The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-05-01
IDENTIFY BOOIES
OF THE LOST IN
TITANIC WRECK
No Narrowing incidents When
Mackay-Bennett Arrived
REMAINS OF C. C. JONES
Among the First to Be Officially Rec
ognized and Now on Way to
Bennington

evening lTOlu III. janice IL DNihNHJ
of Hoosck Falls, family physician
for Charles c. Jones, superintendent
of the James G. Colgate estate, who
lost his life in the sinking of the
Titanic, stating that he had left Hal
flax with the body of the superinten-
dent, on the way to Bennington. DR..
Donnelly telegraphed that the body
was in an excellent state of preser-
walton. The remains of the supertn-
tendent will be brought here by the
way of Boston and 1t is expected that
the arrival will occur some time to-
morrow afternoon.
Newspaper dispatches from Hall
fax yesterday stated that the body
of the superintendent was among the
first to be officially identified and
that the remains were placed on
board the train during the evening.
Halifax, n. s., May lit was a
bitter disappointment for many rela-
tives to learn upon the arrival of the
Mackay-Bennett here yesterday that
the bodies of many of the Titanic
llCllluS ndu UCtu az pNd
Yet none, not even the few there
whose friends or relatives had thus
been recommitted to the Atlantic, eX
pressed any criticism of Capt Lard
ner's action, believing him sincere in
his explanation that lack OF space
on board, shortage of embalming
material and the mutilation of bod
les was solely responsible for his
course.
That there was no favoritism
shown in the reburial. that is, that
the bodies of prominent persons were
not kept aboard to the exclusion of
the more humble, is indicated by the
White Star lines announcement that
among those bodies sunk again was
that of George b. Wldener the Phil
adelphia capitalist Although this
appears to be mistake, in that Mr.
Widener's son. now at Halifax, be
lieves from Capt. Lardner's descrip
tion that the body was that of his
fathers valet, the name Widenel
stands on the official list Of reburied
as issued by the White Star line late
yesterday The body of Milton c
Long was identified and obtained by
relatives.
The one great hope held out to the
bereaved last night was the fact thai
there lay stretched in the rough pine
collins in the morgue go bodies fol
which there were no claimants. Mos
of them appeared by their clothing
10 haH N
fully examined last night, for 1t wai
well along in the afternoon befor,
they were placed in the morgue anC
even then they had not been segre
gated.
Inasmuch as a majority Of thos,
cast again into the sea were compos
ed of members of the Titanics crew
and second and third-class passen
gers, their relatives were not OF
hand in Halifax in great numbers
For this reason the shock and dis
appointment was not as great as i
would otherwise have been. Elimina
ting Mr.. Widener's name from thu
list, there remains, so far as can b.
checked mp from the data. the name
vi OulN nIt UlNA'IluNN HUNNtUktl lN
committed. lie was Frederick Sut
ton OF Philadelphia Reginald Hall
was among the second class passen
gers on the list
Perhaps never was an occasion 81
fraught with grewsome aspects, mari
ing one of the last chapters Of on
OF the greatest Disasters on record
attended with more respectful sill
ence and lack of morbid curiosit,
than was the docking OF the Mackay
Bennett yesterday. Not half dozel
of those actually concerned in tn
dead came to the pier proper and tn,
general public contributed not NOR
than 200. They stood in silence owe
looking the terrace into the nav,
dock yard 300 yards away. The,
could see nothing but the uppe
structure of the Mackay Bennett
tents housing the collins and a eau
vas lane under which the dead wer
being carried to the long file o
undertakers wagons which woun
their way up the hill to the morgue.
It was nearly 4 O'clock when
semblance OF order had been ACHE,
ed In the morrue and then the CLAIM
ants OF bodies began to arrive b
twos and threes. Nicholas Biddle q
Philadelphia, who accompanied Vii
cent Aston to Halifax In a privat
car, went alone to identify the color
els body and Il was the first pr'
pared for removal to New York. Tn
body of lsidor Straus few moment
later was turned over to MauriC
Rothchlld of New York. and In quic
succession with little or no ceremon
the bodies OF Frank d. Millett III
artist, II J. Allison OF Montreal an
many others were In charge ,
friends. by today nearly all OF IN
claimed will be on their way hon
for burial
There are only ave women's boz
les among the unidentified and as on
OF them appears to be that of Sw
dish woman and the other four thos
OF Italians, there Is little hope a
parently OF recovering the body
Mis-. lsidor Straus. who stayed by n
ship with her husband one lit
child, a baby girl OF about two year
lies among the unclaimed, namelel
and without a suggestion Of who HI
parents were or are. or all q
bodies picked up, hers was the on