Show BURIED AT SEA A SOLEMN AND impressive EVENT A ciui OF fill or i A steamers aftic no means or keeping mad bodies when a death ocus occurs lit at sea ana 0 certificate is is filed con containing tat ull anfor mation as ai to tho the probable causes canses which produced death lind and also as aa to the tha manner ot of disposing of tho ho body the iha bodies of persons persona who die ut at sea tire aro kept twenty four hours in bygone times a on prevailed 1 d among sailors that it it deal body were flere kept aboard a vessel destruction would be its inevitable doom but the notion did not exist among modern sailors monday august etith B B dayton of amboy now york while returning front from abroad on tile tha Cunard steamer L t ruria died suddenly and his body was buried at sea the no ae tiou tion of the officers in ift thus dispo disposing I 1 of the body bod gave ri anso s e to much adverse criticism some of the passengers said that the services were not of 0 a becoming nature the report leport hits has reached the ears of the dead mans wife and family and their friends in order that the facts of the case may be understood the following statement was made by the officers of the ship the body was wag disco discovered vereil deal cleal in in tb the e state roem locia about 9 monday evening immediately the do doctor c for of the ship madel made it ready for burial after the tha usual preparations were completed tile tha remains were laid out and en shrouded with an english shroud because that contains it a cross tuesday morning the body was sewed up in in canvas and then deposited in in a wooden box covered over jtb v I 1 a 4 flag solemnly null and with every Ovi ovida evidence dc of gi respect the remains remains n ore carried on the shoulders of eight sail ors ora to the after gangway chief f aicer See comb a humane and christian sailor held bad charge of the funeral arrangements A few moments after morning the ships ship officers and a largo large number of tile the cabin bin passengers agers encircled the body c Lasse still and t the fu funeral loral services were conducted by a minister one of the passengers eng era at all their conclusion and when the minister mini ater lead the words worda ill 1 now consign consig n this hody body to the deep deel the box heavily weighted down clown with iron iron was mid into the ocean no secrecy prevailed and everything was done in in an orderly manner being witnessed by a any of the passengers who wore were so d desirous uy brou s 11 A burial at sea ana is is a solemn and im impressive event and not many passengers like to witness it A death at sea casts a gloom avei over the rest of the passengers and naturally enough the officers try to do every everything hing connected with the burial banal wit with I 1 as little ostentation and display as possible on every steamer the clis custom om is is to bury the dead deada at sea the captain of the ship is is the sole orbiter arbiter in in this m matter a ater whenever it is is possible the body is la carried into port provided the are convinced that the body will be claimed upon its ila arrival all seamen beamed are firm supporters of the theory that all persons dying on the high seas bens unless ft a abort distance from rum port should lie ile given up to the deep on a heavily laden steamer no room 11 provided where a dead body could ba 9 po seibly preserved the medicine ne cupat usually carried does not contain the necessary articles required to embalm tho the body the french and white star lines carry metallic cullins coffins and where the friends friend a of a deceased person manifest a debare or cr are anxious to undergo the expense the body will be pro pre sered and carried to port if it can be done without danger to the other passengers numerous cases have haio occur occurred rei where men 0 of f wealth an and d distinction traveling for their health have been buried at pea because they worn were unaccompanied and no evidence of who they were could be obtained no law exists as some steamship men claim that makei make it compulsory up on tho the captain of a ship to bury a dead body at sea aaa |