Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-04-30
or TITANIC
VICTIMS REACH
HALIFAX ON
CABLE SHIP
Bearing One Hundred and
Ninety Corpses Funeral
Steamship Mackay-Ben
Steams Into Canadian Port.
REMAINS OF COLONEL
AsTOR BROUGHT ASHORE

fHy EweninG faeraia a. =. tseanee Wirel
Halifax, n. s.. Apra 3O.--One hun-
dred and ninety bodies. among them
those of Colonel John Jacob Astor
and Ieador straus, we're brought to
Halifax today on the cable ship
Mackay- Bennett. which had been
searching an area Of more than thirty
square miles near where the great
White star liner Titanic sank after
striking an iceberg.
Geo. y. wldener'H body, although
previously reported as recovered. was
not among those on the ship and her
commander explained that a body. az
iirss thopgitt 10 have beon that Of Mr..
Widener Was buried as that Of his
valet
An told sos dead were found and
il6 again were consigned te the sea.
Colonel AstOr's body was brought
on the ship and taken with others to
the mOrgue.
while the caty's church bells toiled
and British flags fiutiered at halt
mast. the cable ship Mackay- Bennett
docked shortly after 9.30 o'clock.
a woman was the arst mournor TO
arrive AT the plcr. ahe was Miss
Elisa Lnrette. q maid for Mrs. Will
Iam Augustus Spencer. OF New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. SPENCER we're pas
senEers on the Titanic Mr. Spencer
went down; Mrs. spencer was saved.
The maid hopes to and her late en-
ployer's body although II had not
been reported among those on the
Mackay Bennett.
J. A. Kenyon, OF S0utkington, Conn.
arrived shortly afterward to Identify
tne body of his brother, y. Ii. Ken-
yon of pit4sbutNil
All told there were not more than
half a dozen mournera al the pier, for
they dreaded the 9lsht and preferred
60 await the work Of Identification az
the meFguc
A. fast az the bodies were put on
the pier they we're placed IN wagona
and taken up the hill to curling
ring, where they Will be prepared for
inspection.
Not one name OF the prominent
persons missing vas added 20 the list
os recovered dead by the Mackay Ben
nett's arrival.
The captain told Of the finding OF
the body thought 10 be that OF AIR
widOner. Geo.. Wldener. Jr., feels
sure that II was the body OF Edward
Heating. Mr.. widencr's valet
Relies og the great Titanic dotted
the sea over an area 80 miles square,
Captain I.arnder said Doors, win
d0ws ana chairs BY the score were
found floating. but 60 none Os them
IL
stances there were groups OF floating
codes humbeglng ffty or more, but
none were lashed together. Colonel
Astor was found standing almost
erect on his life belt.
small boats Were lowered by the
Mackay- Bennett whenever group OF
bodies was sighted and into these the
dead were piled three ar four az a
time. Hauled on board the cable
ship each was numbered with large
canvas tag and the yaluables and pa
pors were placed IN canvas sack
similarly numbered.
Canon Kohnln of An saints cathed-
raj here conducted the services in
connection with tho burial Al sea. on
three occasions services were held.
we buried 80 many az sea-" said
Captain iarndor, Simply becauso We
could not accommodate them
I'VE had limited eqnbalming sup
plies and Il WAS absolutely necessary
10 conslgn many 20 the deep. None.
II any passengers. / believe. were bur
led except perhaps In the ease of Mr..
Widener'a valet. The majority of
,hose sunk were unidentified. We
had Instructions when We left here 90
pick up an the Tltanlo's dead we
found but under tho conditions II was
lmpoUlbla 90 carry out these m
sirueglons"