Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-06
SECOND FUNERAL
SHIP IN HALF AK
Nina Arrives With Seventeen
More Bodies of Titanic Vic
Tins Search Continues.

HALIFAX, May with her flags at
laf-mast as indicative of her mournful
mission, the cable ship Nina, which
succeeded the Mackay- Bennett in the
search for bodies of the Titanic disas-
ter victims off the Newfoundland
Grand Banks arrived in port to day with
fifteen corpses on board. Seventeen
bodies in all had been picked up by the
Nina, but of these two were buried at
sea.
Among the bodies on board the ship
was that of Charles NJ. Hays, late pres
ident of the Grand Trunk railway.
The Nina landed at the same gov
eminent pier as had been used by the
Mackay- Bennett when she brought her
burden of 100 corpses into port. The
coming of the Nina, which had been
announced in advance by wireless. oc-
casioned little excitement and only a
handful of persons were at the dock to
welcome her
Half a dozen hearses and ambula nces
were drawn up in line at the pier when
the ship was warped in and no time
was lost in getting IKE bodies off the
vessel and on their way to the morgue
in Mayf1ower curling rink. There was
a heavy police guard about the pier.
Captain DeCarteret of the cable ship
reported encountering heavy weather.
He said this would render more diff
cult any attempt at rescue of corpses
which might be made in the future He
further reported seeing great quanti-
oil i,rl,
at getting the government ship Mont
magny ready to sail this afternoon to
continue the work of looking after
bodies. Despite the information from
Captain DeCarteret that the work of
rescuing of further corpses is next to
hopeless, the White Star Company de-
cided to make another effort. The
Montmagny was the only sea going
vessel available.
The government steamer is expected
to make a search along the edge of the
gulf stream. covering, before her re-
turn. an area of 100 square miles.
Two Bodies as Miles Apart
The Nina had arrived off this port
early in the morning, but made the
final stages of the journey very slowly.
The captain said that he got into wire
less communication with every vessel
in range, asking them whether or not
they had sighted floating corpses. If
the answer was in the affirmative. the
location was asked. The last two bodies
picked up by the Nina were As miles
apart
The burial litany over the remains of
the two dead buried at sea was read
by the Rev. Mr.. Cunningham. pastor of
St. Georges Episcopal church The
clergyman and Undertaken William R.
Snow were the only two persons on the
ship aside from the members of the
crew.
\ special car was brought here for
the body Of Mr. Hays It stood. draped
in black in the Intercolonial yards for
several days.
Killed by Exposure.
That exposure caused the deaths of the
majority of the Titanic victims picked up
by the cableship Nina was the state
n1ent made here today by the Rev W H.
Cunningham. who had accompanied the
ship on her search for corpses and to
offciate at any burals made at sea. OF
seventeen bodies picked up by the
Nina, sixteen had persisted from exposure
and no water was found in their lungs.
This indicated that many passengers on
the ship could have been saved if any
relief vessel had been near at hand when
the Titanic went down.