Show burial csc lisel i why arc the tha bodice of passengers who die on oa ocean steamships at se sea a thrown ot instead of bei being it brocat brought 0 h t to port was ask asked d of a navy officer it depends upon whether it is advisable to bury a person at sea who dies on abil shipboard acard giai a the answer if tile the vessel is within a day or two of the cid of the ilia voyage there is no good reason for bringing not the body into imo port although 0 a super prevails ai ong 0 sailors that if a dead ad bo body d is kept on board it means mean s tile the i inevitable n destruction of tho the ves vessel rel and it is often the case that when a body is shipped on board a vessel I 1 to cross tile ocean the fact is kept hitri the ato knowledge of the eail ors it is contended by sonic some that the but ial of a body at sea is not a attended wi th the lie solemn sol enill ceremony thatis ought 0 to be A burial buria bat at sea isa very solemn and impressive service A do ath at sei sea batas catas a gloin over aliea the whole k allo lc ship and it is natura nat uril 1 for tile the of f ves vessel to avoid ost ostentation lentie and display all p marinero mariners ma a ri ii rs n e c firm in th their ei r conviction that ivi when I 1 en a person acs aies ics at sea within a few hours run of port the budy should bo up to the deep As a rule vessels are not provid edwith any place pace where a body nay may be kept nor do the lie ine medicine dicine bests contain any drugs t or chemicals by which it can call be em cill ba baliner lined sonic some odthe of alie lines carry metallic collins coll ins in which tit alic a bodies of those dying at sea when the urgent ot of their friends is it madei abc may ile be placed until the vessel readies reaches port but there is no law as sonic some have asserted which makes it compulsory to bury a body at sea A for the burial service the body is is usually up in canvas and it heavy pieces as of iron a and id either cither grate baraoa or shot hot are fa sli elied to i luji n c also i lia ia staken rd iffa an ana a t officers and aad crew cre iv are ard assembled hy the captain who reads the episcopal burial service prepared for forsu such cli occasions the ship lem leng 0 stopped meanwhile tie tae service being com coin pleated the plank upon wl which lich tile the body rests is tipped up and the body slides into the ocean and 6 inks being 0 carried down by th heavy weights r then the vessel is put on oil her course and goes ahead surely is li othin V or u unbecoming in this Y V I 1 Y ti titina |