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Titanic Victims in Halifax Graveyards
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By author: Blair Beed
Paperback *
162 pages
7.50 x 8.75 inches
9781551097992
NB0905
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing
Description
For eighty-five years dozens of victims of one of the most famous disasters in history rested quietly in
Halifax, Nova Scotia, until the 1997 film Titanic created a renewed interest in the burial sites.
Today's visitor's to Halifax have many questions about the city's connections to the Titanic tragedy.
Of the 328 bodies found, why were some buried at sea? Why were 59 bodies sent elsewhere for burial
and the rest buried in Halifax? Titanic Victims in Halifax Graveyards answers those questions while telling
the intriguing and little-known story of the 150 passengers and crew who were buried in the port city
of Halifax. Using official reports and historical photographs, author Blair Beed provides an outline of
life on board Titanic, describes society as it was in 1912, and highlights the care for the dead taken by
the crews of the recovery ships and those who met them on arrival in Halifax.
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