BURIAL AT SEA TO BE ABOLISHED.
PROPOSAL TO ABANDON THE OLD CUSTOM.
It is niojicsed to abolish burial at sea in the ease of liner passengers. Shipping companies regart.l the proposal as quite practicable, and if it is adopted by one or more of them the others are certain to fall into line. ••Deaths of passengers at sea are rare nowadays,” said an official of the Allan Line recently; “we have not had one this year on anv of our ships. Few people start on a voyage unless they are in the best of health, and even if a passenger falls ill on board slup, jKirt is usually readied before a fatal result occurs.”
On the other hand, an official of the Ham burg-American line said that two or three deaths occurred every week among their steerage passengers. "If we should receive any intimation of the wishes of relatives, we would endeavor to carry them out,” he addd. “It would mean that the body would have to be enclosed in a hermetically sealed coffin, and relatives would not bo able to see it.” Similar statements were made by officials of the Cunard and White Star lines.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3112, 7 January 1911, Page 3
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196BURIAL AT SEA TO BE ABOLISHED. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3112, 7 January 1911, Page 3
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