The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-01

Soiie VI tHe seafnen OF the StOrSdad
ship or In struggles in the water. There
were bodies OF women whose heads were
split open or gashed. II is possible that
women running from their staterooms in
the darkness following the collision ran
| against stanchions or were hurled against
the walls of the sides of the corridors.
The wounds also indicated that some of
the women had been crushed when the
collier buried her steel nose in the side
of the Empress
officials In 2imouski have said also
that the bodies OF the women showed
that several OF them had been stabbed.
that bodies OF men had been found with
knives in their hands At any rate, 1t
was apparent by a glance at the shrouds
that had been placed on the bodies OF
both men and women that there were
other wounds not disclosed on the faces
In addition to the lSS bodies received
here to-day twenty-one had been identi-
fed at Rimouski and shipped TO the
homes OF relatives. That makes 2O9
bodies recovered out of a total OF al
most 1000 victims. IL the Empress Is
raised many other bodies trapped in their
staterooms will be obtained, but the cues
ton as to whether the ship will be lifted
1T seems impossible that II will not be
raised-has not been decided in the
stress OF circumstances following the
catastrophe.
Few Likely TO he Identified.
The bodies which are not Identified
here will be embalmed and kept for
ew days longer. Then they vql be
photographed by representatives or the
Canadian Pacific and buried In graves
marked unknown"
The prospects are tonight that few
more will be identified and that the re-
mainder OF the victims will have graves
on land marked by a number. as their
collins are tonight, or graves In the
sea. All the bodies that have been re-
covered, and no more were found at RI
mouski up to 40 o'clock this afternoon.
have been shipped from Rimouski.
The steamer Lady Grey, commanded
by Capt. Mercie. left here early yester-
day for Rimouski to bring all unidenti-
fed bodies to this port Meantime, at
the order OF King George OF England.
the armored cruiser Essex. which had
been In Mexican waters and was or
dered north to Montreal to meet the
Duke and Duchess OF Connaught and
Princess Patricia, was sent to Rmouski
to act as an escort Of honor to the bodies
from that place to Quebec. Commander
Tweedie and Capt Watson OF the Es-
sex arrived in the vicinity OF the disaster
early yesterday and. pending the start
from that place to Quebec. circled over
the Empress OF Ireland searching for
bodies. None was found.
. The Lady Grey had not taken enough
collins to Rimouski for the bodies Kind
hearted carpenters. however. went 20 work
and soon manufactured enough boxes. into
which bodies were placed. The collins
and the boxes were stacked on the upper
and lower decks OF the Lady Grey, and
that vessel. followed closely by the
cruiser Essex, proceeded UP the st. Law
renee River.
Arrival of, the Funeral Ship.
As the funeral ship neared Quebec this
morning the chimes Of the Catholic churches
along the river were calling the parishion-
ers OF st. Anne de Beaupre and OF LANCE
Garden tthe latter Is the Oldest Catholic
parish in Canada) to worship. AS the
Lady Grey approached the pier In Louise
Basin several hundred persons gathered
at the pier. eager to view the bodies,
looking for relatives.
The Lady Grey was warped 20 the pier
by o'clock and then 100 sailors who
also had been ordered from the Essex to
the funeral ship. began TO carry the
bodies TO the temporary morgue. Two
sailors were needed to carry the ordinary
collins OF the ships. while one sailor bore
a coffin OF a baby in his arms. For the
heavy, rough boxes four blueJackets were
needed. Within a short time the collins.
arranged in order OF their numbers from
to 1876 were laid on the tables and the
people looking for relatives were adj
m.tted to the pier shed.
The collins were of the crudest make
some had this inscription: me pleurez
pas sur moi" (Do not shed tears over
mel. but II was observed that as the
sailors arranged the collins and the
marines took their station tears were pisi
NJ ma fit, 4
had a card bearing these words: woman
on bottom baby on top" There were two
In the coffin. The only other writing on
the boxes were words indicating that
within were file" "fs... femme" or
"homme," With the bodies were In some
instances the articles found on them,
such as watches, pocketbooks containing
money. letters or other things that might
help In the Identification. In most cases,
however. the victims were practically I'M
clothed, as when they entered the water.
Miss Terra Townshend of Blenheim
Marlborough. New Zealand. who had es-
scaped death by swimming more than two
miles after jumping from the Empress
of Ireland. went to the pier to look for
her aunt Mrs Wynn Price OF Auckland
New Zealand. Miss Townshend. who has
red hair and a remarkably strong ply
sique, in the company OF DIR. Grant, sur
geon of the Empress looked at practically
all Of the bodies on the pier before she
lifted the lid OF coffin No. 4. containing
the body OF her aunt. She displayed re-
markable self-control, but at the sight
o2 her aunt's body she began to weep.
Robert w. Crellin, a miner from
British Columbia. who grabbed Florence
Barbour. the eight-year-olG daughter Of
Sabina Barbour. after the collision and
swan for ten minutes with the child on
his back. went TO the pier to look for the
body OF the mother and her daughter
Evelyn 3 years old. He identified the
body OF Mrs. Barbour, but he looked In
vain for the baby.
Major J. ~. McGillivray of tho Saliva
ton Army was At the pier to make