'The Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Russia sailed according to schedule to-day for Yokohama en route to Vancouver, BE. after the Japanese police had interrogated the master, Capt. J. F. Patrick, and the Japanese pilot, Mtr.' Kumekichi Ohno, on the collision between her and the tramp steamer, Akashi Maru, outside Shimonoseki on Monday when the Japanese vessel was. sunk.
'The examination, which was conducted "ashore, showed that the Empress of Russia, which was making her "way in' heavy "weather, sighted an oncoming Japanese steamer the vicinity of Mutsurejima islet 344 on Monday morning.
The Empress stopped her engines until after the Japanese steamer had passed, after which she found that she had drifted to within 300 yards of the Akashi Maru which was then lying at anchor. A. collision was apparently unavoidable, 'A. court of inquiry into the disaster will "be opened in Shimonoseki shortly.
Mr. Ohno, it is pointed out, was responsible for the navigation of the Empress of Russia at the time of the. collision.
"The Akashi Maru carried a crew of 24, all of whom were saved—
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