Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-30

QUEBEC. May 30.-Of the thousand or
more persons who went to their death
with the sinking of the liner Empress Of
ireland. the bodies Of more than 800 had
been recovered today, search was being
conducted in the St. Lawrence for others,
and the living-estimated at 355were
either at or en- route to their homes,
garbed in garments supplied by the resi-
dents of Rimouski. Today the bulk of the
dead recovered were placed on the gov
ernment tender Lady Grey at Rimouski
| to be brought here for identification Capt
Kendall OF the Empress of Ireland. still
suffering from his injuries remained at
the little village from the wharves of
which at low tide he could see the fun
nels of his stricken ship cleaning above
the rivers surface.
With the Empress. it became known
today. went down 100000 in silver bars,
shipped from Cobalt to England.
1t is the opinion in shipping circles that
the Empress will either have to be bodily
raised or dynamited from her position for
fear that her presence will cause the for
nation Of a sandbar.
The Storstad Reaches Quebec.
The collier Storstad that ripped open
the liners side arrived at Quebec early
this morning and proceeded slowly to
Montreal, TO which port her cargo of
coal is consigned Capt. Anderson. while
refusing to give out any extended state
ment, said that the collision had been due
solely to the suddenness with which the
fog shut down upon the vessels. He
added that after the crash he picked up
more than 800 persons: i'll fact. most OF
those saved.
Later they were transferred to the
Lady Evelyn and the Eureka Inc col
lier had in her bow above the water
line a hole large enough to admit three
men erect Her port anchor was
missing. having been dragged away anu
sunk with the Empress.
The whole of Quebec mourned today
awaiting the arrival of the dead from
Rimouski u'ndertakers from far and
near have been summoned to the city.
and the government dock. SO called has
been converted into morgue Hisn
niles of coffins await the dead They
will be ranged in rows together with
any scant belongings they possessed
to facilitate their Identification. few
were identified at Rimouski today. but
il will be long, slow work.
Among those whose identification was
thought to be correct was Mrs. Gal
lagher of Winnipeg. Her son identiied
the body. There was Gallagher, sex un-
stated. mentioned yesterday in the first
thought to be that of Albert Anderson. a
first cabin passenger of Montreal or Lon
don Other identifications, supposed TO be
correct were Mrs. P. F1ack of Craven
hurst Ont. not mentioned in the passen-
ger list and the body of a man. Mr..
Taylor There was j. 7. Taylor mem
toned among the first cabin missing.
Many Bodies Cut and Bruised.
There is among the dead the body of a
we'll dressed woman, on whose fingers
there are diamonds
Beside her lay the body of one of the
Empress stewards. Many of the bodies
are cut and bruised. some as if with a
knife There are many women and
many children. On the man tailor's body
was a belt holding 5000.
Some wore life belts when picked up,
and of these many had died with their
arms extended above their heads. One
woman, who held the body of her dead
child to her breast, wore gold chain
bearing a gold cross.
Survivors arriving here and at Mon
treal all agree on the outstanding
points of the disaster. 1t was so quick
mat there was no time for intelligent
concerted action. Hundreds of women.
II is said, might have been saved had
Fhey not stopped to dress.
Though the crew members predomi-
mated in the saved no word Of reproach
,or them has been heard. 1t was point
I'd out that many were on deck. on
iuty. and that those who leaped after
nelping such passengers as they could
vere able to swim. Most OF the hrst