AllenTravis Smith
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How many victims were recovered,and how long did they search?
Did many go to the bottom with the ship?
Did many go to the bottom with the ship?
Recovery of victims
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Michael H. Standart
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The list of recovered bodies shows 328 actually recovered and if you go to "List Of Recovered Bodies" on the Index Page, you'll see the complete list along with the deatils of disposition.
As to how many went to the bottom with the ship, it's just impossible to tell. Clearly enough, some did, as the empty shoes on the bottom surrounding the wreck idicates.
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
As to how many went to the bottom with the ship, it's just impossible to tell. Clearly enough, some did, as the empty shoes on the bottom surrounding the wreck idicates.
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Bill Wormstedt
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More than 328 bodies were accounted for. 328 picked up by the recovery ships, and:
Carpathia 6 bodies buried at sea shortly after the disaster (this figure is questionable)
Ilford 1 body
Oceanic 3 bodies found in Collapsible A
Total 338 bodies accounted for
However, I strongly expect many people went down inside the ship. For the rest of my reasoning, see:
http://home.att.net/~wormstedt/titanic/analysis.html
Carpathia 6 bodies buried at sea shortly after the disaster (this figure is questionable)
Ilford 1 body
Oceanic 3 bodies found in Collapsible A
Total 338 bodies accounted for
However, I strongly expect many people went down inside the ship. For the rest of my reasoning, see:
http://home.att.net/~wormstedt/titanic/analysis.html
Bill DeSena
Guest
Hi Bill,
Nice work. Perhaps its a morbid fascination with death but I always do get sucked into anything about the bodies that gets posted here. Its too bad that the recovery team didn't have a historic focus on the mission and better document forensic analysis of the corpes recovered.
The small numbers of bodies recovered has always bothered me. All the films made depict the final moments of the ship with a huge crowd of people on the open deck areas trying to get off. Even the survivors accounts indicate they saw large groups of people on deck and heard the noise of hundreds drowning at the end. So where are the bodies?
The unanswered questions about that night will I guess continue to bug us into this new century as we approach the 100th anniversary of the tragedy.
Cheers
Bill
Nice work. Perhaps its a morbid fascination with death but I always do get sucked into anything about the bodies that gets posted here. Its too bad that the recovery team didn't have a historic focus on the mission and better document forensic analysis of the corpes recovered.
The small numbers of bodies recovered has always bothered me. All the films made depict the final moments of the ship with a huge crowd of people on the open deck areas trying to get off. Even the survivors accounts indicate they saw large groups of people on deck and heard the noise of hundreds drowning at the end. So where are the bodies?
The unanswered questions about that night will I guess continue to bug us into this new century as we approach the 100th anniversary of the tragedy.
Cheers
Bill
Stephanie Litton
Member
I found this artical today and translated it from French to English. It may have been spoken about in another post (still learning my way around here) but I found it interesting:
" Nevertheless, the Mackay-Bennet, a vessel cable puts be left with the horrid try to do collected bodies. After almost 5 days on l’océan, a lot of the corp be terribly détioré. Arm with a lot of glass, more of 100 coffins, 40 fill with fragrance, and a canon for conducté an enterrement to the sea, the Mackey-Bennet had found a total of 328 bodies, 119 they were able be not reconnaitre."
Here is the link to the artical..I have no idea where it came from. The total didn't match up with Bill Wormstedt's count and I would take his word for it before anyone elses.
http://library.thinkquest.org/18626/French/BTripHome.html
I found it interesting that they carried fragrance. Can anyone offer more insite into this?
Stephanie
" Nevertheless, the Mackay-Bennet, a vessel cable puts be left with the horrid try to do collected bodies. After almost 5 days on l’océan, a lot of the corp be terribly détioré. Arm with a lot of glass, more of 100 coffins, 40 fill with fragrance, and a canon for conducté an enterrement to the sea, the Mackey-Bennet had found a total of 328 bodies, 119 they were able be not reconnaitre."
Here is the link to the artical..I have no idea where it came from. The total didn't match up with Bill Wormstedt's count and I would take his word for it before anyone elses.
http://library.thinkquest.org/18626/French/BTripHome.html
I found it interesting that they carried fragrance. Can anyone offer more insite into this?
Stephanie
Bill Wormstedt
Member
328 bodies were recovered, total, from the ships Mackay-Bennet, the Montmagny, and the Algerine. Count from the Halifax lists, available here at ET.
The Mackay-Bennet recovered only 306 of them.
The Mackay-Bennet recovered only 306 of them.
