These bags were central to the system for Titanic body recovery and identification. His body was found by the Halifax cable ship Mackay-Bennett and buried at sea. 41. Stone was a 33 year old First Class bedroom Steward from Southampton. The mortuary bag on display was used to identify and safeguard the personal effects of Titanic victim Edmund Stone, Body No. Read the history behind the addition of the Shoes and Curatorial Insights from Dan Conlin, former Curator of Marine History (April, 2014). Goodwin was enroute to Niagara Falls for a job offer, the entire family, including Sidney were lost. The research was peer-reviewed and confirmed in April 2011. In 2007, as a result of extensive DNA testing, the child's shoes were identified as those of 19 month old Sidney Leslie Goodwin from England. This very young boy, recovered by the crew of Mackay-Bennett, was buried at Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax. This pair of leather children's shoes is believed to be from Body No. One of the most poignant objects that evoke the solemn and the personal devastation of the sinking are the shoes of Titanic's Unknown Child and a mortuary bag which was used to identify and safeguard the personal effects of Titanic victims. In addition to a Titanic deck chair, there are over 50 objects including artifacts (collected as flotsam at the time of the great ship’s sinking) and historic photographs. Sit in a reproduction of a rare Titanic deck chair and imagine what it would have been like to relax aboard deck of the most luxurious vessel in its time. Visitors will be introduced to life aboard Titanic - from the crew stoking the boilers to the immigrants in third class to the passengers travelling in first-class style. Glimpses of their personal stories and those of the victims who are buried in Halifax are the essence of the museum’s Titanic connection. Many kept pieces of Titanic wreckage in their family for generations, preserving wonderfully carved pieces of her woodwork found as flotsam after the ships’ sinking on April 15, 1912. The cable ship crews braved awful conditions to recover bodies and invented a unique system to solve the mystery of many unidentified victims. While Titanic’s survivors went to New York, all who perished came to Halifax. Our permanent exhibit tells the story of Titanic’s creation and demise, drawing out the key role Halifax played in the disaster.
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