The Portland daily press., 1898-12-02
Ls2acIAL TO rHE rEEss.l

Orleans Mass, Dec ember 1.-This
little village has been made the Mecca
of sad pilgrimage. On the forsnoon
train from Boston today over half of the
passengers weres the friends and relatives
Of persons who lost their lives on the
ed among these, seekers for the bodies of
their lost ones. Some were charged with
the duty of looking for several dead.
Among the passengers were Postmaster
George L. Swett, VINO is searching for
Joseph d. Gatchell; Walter Morong. who
looked for his sister; John Collins and
John MoMullen, each of whom had a
sister ON the steamer; DR.. John T..
Thompson was looking for his cousin,
Helen NJ. Langthorne, and also Mrs. Den
MS of Portland, Fireman Robinson and
o Ter Dillon of the steamers crew.
g. p Hanson of Gorham, after look
ing at ths bodies here. left for Province.
town, where there are three bodies, out
of which may be that of Willard E.
Mosher, who was in Mr.. Hanson's S en-
pIoy.
DR.. William Be- Kenniston knew. before
he reached here that he would not find
the body of his brother. who was lost on
the steamer. Frank Wells Baird, q
Technology student is cousin of DR..
Kenniston. and was the first to reach
Cape Cod after the storm. He had seen
all the bodies recovered up to today and
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James Merriman of Boston sought It'd
ings Of Hugh Merriman of South Port
land, one of the tiremen. Charles Blake
of Brooklin, Me-, was in search OF the
steamers watchman, r. S. Blake, and
H. L. Forhan Of Windham looked for
James Stanley Of Brooklin, ia deckhand
Peter and James LittIejohn Of South
Portland sought the steamers second
mate, John Mckay. They wers his
brothers in-law. W. F. Mum of Sufield,
Conn.,, was the object Of the search OF
". w. Cooper of the same place. Mr..
neral of an uncle who lived in Vest
brook. j. T. Murphy and d. W. O'Brien
OF Marlboro looked for John j. Murphy
and Timothy Kirby, two young men re-
Gently employed in Auburn. Charles
Metcalf of Brockton sought his son, Lewis
J. MetcaIf of Auburn. Wesley Wiggin
of Boston looked for the steamers clerk,
his nephew, G. h. Wiggin of Portland.
The sad case of the jackson family was
recalled by the presence of Clifford Nc
Kenzie. Mrs. Jacksnn's brother, and these
were only part of those engaged in the
same errand. Almost as soon as the par
ty arrived here they were driven to the
house of one of the undertskers where
seven bodies were lying. AS the people
pressed into the shed, one old man ex-
claimed, 'That's mine. ;" The speaker
was III. Cohen of Portland, and he had
Cohen. The son was young man. Hs
was junk dealer. Scarcely had Cohen
claimed his dead when John Collins
recognized in one of the still forms that
OF his sister, Mary. The remains of Hon.
II. Dudley freeman were among the
bodies here. DR.. Kenniston took charge
of them and will take them to Yarmouth
as soon as possible. The young colored
girl already reported, was Madge Ingra-
ham. She was on her way to nj. NJ.
Bailey's in Portland. The body of Miss
Susan Kelley of Boston was identified
by her brother. These three identifca-
tions of several already made. left only
three unknown out of the l3 bodies at
Orleans. To the majority OF thoss who
came to view the remains the trip brought
no knowledge of the whereabouts OF the
bodies they seek. Many returned to
Boston on this afternoons tram, pnt q
number, including DR.. thompson EDr.
Remission and Mr.. Merryman are stii'
here.
General Manager Liscomb Was mere TO-
day and did whst he could TO assis''
MIR. Williams. the Bosten ageno, was aiss
on tho ground and gave needed advics