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Show SEARCHING FOi DEAD Steamer Mina to Aid in Task of Hunting for Corpses New York, April 24. The names of additional Identified victims of tho Titanic disaster arc awaited today by tho White Star line officials from the cableshlp Mackay-Bennett' now searching search-ing the scene of the disabtcr. jSo far seventysoven bodies have been ccovored but many of theso were In .such condition that no Identification was possible and they wore at once oui led. The Mackay-Bennett expected to otart today for Halifax, where she will arlvo Friday night or Saturday. Nearly ono hundred persons have already al-ready gone or are preparing to go to Halifax to meet the bodies recovored Only Nine Nov In Hospital. ' Of tho lit? Titanic survivors taken to St. Vincent's hospital only nine now remain, the others having recovered recov-ered and departed for their homes An employment bureau which sprang Into existence to glo work to thoso who apply, finds that while it has numerous requests from survivors for positions, there are more poBitious than applicants. Mrs. Madeline Force Aator Is still ln a stnte of nervous weakness at her homo There Is no reason to bellovc, however, that she will not recover. To Look After the Corpses. The White Star line announced today to-day that they have sent two men to Halifax to look after the recovered bodies of tho Titanic Victims, wlt't instructions to send tno Identifications Identifica-tions as quickly as possible. The White Star officials have endeavored en-deavored to got ln touch with the Mackay-Bennett to Instruct her to hasten to Halifax The steamor Mln ia Is expected shortly to reach the spot where the Titanic went down After Identification, the bodies, It was announced, will be sent to any point desired by relatives either in this country' or abroad. Tho Mackay-Bennott has on board 100 coffins for the bodies that may be recovored, whflo" the Mlnla has 160. The White Star Line officials believe the search for the bodies will bo expedited by the addition of the Mlnla, making It possible for one boat to rctunu to Halifax whllo the other continues the sewjrqh; It was pointed ouC too, thai thobodles probably prob-ably are scattered over a wide area-and area-and it will take some time to com-pleto com-pleto tho search. |