CABLE NEWS.

Grey River Argus, 29 June 1914, Page 5

CABLE NEWS.

THE ST. LAWRENCE DISASTER THE ' NORWEGIAN INOtJIRV* TO BE HELD IN PRIVATTE. ; (By Electric Telegraph— Cory right.) (Per Press Association,) WASHINGTON,- June^.,The Norwegian inquiry over the. Storstad which rammed the Empress '• of Ireland, will be started to-morrow The captain and crew appear before th~. inquiry, which will be held in private, as it is stated that it will be an> ordinary.' inquiry without judgments; .or. forming of opinions as to who ;are the guilty parties in the disaster* • •■'■' William Joahnnsen, acting : CoriSuiv '•General in Canada, will be In c hftrge of the inquiry. COUNSEL'S ADDRESS. : ' STRONG INDICTMENT AGAINST' STORSTAD. _,: ? QUEBEC, jime 2^;^ At the Empress of Ireland enqtiifyi Mr. Aspinall in his address, conteiidjSct that because the wheel wis first pojrtSci and then without authority change^ito hard aport when- he had had steefage way on, the Storstad was responsible for the disaster. ' • . ; - \ He asked that the commission to fiiid that the crew of the .Storstad were in-: accurate when they claimed that the collier refused to- answer her helm. ; He argued that she changed Jier course, and'- the ported helm took het into the stationary liner at right angles with sufficent speed to cause fatal damage. If there had been no such change the vessels would have passed safely, He contended that to find that, the Empress of Ireland had starboarded her .helm would be a charge of perjury against Cap+ain Kendall, who claimed" that ; he had not altered hfcr course. 'He scoffed' at the idea that Captain' 'Kendall was telling, a deliberate lie when he had just face^ death. Mr. Aspinall charged Saxe, the, third officer of the Storstad, with the responsibility ' for .-the ..'disaster in ing the wheel from the helmsman without authority and putting: it hard aport.