Michael Tennaro
Member
Hi all,
just finished reading Steve Santini's book Titanic Touchstones of a Tragedy, a very interesting look at the disaster from the perspective of the Titanic collection of the Manitoba Museum.
my question regards the following passage from the book starting at the very bottom of page 34 and into the first paragraph on 35:
....undertaker named Thad Stevens who was called to Halifax to work on the bodies of reclaimed Titanic victims. Stevens would later claim that John Snow, a Halifax undertaker, had personally told him that he had seen evidence of gunshot wounds on the bodies of some of the recovered victims.
this paragraph really piqued my interest, as in all my readings on the disaster over the years I don't ever remember reading about gunshot wounds found on victims's bodies. Steve, I know you sometimes watch this site. I would be very interested in any further background information you have about this comment from your book. and to the Titanic community in general, does anyone else have any information about this?
as always, thanks in advance to any and all who can comment.
all the best, Michael (TheManInBlack) T
just finished reading Steve Santini's book Titanic Touchstones of a Tragedy, a very interesting look at the disaster from the perspective of the Titanic collection of the Manitoba Museum.
my question regards the following passage from the book starting at the very bottom of page 34 and into the first paragraph on 35:
....undertaker named Thad Stevens who was called to Halifax to work on the bodies of reclaimed Titanic victims. Stevens would later claim that John Snow, a Halifax undertaker, had personally told him that he had seen evidence of gunshot wounds on the bodies of some of the recovered victims.
this paragraph really piqued my interest, as in all my readings on the disaster over the years I don't ever remember reading about gunshot wounds found on victims's bodies. Steve, I know you sometimes watch this site. I would be very interested in any further background information you have about this comment from your book. and to the Titanic community in general, does anyone else have any information about this?
as always, thanks in advance to any and all who can comment.
all the best, Michael (TheManInBlack) T