• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    My guess is that, due to less effective methods of record keeping, not everyone was immediately identified and declared dead.

    As for why people died BEFORE boarding the Titanic but still count, I’m afraid that I don’t have any non-gruesome theories 🤷