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The role Halifax, Nova Scotia, played in the Titanic disaster. - 0 views

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LawsonGhosts of the Titanic

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  • is the key role which Halifax, Nova Scotia, played in the drama.
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 31 Jan 15
       
       The setting of Ghosts of the Titanic is Halifax, Nova Scotia, relating to this article. 
  • White Star made arrangements with the cable ship MacKay-Bennett, lying idle in port at Halifax, to sail to the icy waters off the Grand Banks to recover the bodies of the Titanic victims.
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      anonymous on 31 Jan 15
       
       The main character in Ghosts of the Titanic is Seventeen-year -old Angus Seaton, a crew member present on the MacKay-Bennett when it is sent to retrieve the dead of the Titanic.
  • Canon Kenneth Hinds of Halifax's All Saints Cathedral;
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      anonymous on 31 Jan 15
       
      Pastor Hinds of All Saint's Cathedral is mentioned briefly in the book, committing bodies to the sea. This traumatizes Angus, helping form his visions of a ghost from the Titanic.
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  • the body of John Jacob Astor was recovered and identifed by the large diamond and platinum ring he wore and the $4,000 cash still in his pocket.
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      anonymous on 31 Jan 15
       
       Jacob John Astor is also mentioned in this book, described as wearing a belt with a gold buckle, a gold watch, gold cufflinks with diamonds, a diamond ring with three stones, a golden pencil and over $4,000 of cash. It is also said he could afford one of the small numbers of coffins on board.
  • and the hard weather-beaten faces of the crew, whose harsh voices join in the hymn tunefully rendered by Canon Hinds,
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 31 Jan 15
       
      Canon Hinds repeats the same rites,"I commit your body to the deep," seventy-seven times to commemorate the bodies buried at sea during the burial ceremony on board the MacKay-Bennett. 
  • special memorial services were held at St. Mary's Cathedral and at the Brunswick Street Methodist Church. Mourners filled the churches and hundreds more gathered outside to pay their respects.
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      anonymous on 31 Jan 15
       
       Angus Seaton attends a special memorial service for a five-year-old boy, whose body torments him for the rest of his life.
  • outside to pay their respects
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