Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-04-28
MANY GLOOMY Scenes
DRIIILING RAIN ADDS TO THE
ASPECT or THE GRIM
RECEPTION. .l
WILL Lose LITTLE Time
White star Line Has Made All Prep
crations for Funeral of Its
Victims.

HALIFAX, ~ s., April 27.-Under
u leadcn sky from which a drizzling
rain descended, Halifax went grlmly
forward today with final arrange
ments for receiving the Titanic's dead
expected Monday on the cable ship
Mackney- Bennett The so-called
dock yard, otherwise the Dominion
navy yard has been reserved by tho
White star line for the unloading of
the bodies and upon a stretch of pier
ordinarily used for coaling. all the
remains of John Jacob Astor lsadore
Straus, Frank ID, Millett, George Wild
ener and many others will be placed
in coffins for the inspection Of tho
relatives.
Five tents to shield the dead have
been erected on the pier, more than
200 pine coffins are piled nearby and
twenty wagons have been engaged to
transport the bodies from the water
'front.' to the morgue, established in
skating rink.
Special Car Ready.
The Identified dead and the bodies
Of Colonel Astor Mr.. Straus, Presi-
dent Hayes, Of the Grand Trunk, will
be taken directly to an undertaking
shop, there to be placed in coffins
and hurried from town by a special
car. The unidentified will go to the
m0rgue to remain unclaimed, or q
fortnight having passed, to be placed
in cemetery plots here which tho
ct ftf4f mo lti In
The task of identifying will be a
tedious as well as a gruesome task.
Many bodies, surgeons say, will be
unrecognizable and not a few of the
Dereaved have supplied themselves
with dentists plates of victims teeth,
hoping thus to claim what would 9th.
erwise be form battered beyond
recognition.
Forty embalmers will assist the To-
cal undertakers and their corps. Many
persons waiting here for bodies al
ready identified have purchased cas-
kets for the final burial of their dead.
so there will be no delay in starting
homeward. John Snow, the UNDER
taker in charge Of the work, per-
formed similar duties when La Bour-
gogne sank in 1898, and is familiar
with the ordeal ahead.
Many Are Waiting.
The dock yard rests on a secluded
terrace in the upper end of Halifax
and Is surrounded by a high brick
wall Sentries and police will guard
the entrances and none but those
with bodies TO claim will be admitted.
Many waiting for bodies will shun the
bodies at the pier, preferring to await
the undertakers' skill who VIII Grace
as far as possible the inevitable ef-
fects of immersion in the sea water.
Many people arrived during tho
day hoping to find the bodies Of their
lost ones.
Several Of those waiting for bodies
had a conference tonight and obtaiued
permission from the steamship Of
ficials to send out the ship Seal, now
in the harbor, to intercept the Mac
kay-Bennett and provide her with
additional embalmers and material
This should facilitate the preparation
of bodies before the cable ship docks
and hasten the work of removal after
they are landed. wireless message
was sent to the captain of the Mac
kay Bennett asking for informatio
her progress towards tho
city and inquiring how many embalm-
ers could be accommodated Pending
reply the Seal is being held in the
harbor.
The little vessel is sealer as her
name suggests and performed a SIM
ilar errand for the dead when La
Bourgogne was sunk