Post by Admin on Sept 29, 2013 17:36:23 GMT -5
A mass funeral then a watery grave: Rare picture shows priest praying over Titanic victims before they are buried at sea:
Photo taken on board Mackay Bennett in 1912 going under the hammer
It's estimated to go for £5,000 next month at auction in Devizes, Wiltshire
It shows mass funeral for dozens of 1,512 who died in Atlantic disaster
The ship's priest is seen with body bags stacked on the windswept deck
Some 166 of 306 bodies retrieved by Mackay Bennett were buried at sea
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2437189/Rare-picture-Titanic-victims-shows-prayers-said-bodies-buried-sea.html#ixzz2gK8f0lpy
Photo taken on board Mackay Bennett in 1912 going under the hammer
It's estimated to go for £5,000 next month at auction in Devizes, Wiltshire
It shows mass funeral for dozens of 1,512 who died in Atlantic disaster
The ship's priest is seen with body bags stacked on the windswept deck
Some 166 of 306 bodies retrieved by Mackay Bennett were buried at sea
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2437189/Rare-picture-Titanic-victims-shows-prayers-said-bodies-buried-sea.html#ixzz2gK8f0lpy