The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30

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HfS MAJESTY'S DOCK, HALIFAX,
| April 30.--Loaded down with 1870 |
bodies of victims of the Titanic disas-
| Ter, the Mackay- Bennett made port to-
| day, after having buried at sea 116i
| bodies, some of which had been
| identified. Captain Lardner who
. commanded the death cruise with
broken voice. declared that his vessel
was unable to bring to shore all OF
| the dead recovered.
Beside the captain sat the b.nevo-
lent-looking round.faced Canon Kinds,
. worn bv the heavy duties that had
/ fallen to him through the cruise.
why were those bodies buried at
sea?p the captain was asked.
The grizzled old sea captain shook
. his head sadly and panied express
| sion swept his weather-beaten face.
sThey were members Of the crew.
he said, most of them, and We could
not care for them When We left Hal
ifax we took ON board all of the en-
balnling fluid in the city. That was
only enough to care for seventy bodies.
III N ax not expected tlat sc aoale
] md hodiess in such great quantities.
The undertakers didn't think these
bodies wouyd keep more than three
days at sea, and as we expected to be
out more than two weeks, we had to
bury them. They received the full
service for the dead before they slid
over the rail-
Buried at Sea.
Fifty-seyen identified victims of the
Titanic disaster were buried at sea
from the Mackay- Bennett. They hat
been crushed between huge cakes o.
Ice and were wholly unrecognizable
identification being possible only b.
means OF names sewed in the pockets
A list of those who were consigned tt
the deep follows:
Mauritz Adahl, Pedro Ale, Thomas
Anderson, Ragozzi Adele, Rossimor'
Abbott, John Adams, W. Butt, A
Boothby, G. Butterworth, E. I. Bark
er. Patrick Connors Yosep Drazenoui
J. Il Davies. James Farrell Lesli
Gelinski, j. S. Gill, Anvers Gustafser
A Ha9ter, G. Hinckleg, Henry {
Hansen, Reg Hale, W. Hinton, Adolpl
Humbiein, A. g. Hell. 7. Hewitt. Eri
Johansen, Edward Keating, Valet Q
George y. Wisdener; James Keller, +
W. I.eison, Charles Louch, Edwar
l.ockyer. d. Lily, Jean Mouros. Mrs.
Mack Mrs. N McNamee, Mary Maj
gam M Mays, Moussor Novel Blan
Olsen, e. ". Petty. c. G. Kicks, ], n
Robinson, J Stone Fred Sutton, v
Saunders, VIM. Sage. Philip J. Stoke'
Ernest y. Tomiing. r. Tamlyn. Thon
as Theodaid. Catavelos Vassilios, v
Year. Leslie Williams. w. Watson, {
$. Woody.
hose who were buried at sea
continued the captain, were mostl
badly mutilated and the undertaken
said they would not keep. They ha
been struck by spars or fioatin
wreckage.
Night closed down on us Sunda
night with bodies still around. W
commenced work again on Monds
morning al daylight, but bodies wei
scarce, We got only 26 that day, v
searched IS minutes in and out alor
the line OF wreck. At night we mar
cd the floating wreckage with dri'
Ing buoy SO we could find It readi
in the morning.
Ninety Ia One Morning
Tuesday morning bodies were nui
erous again. We picked UP nine
bodies before noon. Then the wealth
came on thick and In the afterno
We recovered only %.
We found no two bodies togetfe
All We're Floating separately.
two were clasped In each othel
arms or anything like that In Q
Place we saw them scattered oy
the surface, looking like a flock
stagulis. They looked Just like gu
with The white ends OF the eslife be
fluttering and flapping up and doN
With The rise and fall OF the waves.
great many Of those recover
were injured when the Titanic we
down. sIid Cantafn I,arfrer when