New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-02
mo MORE PASSENGERS
IDENTIFIED At HALIFAX
General Funeral for Majority OF
Bodies will Be Held To-
morrow.
iSMAY'S SECRETARY BURIED
Colonel Astor's BODY To Be
Taken Direct to RhiDecliff--
MIR. Strauss Expected
This Afternoon.

Halifax. Y. &. MAY The work Of ioen-
flying the THAMES unnamed dead is prov
ing almost az difficult their recovery
from the Atlantic Tho name Of not a
single passenger who persisted had been
added To the list Of reclaimed tonight
Louis Hoffman. announced rs identified to-
day. was found 10 have appeared previous
Il In the lists OF the identified. so that
with the exception cf three members OF
the crew, the nameless are as much 81 an
enigma as when brought 10 shore. Trinkets
and belts give suggestions of the names OF
others most OF whom were OF the ships
company.
As nearly all OF the bodies for which
relatives came here have been turned over
10 them. II seems likely that p majority or
the l9O brought IN by the Mackay- Bennett
many OF trem identified. will be buried IN
Halifax. II had been proposed that the
dead he kept a fortnight, but conditions are
such that prompt burial will be imperative
and n Is planned to have A general funeral
m Friday next In order that relatives
NAV have assurances that their dead were
cherished ms long az possible, photographs
NJ bodies were taken to-day, together with
DtlN SlCtl ll'tt'hl lli''iN9 ~
clothing and trinkets
". II. Harrison. J. Bruce Ismays secTe-
tary. was buried in Halifax to-day ms
home was near Liverpool
Relatives continued removing their dead
from the city to-day. Among others was
the body Of T. W. Newell. Of Boston.
Colonel Artors body. which left at o'clock
this morning. will not be taken 10 Ne"
York. but by way Of Portland and Albany
10 Rhineclln-on-the-H Hudson. Isidor Strauss
body is due TO reach New York az o'clock
tomorrow afternoon
EmbaImers Work All Night.
Thirty ernbalners worked all night IN
the improvised rnorgue on the hill. prepar-
ing for inspection more OF the unidentified
dead Tho unidentified LET. with the ex-
Ception OF two tentative identihcations
made last night. Arthur White and Assist
ant Purser Clark stlll srood az sixty when
the work was resumed to-day. This was
the official total as estimated from White
star lists Three members o, the crew
were later identified. and Frederick Wen
ger. Of New York who Is seeking the
body o. his brother-in-law. Sonte Reghin!.
recognized a body classified as a common
sailor as that OF Louis Hoffman. a French
man. whom so many Titanic survivors de-
scribsd as placing into a boat "Lolo'' and
Lump" the little boys taken In charge
by Miss Margaret Hays % New York.
George Widener. f., OF Philadelphia. has
left Halifax In his private ca. apparently
convinced that the body buried at sea was
that OF his fathers valet and not that ~
were shattered bv yesterdays develop
rnents started. or are preparing 10 start.
for home, though many others whose quest
has so far been without success will await
the arrival OF the cable ship Nina with
what promises 10 be q u1eagre addition to
the list OF bodies recovered.
Major Winship No. Hopeful.
Maj Blanton winship. I. f a. said
to-day that he had seen the unidentified
dead and had given UP all hoTe OF finding
Major Butts BODY.
1T was especially noticeable that there
were two Butts among IN. names Of thos.
recovered" he said. but have made care
ful inquiry, and neither OF them appears 10
have been Major Butt His BODY IL not at
the rnorgue, 20 there Is nothing can DO but
wait for the Nina
The first Of the claimed dead 70 h, taken
to-day was Stanley II. Fox. The body was
turned over 10 his widow.
Confirming predictions that few NOR.
bodies would De added 10 the Minls's quota
the following message from her, sent via
Cane Race, Wa received here to-day.
Tuesday-Nortnerly gale: misty. Found
body W T. Kinf. purser's assistant being
forty-hve miles east OF that found yester-
dav showing how widely bodies are scat
tered end how difficult 70 find With no re-
ports from passing steamers 10 help me.
rceb4-ps numerous as fsr south a. 1870.
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