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

identficatlons OF members OF his band
who had persisted In the disaster. He
explained that IT'S persons connected with
the army had sailed on the Empress and
only twenty-five had survived. OF the
victims he Identified sixteen in the course
of the day, but he said that many OF the
bodies were so badly dishgured that II
was not possible to recognize them.
While stories OF premonitions are
always told after every disaster, Nc
Gillivray told a story about Mrs. Netue
Smcoe. a major in the army. that could
not be ignored.
Mrs. Simcoe told me on the morning
that the Empress sailed" he said, that
the night before she had dreamed about
crowds of people in mourning She told
the story to several members OF the army
at breakfast and as a result OF her story
several army men did not sail. Further
more. Edward Gray, solo cornetist. had
similar premonition. As result ne mace
his will and left II with his fiancee.
more than a month ago the Saliva
ton Army in Toronto spent $4,000 -
buy a plot in the cemetery. There was
much III feeling over the expenditure as
useless, but the plot will be more than
filled now with the bodies OF the persons
who died in the collision"
II was said here to-day that MISS
Jackson. chief stewardess on the Empress.
who was a stewardess on the Titanic and
escaped death in that disaster. lost her
life on the Empress of Ireland.
Andreas Yuke. a Russian. who lost his
wife and two children In the wreck. De-
came historical as he searched among
the bodies for his lost ones.
Identifies Brother by Photo.
Charles +. Lindsay of Bridgeport.
Conn. had the greatest difficulty In identi-
flying the body OF his brother. Or. NJ. a.
Lindsay. n pathologist TO the Nova Scotia
Government ad professor of pathology In
Dalhousie University. Halifax, who per-
ished on his way to England to be mar
rled.
The two brothers had not seen each
other for some time. This morning
Charles Lindsay. who reached here last
night. finally found body which bore
n strong resemblance to the photograph
OF his brother. which he carried In his
pocket Time after time he peered first
nj the pictured face, calm and ordered.
and then at the dead one, battered and
distorted. He would not trust his own
Judgment He called a half dozen people
to check up the resemblance.
Close inspection showed It 20 be a strtk-
ing one. There was the high thoughtful
brow and deepset eyes In both. BY some
odd chance the curl OF the front hair
seemed TO De the sHint. uesp1tt the way VIC
body had been washed and tossed about.
Even with the assurance OF bystanders
Mr. Lindsay hcsitated TO make the identi-
fication final until officials of the steam
ship company took from beneath his dead
brothers feet a handkerchief In which
were wrapped up a packet of letters, tele-
grams cards and a pocketbook
These objects made the identification
clear.
While there were more than 1c5 bodies
tonight that had not been identified
many survivors and relatives OF victims
left here tonight They had given up
hope. They telegraphed relatives that the
bodies had not been recovered and they
took trains TO their respective homes. A
few went TO Rimouski in the hope that
more bodies might be picked up. There
were reports here to-day that many per-
sons had been burned in an explosion
following the collision. Coroner Jolicoeur.
who was questioned In regard to that
charge. said he had examined the bodies
and had not found any bodies which
showed burns. He admitted, however.
that almost every body showed signs OF
violence.