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00:00In the North Atlantic, the Canadian steamer McKee Bennett has been at the site of the Titanic disaster for two days and recovered 80 bodies by April 23rd.
00:10Immediately after the disaster, White Star had chartered the commercial cable company ship to search the waters.
00:17The bodies are cataloged and many are photographed and identified.
00:21Those in no condition to travel are weighted with iron bars and buried at sea.
00:25The rest are embalmed by undertakers.
00:28First class passengers are placed in coffins and stacked on deck.
00:32Second and third class are stored in canvas bags and rest on ice in the hold.
00:37In all, McKee Bennett recovers a total of 306 bodies.
00:42190 are taken back to port and the other 116 are buried at sea.