Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1912 — Morgue Vessel Recovered Bodies Of Many of the Titanic Dead. [ARTICLE]

Morgue Vessel Recovered Bodies Of Many of the Titanic Dead.

The Mackey-Bennett ship, which went to the scene of the Titanic disaster to recover dead bodies, arrived in Halifax, N. S., Tuesday, having on board 190 ‘ dead bodies. Of these 130 were identified. Most of the unidentified were seamen. .The bodies of John Jacob Astor and Isadore Straus were among the recovered. A 2-years-old girl was found among the unidentified and hers was the only body borne by the waves without a lifebelt. The features of the victims are said to have been calm and peaceful as though death had come suddenly and painlessly. The bodies of 57 identified seamen were reburied. Cash found on the clothing of victims amounted to about $13,000, while jewelry to a much greater value was recovered. Another vessel, the Minia, is also expected to bring to port a number of bodies and it is hoped the body of Major Archibald Butt, the president’s aid, will be recovered. *

J. R. Carr, the aged and slightly deaf gentleman who bought a 10-acre tract at the north edge of town and erected a one-room building thereon, has now sold “ Hie tract to Mayor Meyers and Is planning to remove to either Chicago or Milwaukee. He Is the pld gentleman who road a motorcycle about town.