[sinkspur]

They tried to pull them off shore a couple of times at Galveston, but they kept washing up, so they had to burn them. Very sad story.

Unembalmed bodies retain bacteria in the tissues and the lower cavities for a very long time after death. As long as the tissue gas is present, the body will float.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

And they couldn't tow them far enough away, and there were just too many bodies.

I am afraid that the death toll for the entire group who died from this storm may be similar in number.