The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-01
CANADA MOURNS
AS BODIES ARRIVE
Remains of 1873 Wreck Victims
Reach Montreal on Funeral
Ship Lady Grey.
PATHETIC SCENES AT PIER
Long Lines of Sad Faced Men
and Women Seek to Iden-
tify Their Dead.
PATHETIC SCENES AT PIER
Especial TO The Ttmes-Dispatcn.l

Quebec, May 21.--Canada's dead camo
homo TO her to day.
Floating in on mn ofs-tide early this
morning. tho funeral ship Lady Grey
swung Into her crcpe-d-apcd wharf IN
Princess slip, with lSS OF those who
went down when tho stately Empress
Of Ireland was rammcd by n dinky
little collier OFT Father Point Light on
Thursday night
while II. NJ. 3. Essex, with ensign
and Union Jack at haif-mast. stood by
| as II to guard tho low lying Lady Grey,
flea of sturdy blucjackets passed coe-
fin aftor coffin ashore. Undor low,
hastily formed shed, that served as n
mortuary chapel, they laid them in
low rows. Later, until niGhtfall. long
limos of sad-faced men and women
walked between, picking out a pitiful
few of the faces they knew.
Only forty-eight Of tho bodies had
been identified when O. halt was called
Tonight Twelve moro have beon
marked with little brown paper tags.
but OF the whole 200 that the st. Law
renee gave bnck only siXty-nine have
been surely Identified and claimed.
REALAlt<ADLY STRANGE
SCENES FOR DOMINION
Tho scenes to which tho Dominion is
remarkably strange, We're leart-rcndIng
In tho extreme. They cast gloom
over all Quebec. Nothing liko 1t, un-
less the landing OF the Titanic victims.
has evor been known in n st. Lawrence
port II was almost entirely q Cana
dian disnster. and Canadians arc
mourning nation FOR those on
whom the loss falls heaviest.
Mothers. fathers, some daughters and
even friendH or acquaintances were In
the groups that filed past tho Eruo-
some rows of open c2siSetS to-day.
Saddenod and crushed by tho awful
ness OF the disaster. most Of them wero
weeping, the tears streaming down
their faces In sympathy for tho others,
as We'll as grief for their own loss
Now and then. M they recognized In n
still form ono who had left them. they
fell on their knees and prayed, thank
full Mt least for the opportunity to show
their respect by burial service on
! land.
| Sometimes II was n husband cast up
by some prank OF fate, while tho.
mother OF, his children died. who found
her under the sonlbre arches on tho
| Princess Slip. or mother searching.
perhaps. for father and children, or Il
brother who found tho sister with
whom he started to tho old country a
few days ago. Twice 1t was a father
who found only one of tho threo he
had lost
TWO FATHERS CLAIM
RoDY OF SAME BABY
Once even, II was two fathers who
claimed the body OF the same baby, and
then, after queer fashion Of old Quebec
who were called in to decide. Like tho
verdict OF Solomon. there was no ap-
peal. and tho father who won bore the
little body away. while the other said
no more.
One OF tho most pathetic experiences
was that of O. w. Cullen, Il Montreal
merchant, whose wife and two children
were lost in the wreck. Cullen was
one of tho first on tho scene Even
whilo tho sailors were stin CARRYING
oil,
back and forth. scanning each casket
as soon ms II was laid down. In ono
OF the pitiful little pine boxes which
they carried down the plank. rs n moth
OF the lost ones, Maud. a six-year- old
daughter.
Beside tho body of Maud Cullen lay
twelve moro OF the tiny forms, mono
ovor six years. and some scarce twelve
month"; Cullen looked mt them ALL.
and at last. with cry OF Joy, he found
the other.
That is my boy" he said to those
about him. and went on to search for
his wife.
Scarcely had he turned awav whom
T. H. Archer. OF Saskatchewan. who
also lost wife and child. stopped sud.
| denly beside tho same coffin.
That's Alfred" he CRIED that's my
boy. and hurried to the corner where
Coroner Joliiour had established an
Office.
His astonishment when no found Cul-
len had claimed tho boy was pitiful
tiNAL. DECISION l,EEp
WITH CANON AND MAYOR
Canon Scott. rector OF. 81. Matthew,s
brought tho two men together and they
went back to View the body ai,ain
But although each was courteous.
neither would. Yield. Cullen brought
his maid. Jennie Blythe. who was ono
OF tho survivors, ana she backed him
II ~ r1t,
inQuish HIS claim. and finally Ii was
agreed that Canon Scott and Mayor
Napoleon Drouin. OF Quebec, should do
eide. They gave tho body TO Cullen,
and he took. 1t away. Archer after-
ward found. the body OF his wife.
Incidents similar to that OF the
|:CufIen controversy were common AZ
most everybody was bruised Mono
was properly clothed. and. owing to
tho haste with which they were shipped
to Quebec, none had the attention of
nm undertaken. Faces were bruised
broken. proving tho terrible force of
. the. shock that cast them from their
berths.
/ horrible feature OF this gruesome
story was told by those who came UP
from Rimouski.
knives In their hands and women
were stabbed to death"
Caught In the HI below decks, hus-
bands and wives. afraid to faco tho
dark waters that crept upon them, re-
solved to dle first IN an easier way.
Tho water gave up their secret.
When Coroner JoliIour decided that
Identification by electric light should
not be trusted. he ordered the wharf
closed. 1t Will be opened carly to-
morrow. and one more. day will be
given 10 the work. The bodies un-
claimed by Tuesday Will Be photo-
g-aphed and buried by The Canadian
Pacific Company.
HUNDREDS OF BODIES 81
ESTOMHED IN SHIPS HULH
There are hundreds or bodies ettii
entombed In the hull OF tha Empress
OF ireland. IL she ls raised as seeina
probable now. these will be buried af.
ter every possible effort at identlfica-