The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-01
THE DEAD AT HALIFAX Closing Scenes in Final Chapter Of Greatest of Sea
 Disasters

Halifax, N. s.. May 1-T11e work a
 the Mackay-Bennett is told in tho
 following table. compiled, today: Number of bodies recovered, sos. Bodies buried at sea. 1l6 Bodies brought to Halifax. TO. Identified bodies buried at sea. 67. Identified bodies brought to Haiffax- 120.
 Unidentified bodies buried at sss,
 50. Unidentified bodies brought to HaIi. fax, 60.
 Women found, Is. Women identified, g Women buried at sea, S4 Identified. |7 unidentffied), il. Women brought to Halifax, saII entified), 4.
 Halifax, May IA full realization of all the horror, all the tragedy and all the terrible death cost of the Titanic disaster crept gradually over the big
 silent temporary morgue where the bodies of the victims lay, today. With the anxiety of the last week and the excitement of yesterday pass ed away there succeeded the dull deadly routine of permanent sorrow. Horror be anne commonplace as body after body was washed, dressed and laid out to be viewed by anxious
 mourners watching for the faces of
 
 While all of the identified dead in
 the Mackay-Bennett's cargo had been washed and dressed and laid out to be viewed today. the swift, business-1ike embalmers kept on with their work of preparing unidentified victims to be claimed and laid them out for burial But speedily as they worked, the ghastly task dragged out and by noon today less than 40 of the nearly 200
 who were temporarily embalmed on the Mackay-Bennett were fully laid out.
 The dread fear that among the 11s
 buried at sea 59 of them unidentified,
 there may have been some whose
 friends were waiting their arrival here
 grew stronged today. Several times
 today the attendants at the morgue caught mistakes in identifications just
 as friends or relatives, with a sigh of relief, ordered bodies prepared for ship
 ment. In one case the body definite
 ly classed as a member of the Ti- tanic's crew was identified as that Of
 Jacob Barnbaum, a passenger.
 Searching for his brother-in-law among the silent forms laid out in great tiers in the big skating rink. across the body of the Frenchman who cast his children to Miss Mar garet Hays. of New York, just as her lifeboat left the sinking ship. The father of Louis and Lump, the boys who for days were a mystery, lay with composed features as Wenger walked through the aisle.
 'Why, I know that man." exclaimed Wenger, as. linen veil was drawn back; that is Louis Hoffman, of Nice, France. His two little boys are in New York now.''
 The body was labelled, the hollow strokes of hammer broke the silence and the coffin was carried out and Wenger went on with his search. He did not find the body of his brother in-law, Sonto Reghinf, of New York.
 Close behind Wenger in the dense Italian woman and. supporting her in her grim search was a Catholic priest dressed in his robes of office. She was the wife of Delcano Sebastino, sea1 ching for his body. Down three long rows of collins she made her way forcing herself to gaze at all the ghast- ly faces that looked up from stands She could talk no English and she made no sign.
 At last veil was removed and with a little cry the woman toppled over into the arms of the priest. She was revived and bravely completed the identifica ton.
 Later on the little woman went the clothing that her husband wore to his death. She declared that when he boarded the Titanic he had $2000 sewed up in his underGhirt- When the shirt. was found long slit in one side showed where the money had been
 The following is the official des- cription of John Jacob Astor and his effects as compiled by the officers of the Mackay-Bennett:
 "No. 124, male. Estimated age 50. light hair and mustache. Clothing 2 blue serge suit, blue handkerchief with "A " belt with gold fittings, brown boots with red rubber soles. brown flannel shirt J. J. A on back of collar.
 "Effects, gold watch, cuff links, gold and diamond, diamond ring with three stones. $244O in notes, pound sterling 5 in gold. shilling in silver, 5 ten franc pieces, gold pencil and pocket book First class, name J. J. Astor-"