentic au-thentic statement on liev behalf- All connected with the Stoma d deplore the terrible accident which has resulted re-sulted in the loss of so many valuable live.. It is not with any desire to condemn others, but simply because it is- felt that the public is entitled to know the facts, that the following statement is put forward: The vessels sighted each other when far anart. The Empress of Ireland was seen off the port bow of ihe Storstad. The Empress of Ireland s green, or starboard heht. whs -visible to thOFe on the Storstad. Under the circumstances, the rules of navigation naviga-tion gave the Storstad the right of wa v. The heading of the Empress was then changed In syr-h a' manner as to put the vessels in a position to pass safelv. Shortly after a fog enveloped en-veloped first the Empress and then the S-torstad. Answered Signals. Foe signals were exchanged, the Storstad s engines were at once slowed and then stopped. Her heading head-ing remained unaltered. Whistles from the Emnress were heard on the tors-tad's tors-tad's port bow and were answered. v The Emoresa 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 considerable headway. The engines of the Storstad were at once reversed at full npeed. and her headway was nearly checked when the vessels came together. It has been said that the Storstad should not have backed out of the hole made by the collision. She did not do so. As the vessels came to-ether. to-ether. the Storptad's engines were ordered ahead fr the purpose of lio'ding her bow a gain.-t the side of the Empress and thus preventing the ent'"anco of wa.tr into th vessel. The headway of the Empress how-ever. how-ever. the Storstad around in such a wav' as to twist the Storstad's bow out of the hole and to bend the bow itself over to port. Disappeared in Fog. The Empress at one. disappeared in the foz. The Storstad sounded her whistle reppatPdlv in an effort to locate the Empress of Ireland, but could obtain no Indication of her whereabouts until crs were heard. The Storstad was then maneuvered as cto-e to the Empress as was saff. in view of 'he diinzT of injury to the Persons who w ere already in the watf-r. x The Siorstad at once lowered ever one of her boo is and sent thp-m to lave the passengers and crew of the Empress, although she hers'f was in serious dariKf-r of linking. When two boyt-- from thp Empress reached the Stnrsiad. th4 Stor-tad's mn also manned thee boats and went In thm to the r' u1. Her own boats mad" csovcral rrlp . and in all it bout ''' persons we-re taken on hoard, and evprvthing that the hip's store ion-1!pcd ion-1!pcd wpvp u?cd f"r their comfort. ('lot he of thOJ" on the Storstad tvero placed at tr.e disps! of tlie reined, and every assistance was rendered. Was No Delay. ' The statement which have appeared ap-peared in !-e prss ir.dic&tuig U.rit thre vaa the slightest delay on the, ! part of the Storstad in lenuertng prompt and efficient aid. do a cruel iniustn-e to the captain, who did not hesitate to sud out evr-ry hoat h-s had, in spite of the desperate t;on-dii'on t;on-dii'on or hi- own shin. Th- o'.'u'-ro of the Storstad ask of the public that In all fa ri,en to hot'-- Vps;els and t'ne'r '-oi-Mn-tiiOer?, i'irig-!iiit a to v. here th Ida n-e for t;i- terrible dia.-.ter should rest be su- or :;'ic-d until an impart : 'J I tribuna 1 ?ms' lK-ard the e. idence of toth side?. Tlie rpiz'ir of the Storstad was at th ,,mtd in- of the f.'rf nadian Pa-ific Rail--hv compai'v. v.-hoe, rlaiin against the 0. . npTF, r,f 'iI-ip co!lir. thf Maritime StcH n.rip - run pa ny of Norway, is for . j o 'I hr mav b a further -'".'jt-rr' b'- tiT fanadian Padfi'' railwav p,.-" r,.s' of cari-'o. The owners of the Stnr'ad " v id. it is understood, put up 1, mwis trjmoriow so that the vesf-1 may tu N" lnconvar)i1u','' will be -;nif-cd hv the arr'-sf. as in tb nin-tini- thp" co'.if-r v Hi v-c unlnading hr |