Body of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic" class="extiw" title="en:RMS Titanic">RMS <i>Titanic</i></a> victim aboard rescue vessel CS <i>Minia</i> being made ready for make-shift coffin, April or May 1912. Body in the process of being embalmed (equipment near body, tubes held by embalmer).
The loss of the RMS <i>Titanic</i> needs no introduction to anyone living today in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Regional_Municipality" class="extiw" title="en:Halifax Regional Municipality">Halifax Regional Municipality</a>. The great liner suffered irreversible damage, after a glancing blow from an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. on 14 April 1912 opened five water-tight compartments to the in-rushing sea. At 2:20 a.m. the following day, the technological marvel of the Edwardian Age sank. Of the 2228 passengers and crew on board, 1518 lost their lives. Within hours, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Carpathia" class="extiw" title="en:RMS Carpathia">RMS <i>Carpathia</i></a> recovered 710 passengers at the scene; five were dead or subsequently died on board and were buried at sea. The Halifax-based cable ships <i>MacKay-Bennett</i> and <i>Minia</i> were chartered within days, steamed to the site, and recovered the majority of the remaining bodies – 306 by the <i>MacKay-Bennett</i> and 17 by the Minia. Altogether, some 337 bodies were plucked from the Atlantic, with the CGS <i>Montmagney</i>, the SS <i>Algerine</i>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Oceanic_(1899)" class="extiw" title="en:RMS Oceanic (1899)">RMS <i>Oceanic</i></a> and the SS <i>Ilford</i> also assisting. One hundred and twenty-eight bodies were buried at sea and 209 brought to Halifax. Of the latter, 59 were claimed and shipped to other locations; the remaining 150 were buried at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairview_Cemetery,_Halifax,_Nova_Scotia" class="extiw" title="en:Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia">Fairview Lawn</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Olivet_Cemetery_(Halifax)" class="extiw" title="en:Mount Olivet Cemetery (Halifax)">Mount Olivet</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_de_Hirsch_Cemetery,_Halifax" class="extiw" title="en:Baron de Hirsch Cemetery, Halifax">Baron de Hirsch</a> cemeteries.
attributed to William J. Parker, carpenter onboard CS <i>Minia</i>
NSARM Photo Drawer - Transportation &amp; Communication - Ships &amp; Shipping - Titanic, no. 2  / neg. no.: N-0715 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/titanic/archives.asp?ID=8">[1]</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/halifax/archives.asp?ID=47">[2]</a>