Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-01

Quebec. May s1-Amid scenes of mourning, this city today received the bodies of Iss victims of the Empress of Ireland disaster.
 In the presence of solemn throng, bluejackets carried the coffins contain ing the dead ashore from the govern ment steamer Lady Grey, which had brought them from Rimouski and laid them row by row in the black draped funeral shed on the pier. There, amid pathetic scenes, many of the victims were speedily recognized and claimed by relatives. 1t may be days before others. difficult of recognition, are identified.
 Besides the 1SS bodies which the Lady Grey had on board and escorted by H. NJ. s. Essex, she steamed slow 1y into port today. eighteen have been identified and cared for at Rimouski by families of the dead. Search of the waters near Father Point, where the Empress of Ireland sank early Friday morning when rammed by the Danish collier Storstad, has revealed few more of the victims and it seems prob able that the bodies of hundreds of the more than 900 persons whose lives were lost when the liner went down He imprisoned within the shattered hull of the big steamer. resting on the bottom ninety feet below the surface oI the St. Lawrence river.
 investigation into the respon- Gbility for the disaster begun yester- day before eoroner's jury at Rimou- pki. was adjourned for a week after Captain Henry c. Kendall and the chief engineer of the Empress of Ire land had given their testimony placing the blame for the collision on the Stor- Gtad and declaring that the sinking of the liner was flastened by the seem fngiy deliberate withdrawal of the col- t1er's brow from the hole it had made 1n the Empress side.
 The Storstad today completed the Rorage from Sy,dney during which she dealt the blow which sank the liner, and docked at Montreal. where she VIII land her cargo of coal Captain Anderson. however, remained mute on the subject of the disaster, referring Inquiries to the eharterers of his craft. the Dominion Coal Company eance that came from here were made By sailors who declared the collier engines had been ordered reversed be- Tore tn crash and that 357 persons were saved by the Storstad's crew It had been charged at the inquest that the collier lay a mile and half away from the scene of the disaster and that few people were rscued by her boats
 The Canadian Government steamer Lady Grey brought from Rimouski to- day 1SS bodies recovered from fbe wreck of the Empress of Ireland. The historic heights overlooking the St Lawrence were black wit hspecta- tors as the funeral ship moved slow 1y up the river and was moored at the new Embankrnent wall in the breakwaIer. The collins were carried ashore and the mournful work of fden- f1hcation began without delay
 The Lady Grey was escorted by His Majesty's ship Essex and fifty sail prs from the warship with barred heads, carried the collins down the gangpiank and laid them in rows on three long tables stretched under the freight shed on the pier. The build ing was draped with black A crowd that contained many of the survivors and relatives and friends of the dead gathered at the doors and waited in silence for permission to enter and pass down the saisjcs between the rows of bodies
 he three tables. each 100 feet long socn held collins of every description. Assembled on one were twenty little white caskets that held the bodies of children Although the Lady Grey had taken to simouski all the co.fins that could be gathered in the short time at the disposal of the government and steamship officers, they were not enough. Besides the ebildren's easkets tnere were eigbty-elgHt containing the bodies Of adults. The other victims were brought here in rought pine box es hastily nailed together for the oc- casior
 Fhere was no sadder sight in the nuliuing than the table where rested these irnproyfsed eoffins: for many of fnem held the bodies Of mothers and chiidren locked in the last embrace Iust as tber had sunk to their death on Father Point early Friday morn ing.
 Identifying the Dead.
 iHe work cf Identifying the dead be- Fan as soon as the bodies were landed ano continued throughout the after noon nrts lafe tonight One of the mos Important Of the 70 odd identi- ncaIons was made Of the body of Sir HenIy Setoa-Eerr, the big game hunt slany narrowing scenes were wit ncsseu ins the Amporary morgue as xeiatiFes or friends found persons for whom they were seeking.
 The body of Alex Lindsay of Halifax vas also identified.
 1Ir- Lindsay is a brother of Charles Lindsay of Bridgeport Conn.
 o0WS OF STOR6TAD
 WERE CRUSHED IN Evidence of Damage Sustained iron,
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