“A few minutes afterwards I was picked up by one of the boats from the Storstad. I cannot express the joy and relief I felt when I saw my wife half seated, half lying in the boat. She was not badly hurt, however, and we soon were crying in each other’s arms.
“The men of the Storstad treated us well the little time we remained on her. Not long after the rescue we were taken aboard the Government vessel Lady Evelyn.
“At Rimouski we were treated and helped in every possible way by Mayor Fiset of Rimouski. He did all that could be done to help us.”
SAW COLLISION; EMPRESS WAS SOUNDING HER SIREN
A steerage passenger, John Fowler, was one of the few who actually saw the collision between the Empress and the Storstad. Fowler was from Vancouver, and immediately on arriving at Quebec rushed off to catch another train.
“I actually saw the Storstad approaching the Empress,” Fowler affirmed.
“Was there any fog at the time?” he was asked.
“Yes,” he replied, “there was fog, but it was not very thick.”
“Did you notice whether the Empress had her siren going?”
“Yes, she had,” was the reply, “I noticed it just before the collision.”