Government of Nova Scotia
Diary of a sailor who retrieved bodies of Titanic victims from the ocean: "Fine weather started to pick up bodies at six a.m. and continued all day till five thirty P.M. Recovered fifty one bodies, forty six men four women and one baby. Burried twenty four men at sea at eight fifteen P.M. Rev Canon Hinds in attendance also Ships Company. Bodies in good state but badly bruised by being knocked about in the water."
This postcard was sent to passenger Howard Irwin but retains no postmark date. It features the phrase – Erin Go Bragh – an anglicized interpretation of an Irish Gaelic phrase meaning ‘Ireland Forever’ in the top right corner. St. Patrick’s Day Souvenir is just visible along the bottom. At the center is an image of Blarney Castle, home to the ‘Blarney Stone’ which, if kissed, instills the gift of eloquence in the person who kissed it. #Titanic #StPattys
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