New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-01
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began his ordeal. Cullen looked only
at the women and children. Behind
him. three deep, surged others, hoping
to identify their dead. Some gently
pulled aside the white cloths of the
nearly nude and slowly moved on.
Bracelet on Dead Arm.
Cullen paused before one coffin, and,
lifting the lid. saw the white arm Of a
woman. Glistening on the wrist was
a gold bracelet and watch. the hands
Of which had stopped a DIT o'clock.
He moved away. The woman was not
lis wife. Then the man paused before
one black box that had not been
opened. II was marked Femme the
identifying pasteboard tags Of sex hav-
ing been tackled on at Rlmouski. On
the lid was large tablet of cheap
white metal 1t bore the inscription,
NE pleurez pas sur moi"
a shock Of dishevelled gray hair sur
mounted the badly bruised face Of a
woman Of sixty. Still not Mrs. Cullen.
The patient man next came 10 a coffin,
cloth covered and black. y shining
silver crucifix was its only mark. II
contained the body OF a seaman. Gull
len had looked into the face Of every
man, woman and child that the Lady
Grey had brought, but failed to find
his kin. Then he began all over again,
and at last found his wife
He said little, merely claimed the
body and gave the necessary instruc-
tons for the certificate Of removal.
Presently he found and identified the
body OF his daughter, Maude, eight
years old. Mr.. Cullen was positive that
he would eventually find the body Of
his son, Albert Edward, two years old.
but when he did he was astonished to
learn that the child had already been
identified and claimed by r. II. Ar
cher, OF Saskatchewan, who had lost
his wife and -year-oid son, Alfred.
Each father was positive that the little
one belonged to him, and Canon scott,
rector of St. Matthews, who had been
on the pier since daylight, was called
upon to settle the dispute. He urged
Mr.. Archer TO compare the child's feat
ures with those Of his dead wife,
whose body lay a few yards away.
Both Fathers Sure.
/ One Of the Canadian Pacific Railroad
policemen picked the child up from his
little white velvet coffin and held him
before the light beside the mothers
body, but the comparison went fol
naught and changed not one jOt the
minds of the two bereaved men. Both
cIung to their right to. possess the little
body.
Late tonight it was learned thai
Napoleon Drouin, Mayor Of Quebec
had been called upon as an arbitrator
and. after hearing the claims of botf
men, awarded the infant to Mr.. Cullen
Mr.. Cullen's silent search for hi'
dead was the most striking incident II
the days slow procession around the
three platforms. AS soon as BODY
was identified the coffin was scaled am,
marked for shipment. In the Afternoon
the railroad officials decided TO remove
the lids from all the unidentified one:
and let the cool air blow upon them
The heat of high noon had already
shown its effect upon the faces.
Whenever a recognition was made Il
usually became known through I'll,
shed. A low, heartrending groan o.
anguish invariably sounded the mes
sage. occasionally a woman would rec
into the aims OF male companion
Upon her recovery the morgue Official
would proceed with their perfunctor!
list OF questions.
At midnight. when the pier wa
! locked for the night, As OF the 1SS bod
les had been identified. and l. partl!
so. At Rimouski u bodies had beer
! identified and shipped TO destinations
At $40 o'clock this morning n trair
from Rimoush for Montreal stopped
/ for few minutes at Lewis, across III.
/ st. Lawrence from Quebec Among III,
passengers were Captain Kendall. Of
the lost Empress. and William Samp.
son. the chief engineer.
/ The young skipper. he is only thirty.
nine. had fegained little OF his los
nerve. AS he lay in his berth In thu
Pullman, he seemed to be struggling
with himself TO answer. clearly anC
calmly, the few questions that wer,
asked OF him during the trains halt
Throughout the brief interview. Tho
youngest master In the Canadian
Liverpool service pressed his palm: