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Between 8 July and 19 September the business of recovering the dead and repairing the mine continued. Hodgson details the decayed and putrid state of some of the corpses. The recovery teams placed the bodies in coffins in the mine, there was a fear that the bodies might fall apart. [8] Identification was a problem.
Throughout history, people have mysteriously disappeared at sea, many on voyages aboard floating vessels or traveling via aircraft. The following is a list of known individuals who have mysteriously vanished in open waters, and whose whereabouts remain unknown.
The Iroquois in the War of 1812. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-8145-2. Cruikshank, Ernest (1971) [1902]. The Documentary History of the Campaign upon the Niagara Frontier in the Year 1813. Part 2: June to August, 1813. New York: The Arno Press Inc. ISBN 0-405-02838-5. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Eaton, Joseph H. (2000).
The Incredible War of 1812. Toronto: Robin Brass Studio. ISBN 1-896941-13-3. James, William (1818). A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of the Late War Between Great Britain and the United States of America. Volume II. London: Published for the Author. ISBN 0-665-35743-5. Latimer, Jon (2007). 1812: War with America. Cambridge ...
Usually the mines are said to contain valuable elements or minerals such as gold, silver or diamonds. Often there is a map or other document allegedly detailing the history or location of the mine. Common to all the lost mine legends is the idea of a valuable and mysterious resource being lost to history.
The British casualties during the land engagement from 6–11 September were 37 killed, 150 wounded and 57 missing. [49] Macomb reported 37 killed, 62 wounded and 20 missing [49] but these losses were for the regular U.S. Army troops only. [50]
Coast Guard officials said at a news conference Monday afternoon that they have deployed two C-130 aircraft for an aerial search and that the sonar buoys can listen to a depth of 13,000 feet.
Of these, 13 killed, 32 wounded and 6 missing were from the Royal Scots, who had endured a heavy cannonade while grounded in their boats. [3] The Americans took 5 prisoners. [4] The official American casualty figures were reported as 50 killed and 52 wounded. [5] The dead included Lieutenant Colonel Boughton. [15]