BLAMES A SWIFTLY-FALLING FOG.
QUEBEC, May 31.
'Captain Anderson, of the Storstad, arrived aboard (the Storstad. He declared that the collision was entirely due to the fog, which shut down on T>oth vessels -quickly. The Storstad picked up three hundred persons, transferring them later aboard the Government vessels. This fact gave rise to iihe belief that there were more rescued than those at first reported.
The Storstad's "bows were stove in and her anchor was lost, "having sunk •with the Empress of Ireland.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 1 June 1914, Page 5
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