RECOVERING THE BODIES.
SOME BORIIED AT SEA,
HALIFAX, Mlay 1. The steamer Mkvokiay Btennet found 306 bodies, including 18 women. 116 were buried at sea. owing to advainded decomposition, and lack of aodominjodaifcioai.. The rem&indei" were landed, 90 being coffined amd 100 coiSnleisij awiaiting identification. 2500 dollars Avtue fo\ind in Colonel Aster's pookets. Many bodies wefe mutilated, aims and legs litedng shatteredl, probably due to tliie explosion. The men's wutcheg ' stopped at ten, minutes past two. There •wiei'e evidenoeis of a fiefoei struggle for life, faces being distorted by terror. • They found an immense black berg badly shattered, which caused the disaster.
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Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10200, 2 May 1912, Page 2
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