Stephanie Litton
Member
Ahoy Bill,
Yes, I believed your totals to be the correct ones.(I went to your site) My main concern, was the fragrance. Was it really brought? I mean, the artical got the totals wrong, so maybe there is nothing to this. Is/was there a manifest for the Mackay? If the fragrance was really brought, how was it used? Was it to make the claiming of loved ones easier on the families? I'm guessing there would have been a smell? This just struck me. I may be posting this on the wrong thread. After all, I am a land lubber and haven't gotten my sea legs yet! I even wrote this last night and when I saw it in preview, I thought it was posted and went on my merry way. LoL (It wasn't so here I am again)
) I was just hoping you or another band of our merry crew can shed some light on this.
P.S. I thought you looked great in your "dew-rag"
Stephanie
Yes, I believed your totals to be the correct ones.(I went to your site) My main concern, was the fragrance. Was it really brought? I mean, the artical got the totals wrong, so maybe there is nothing to this. Is/was there a manifest for the Mackay? If the fragrance was really brought, how was it used? Was it to make the claiming of loved ones easier on the families? I'm guessing there would have been a smell? This just struck me. I may be posting this on the wrong thread. After all, I am a land lubber and haven't gotten my sea legs yet! I even wrote this last night and when I saw it in preview, I thought it was posted and went on my merry way. LoL (It wasn't so here I am again)
) I was just hoping you or another band of our merry crew can shed some light on this. P.S. I thought you looked great in your "dew-rag"
Stephanie
Mark Baber
RIP
>My main concern, was the fragrance.
Don't be concerned about that, Stephanie. The word in the original is "embaumers" which is rather clearly a typo for "embaumeurs", which means "embalmers." These were undertakers, not perfumes.
A somewhat better translation of the paragraph you quoted would be:
However, the Mackay-Bennett, a cable-laying ship was left with the horrible task of collecting bodies. After almost 5 days in the ocean, many of the bodies had deteriorated terribly. Equipped with much ice, more than 100 coffins, 40 embalmers, and a clergyman to conduct burials at sea, the Mackay-Bennett found a total of 328 bodies, 119 of which could not be identified.
MAB
Don't be concerned about that, Stephanie. The word in the original is "embaumers" which is rather clearly a typo for "embaumeurs", which means "embalmers." These were undertakers, not perfumes.
A somewhat better translation of the paragraph you quoted would be:
However, the Mackay-Bennett, a cable-laying ship was left with the horrible task of collecting bodies. After almost 5 days in the ocean, many of the bodies had deteriorated terribly. Equipped with much ice, more than 100 coffins, 40 embalmers, and a clergyman to conduct burials at sea, the Mackay-Bennett found a total of 328 bodies, 119 of which could not be identified.
MAB
Stephanie Litton
Member
LoL Thanks Mark....it wasn't important enough to really be concerned about....I was just wondering.I used a translator to get the text. You sure cleared that up for me! I knew I came to the right place! Have a great evening and thanks again!
Steph
Steph
Stacie Crowther
Guest
Out of 1500 deaths, only 328 bodies were found. I contemplate if most were consumed in a mass frenzy or lost by them drifting south in the Labrador Current. This has not been discussed on a grand scale. What do you think?
Michael H. Standart
Member
Stacie, I suspect you're right. Currents, wind and the wave pretty effective at that sort of thing and there is plenty of sealife that isn't all that choosy about it's source of raw protein. Frankly, it's amazing that there were as many recoveries as there were.
As to it not being discussed widely, I think I can understand why. Who would want to discuss the prospect of a loved one being food for sharks and seagulls?
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
As to it not being discussed widely, I think I can understand why. Who would want to discuss the prospect of a loved one being food for sharks and seagulls?
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Bill Wormstedt
Member
For some more data regrading the body recovery, take a look at:
http://home.att.net/~wormstedt/titanic/analysis.html
http://home.att.net/~wormstedt/titanic/analysis.html
Beverly J. Crowder
Member
Wow! Great tables and info Bill. Don't hold me to this, but I recall reading somewhere that some of the Ala Carte Rest. people were seen on deck, talking amoungst themselves, standing back from the lifeboats. I just can't recall where I read that from.
I guess I will have to search for that info huh?
Just My 2 cents worth,
Beverly
I guess I will have to search for that info huh?
Just My 2 cents worth,
Beverly
Beverly J. Crowder
Member
Bill,
I still haven't looked it up yet, I have had my own fiasco going on at home here, I will look when I get a chance. So sorry.
Beverly
I still haven't looked it up yet, I have had my own fiasco going on at home here, I will look when I get a chance. So sorry.
Beverly
Bill Wormstedt
Member
No rush, Beverly! I just finished getting thru my own little crisis here at home - I know how these things go.
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