The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-01

Halifax. N s., April 30.--The cable ship Mackay-Bennett. which came with 190 of the White Star Line Titanic's dead into Halifax today, first cast gloom over the city by her mere presence as a funeral
 ship, then sent shock through those
 waiting here for bodies with the an- nouncement of her commander that 57 of those reported by wireless as identified
 had of necessity been cast again into the sea.
 1 Yet none, not even the few here whose
 friends or relatives had thus been re- committed to the Atlantic. expressed any criticism Of Captain I.ardners action, be- lieving him sincere in his explanation that lack of space on board, shortage of embalming material and the Ynutilation of bodies were responsible for his course
 No Favoritism Shown
 That there was no favoritsm shown in the reburial, that bodies of prominent persons were not kept aboard to the ex l cluson of the more humble, is indicated by the White Star Lines announcement that among those bodies sunk again was | that of George D. Widener. the Philadel- phia capitalist. Although this appears | to be a mistake in that MT. Wideners I son. now here, believes from Cartaln I.ardner 'ss description that the body was issasa4 # hislfaihsasss slet,a athe nan1e " Wf.e- ner stance ol flfe official list, Of lebugied las issued by the White Star Line late ttoday
 Il The one great hope held out to the bereaved tonight was the fact that there lay stretched in the rough pine collins in the morgue 50 unidentified bodies, AL though most of them appeared by their 1 clothing to be seamen, they hold se- cret which will not be solved until they have been thoroughly inspected Few of them had been carefully examined to- night, for 1t was well along in the after noon before they were placed in the morgue. By morning all will have been prepared for close scrutiny and persons
 who found only bitter disappointment in the death house today will go back to- morrow with dentists plates and other means of identification, prepared 10 ex- hsust every resource befoie turning l homeward.
 Shock Minimized
 Inasmuch as a majority of those cast again into the sea were members of the | Titanics crew and second and third-class l passengers, their relatives were not on hand in Halifax in great numbers. For this reason the shock was not as great as 1t would otherwise have been. Eimi- 1 hating Mir Wideners name from the list l tlere remains, so far as can be checked up from the data here, the name of only one first-class passenger recommtted. He l was Frederick Sutton of Philadelphia Reginald Hale was among the second cabin passengers on the list.
 l an acjn n cn fraught with gruesome aspects, marking | a closing chapter of one of the greatest 1 disasters on record. attended with more ! respectful silence and lack of morbid cu- l riosity than was the docking of the Mac | kay Bennett today. Not half dozen of l those actually concerned visited the pier proper and the general public contributed not more than POO They stood in silence overlooking the terrace into the navy dock yard, 300 yards away They could 1 see nothing but the upper structure of the Mackay- Bennett, tents housing the collins and canvas under which the dead were being carried to the long file of undertakers' wagons for transfer to l the morgue.
 Astor's Body First Removed Ii was nearly 1 o'clock when the claimants of bodies began to arrive l there. Nicholas Riddle of Philadelphia. wno accompanied Vincent Astor here 1 in private car. went alone to iden- ltify the colonel's body and it was the first prepared for removal to New York
 The body of Isidor Straus, few moments later. was turned over to Maurice Rothschild of New York, and In quick succession with little or no lceremony the bodies of Frank D. Mill leit, the artist: P, J.. Allison of Mon nfh In, chasge of friends.
 1 By tomorrow nearly all the claimed will be on their way home for burial. l The slight scrutiny of the unidentified I tonight led to what may mean the Identification of two of the victims One man, whose name was not learned. snid he recognized one of the bodies as ithat Of l. F. r. Clark, assistant purser Ion the Titanic, while letters found on anothcr body bore he name of Ar thur White. The letters had been mailed from Newark, N. J.
 Five Women Unidentified There are only five womens bodies among the unidentified. As one of them lcnpears to he that of a Swedish wom- Ian and the other four those of Ital- las there is little hope apparent of Recovering the body of Mrs. Isidor Straus.
 A baby girl of about two years lies lamong the unclaimed and nameless Of ,al1 the bodies picked up hers was the only one that the waves bore without ithe aid of d life belt. She was found floating serenely, looking very mucn Hike q big doll.
 Despite predictions to the contrary. iiselrly all of the bodies bore indica- ltiors that the victims had died swift lly If not almost painlessly. In many. leases their features were calm ana with the exception of those who had ii,cen severely injured they were re- lnsrkably free from the stamp of hor-