THE LOSS AND INSURANCE
Incidental to the loss of the Empress of Ireland is the loss of the mails. The Toronto shipment alone comprised fifty-one bags of letters and fifty-eight of papers, while eight hundred and five registered letters went down with the ship. The money orders carried on the ship, as nearly as could be estimated, amounted to $160,000.
Both the Empress of Ireland and her cargo were fully covered by insurance, mostly in English and Continental companies, Lloyd’s being assessable for between 45 and 50 per cent of the whole loss. The only Canadian company affected, as far as is known, is the Western Assurance Company, for $12,000 on a shipment of bullion from Cobalt to London.
Following is the insurance on the Empress of Ireland:
| Empress of Ireland (valued at) | $1,750,000 |
| Empress of Ireland (cargo) | 250,000 |
| Empress of Ireland (baggage and passengers’ effects) | 10,000 |
| Total | $2,010,000 |
CHAPTER XVIII
The Norwegian Collier Storstad
DIMENSIONS OF THE STORSTAD—A RECENT RESCUE—PERSONALITY OF CAPTAIN ANDERSEN—INSURANCE
THE Storstad, a twin-screw steamer, was built in 1910 at Newcastle, England, by Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., for A. F. Klaverness & Co. Her registered home port is Christiania, Norway, and she steams under the Norwegian flag. She is 440 feet long, 58 feet 1 inch beam, and has 24 feet 6 inches depth of hold. The Storstad is a craft of 6,028 tons, with triple-expansion engines.