The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-05-10

Queenstown, via London. May TO-
The afiidavits made by Miss Jessie Taft
Smith OF Braceville. O., DIR. Howard l.
Fisher, Major +. Warren Pearl and Rob.
ert Rankin of New York are the only
permanent records of the Lusitania dis.
aster obtained by the United States con.
sulate to-day. All are brief and none
reflects seriously upon the behavior of
the Lusitana's crew, except what some
witnesses consider the lifeboat fiasco.
Beginning at noon yesterday. at Con-
sui Frost's orders. the bodies of the
identified Americans, covered with the
Stars and Stripes, were removed from the
scattere dmorgues and placed side by
side in the Cunard line office on the
water front. As the bodies were car
ried through the streets, British sailors
and crowds stood with uncovered heads.
Cheap brown coffins contained the, re-
mains of Charles Frohman and Others of
prominence. A company of British sol
diers has completed digging three huge
graves. each 80 by 20 feet. in which the
lao unidentified dead will be buried.
The moving OF the bodies up the hill
tn the cemetery was started at $50 this
morning aud continued to I 30. Thirty
mounted police and civilians participated
in the funeral parade and elergymen OF
al creeds Joined in saving prayers.
Many of the bodies Of children and lit.
tie babies still lie in the morgues, GOV.
cred with flowers by townspeople, and
probably the little ones will be placed in
a grave together. The presence of 50
many children on the Lusitania was
due TO the fact that many Canadian
women were going to England to stav
with relatives while their husbands were
al the front.
Consul Frost has been indefatigable
in assisting the American survivors and
attending 90 their wants. He has sup
piled many Of them with money 10
reach their destination All the iden-
tilted American dead have been claimed
hv tho consul. even IN cases where M
requests from relatives have been re-
ccived. The bodies arc being emhalmcd
- rapidly AZ the work csn b. done.
The survivors are beginning 90 re-
cover from their shock and told more
coherent stories Of their experiences YES
f~rday. Unlike those who were on the
Titanic when she vas sunk. thev Rad -
little time for observation that none Of
them ran relate more than what hsp-
rened very uesr them. With the result
that little light has heen shsd m tho 4
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