Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-27
BRINGING IN 1ss coRPsEs
Unidentified Dead Will Be Buried il
Nova Scotia City.
OTHER BODIES TO BE SHIPPED
Will Be Sent by Express to All Parts
Of United States and
Canada.

HALIFAX, N. s., April z1.-D0Cu-
ments giving verdicts Of accidental
death" were prepared here today. In
readiness for the coroner's jury which
will inspect the bodies of the Titanic's
dead now on their way here on board
the cable ship Mackay- Bennett. The
names Of the drowned will be filled In
later, in cases where names can be
ascertained.
Stonecutters were set to work today
inscribing q number Of headstones
which will mark the graves Of those
bodies unidentified or unclaimed. and
which will be buried in Halifax ceme-
terry.
The Mackey-Bennett will not arrive
here until Monday This was confirmed
in q wireless message from the steamship
received here early today. It was as fol-
lows:
Confirm bodies of Astor and Straus on
board. Due Monday with 1s9 bodies"
AS 206 bodies have been picked up. It is
assumed that sixteen were so mutilated
that burial at sea was necessary.
The White Star line officials persist
In their refusal to admit to the dock
any besides friends and relatives Of the
dead who present proper credentials
More than one hundred of the bereaved
are already here from various parts of
the United States.
To Waive Formalities.
Arrangements have been made with the
express companies to permit OF the ship.
ment of bodies Immediately after their
identity has been established to all part.
Of Canada and the United States. All the
formalftieS in connection with crossing
the line will be waived.
A full description Of the unclaimed
bodies will be taken and forwarded te
line It is the intention Of the company
to publish them in papers throughou,
the United States and Canada
II body IL claimed after burial ths
mayor Of Halifax has promised that ther,
will be no difnculty IN getting it ex
humed and shipped to relatives.
Dock to Be Guarded.
Extraordinary precautions have beer
taken to guard the dock at which thu
Mackay-Bennett will tie up. The cofnnl
containing the bodies viii not be opened
uuAAi euCy IC0Cli lHC City HlOI8Q0s
they will be placed in charge Of loca.
undertaking company, and full oppor.
tunity will be given those who prove
their right to view the bodies to make
identihcations. The coroner's jury will
make its inspection at the morgue
Although in the hotel Hobbies and thu
windows of the White Star office the list.
Of the already identified dead az sent II
from the Mackay-Bennett have been post
ed all day. the watchers here have MOI
been without a haunting fear that som.
mistakes may have been made ,and tina,
the bodies Of those they seek even though
listed as identified, have not been ye1
picked up from the Atlantic.
Capt. Roberts Of the Astor yacht said
that he would feel far easier when tn.
MackAy-Bennett arrived and with 1t Ger
tainty. for he pointed out that the iden
tity Of John Jacob Astor might well hav.
been jumped at from the marking OF
some piece Of clothing that Col. Astol
had handed on to his man servant or t.
some one else. The people here are won
dering and the White Star agents art
wondering how many Of the Titanic'l
dead were buried at sea by the Mackay,
Bennett.