1.   As tens of thousands of elaborately dressed people flocked to the midnight ceremony in the backs of trucks and on foot, they passed the burned hulks of buildings.

2.   The burned hulks of the barges were still floating near the Ship Channel Thursday night.

3.   The burned hulks of the barges were still floating on the channel Thursday night.

4.   A few hours after the accident, skeletons of victims sat in the burned hulk of the bus, while emergency vehicles surrounded the site.