Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-08-11

church, corner Of on and X sfreefs, ssrse
crowd q peope also eathered there e early ss
Of the funeral process,cn- AT . few minutes 10
four O'Clock the organ pealed forth diree and
me so5psss !prsesSsd S By ne minister, Rev. A.
the aisle n d placed IN front Of the pulpit, the
bodies OF 70. Kelly and Miss Bette Reed each
bore BY az adults and the bodies Of the two
land and father, followed by his brother
and other relatives, came next, the fami-
o the s ssuresp r the sI 1ss sS X 'ss so
ard sang The hymn, "rhe Bright Forever"
after which the pastor resd the psalm com
place" Tie choir, under the lead OF Mr. Rolf
Bal, sang the hymn. The morning flowers dis
play their sweets" The pastor ofeyed . ferveut
ISOLATION 10 him 80 suddenly stricken by the sveep-
ing away Of his household; that he and his svrn-
psthising relatives might feel the power OF the
be enabled, believing in the doctrine OF the
resurrection, TO say, 'The Lord gave; the Lord
hath taken away; blessed be the name Of the
were then read. after which the HYMN leone.
ye disconselste," Was sung. the Misses Daniel
s csa1r NE solo parts the chorus BY the
bisga, and In the course OF his remsrks sa,d
that this extraordinarily large congregstiou
had done well 70 assemble 20 sympathize with
upon at some time 90 mourn the death OF
some one, and had received the sympafhv
OF friends; but when an entire household
carried away at one stroke, the sympathy
of the entire community was needed. Behind
single coffin we can 90 with but little Of the
broken spirit Bet when the thunderhots ga
Their and fall with such fury here, and scat
er desolstion, then, truly, Is sympathy needed.
Here God had spoken in tones OF terror. He
could not give the sad detail OF what had oc-
the screams, the panic, then the leapins into
the water. They knew what IL was 10 linger
around the bedside Of a dying friend and fellow
in such heavy and unexpected strokes as this
there Is no consolation % be found except In the
Gospel. Notwithstanding the terror with which
should not he FORGOTTEN We are ,e soeq; =; sa s
get God, whose counsel stands forever
They should lay IL 20 heart when these bodies
purpose in all his doines and not return 20 the
secular affairs Of the world with indifference
They should feel that IL Is not all Of life 70 live
and all of death TO die. In conclusion, he
exhorted the friends and relations or the de-
ceased 10 look forward 20 the day when their
loved ones will be met with again. The choir
the four coffns were returned 10 the hearres
and the cortege proceeded TO the Congressional
Cemetery; where large crowd Of persons had
assembled.
Not since the Arsenal disaster has such dis
tressing scene been witnessed In that cemetery.
As the four bodies (of six dead in the family OF
one stricken mani were borne down the walk TO
the public vault, where they were Deposited,
the anguish of Mr.. Reed expressed itself in
art-breakiHg sobs, which 50 affected those
present that there was not a dry eye among those
assembled. The burial service OF the church
was read and the bodies passed from sight, but
the lesson OF this dreadful visitation will long
remain.
Funeral OF Another Victim.
The funeral of Mrs. W. 5. Muse, another of
the victims, took place from the residence OF
Mr.. George Tucker, a relative, on r street,
near 9th, yesterday, and was very largely
attended The hnfN Viii Cae,
day morning. was taken In charge by MIR. Henry
Lee, undertaken, and was in a remarkably COOL
: are OF pressryation Il was inclosed In a
5th Baptist church, Off ciated At the funeral,
preaching a very feeling discourse. The re-
mains were inferred at the Congressional Gem
eiery. The body Of the only child of the de-
ceased, which was also among the victims, has
not been found.
scenes at the Wharf I'm this City.
The excitement in this city, occasiOned by the
news Of the disaster, continued after tn e latest
edition of The STAR was out on Saturday, and
hundreds of persons remained around the
steamboat wharf until late hour, anxious TO
reason TO believe were on the Inflated boat. As
is usual on such occasions, there were all sorts
OF rumors in circulation a. 10 the number lost
and saved. The arrival OF the tug Mary Lewis,
on which Captain Gedney left the city Satur-
day morning for the scene of the disaster, WAS
awaited with feyerish anxiety. The tug, which
seven O'Clock, brought up three bodies only-a
child of Policeman Reed, a girl II wears of age;
his cousin, Miss Bette Reed; and the body
of a colored woman named Willie Warrington.
Capt Gedney reported that he arrived at the
scene of the disaster about II O'Clock a. m, and
Immediately made arrangements 20 have all the
TERED in rough collins. A description of each
was made out and the graves numbered. As
the bodies were washed ashore they were taken
TO shady place and laid out, and IL any were
not recognized by the many persons present
hey were inferred as stated above. The people
King Georges county living along the river
ing helping hand. Thirteen bodies were re-
covered Saturday, up TO the time he left, ten of
which were inferred. Boats were left 70 patrol
the river. Capt. Howison met Capt. Gedney at
the wharf, and was soon beset by numbers of
persons who had friends on board, all clamor-
GUS for some way to get to the scene of the dis
aster, telegram from the owners Of the Van
derbilt, offering the boat TO the company, was
handed Capt. H., and preparations were imme-
diately made 20 get a crew to man her, and x
O'Clock yesterday morning was announced as
the time of her departure. A large crowd was
about the wharf until dark, but gradually
thinned out. Yesterday morning at * O'Clock
the Vanderbilt, with Capt. Gedney and Capt.
Howison on board, left for the scene of the dis
aster, with about $50 persons, among them
Messrs. Proctor, Lipscomb, Closky and Fisher,
committee OF Harmony Lodge No q, Knights
Mr.. George W. Crook, which was recovered
The tug johnson Brothers left here last even
ing for the scene, having on board Mr.. Joseph
Reed and others who have relatives among the
missing, but we're passengers on the boat
The Wawaset Disaster
Mr. EDITOR: would like 70 know how IL
was that Captain Wood (who was a man with
such great presence of mind p did not order
some swimmer to go ashore with a rope 20 stoD
the boat from drifting, and at the same
time TO give the passengers a chance Of saving
themselves by taking hold of this line (shown 20
them by some one) and that way reach the
shofe! III. b.
WAsHIrGToN, ID. C., August O. 1872
EDITOR STAR: Two months ago, while on an
excursion down the Potomac, we passed the
Wawaset and another boat freighted with
pleasure parties, and a learned professor of this
city standing by my side remarked TO me: ST
see terrible calamity in store for those vessels
my horoscope tells me there will be a terrible
loss OF life during the month Of August I
paid no attention to the remark, and might per-
haps have never thought of it again had ii not
been for the news received this morning which
verifies in one instance his prediction.
OLD SUBSCRIBER.
We would suggest that some measures be
taken by the press fraternity here TO pay proper
remark of respect to the memory OF Mr.. A G.
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