Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-04-25
Recognizing Relatives Among tn
Saved OF the Atlantic.

No SOONER was breakfast over than the
| inquiries for friends were begun. There
| is department especially devoted TO
| these inquiries at Castle Garden, where
persons who expect friends or relatives are
required to apply for information The
room is in low, long shed, just outside of
the Castle, and is fitted up with rallied
| In desk and numerous benches. This
room was crowded with men and women,
the latter being in the proportion Of about
two TO one, all of whom were restless and
uneasy. The post-office rule--first come
first served-was in full force, and men
and women were admitted to the desk one
at u time to inquire for expected relatives
or friends.
Heinrich Funk asked for his brother
| Jacob, who was soon ushered into the
room. AS he appeared Heinrich enfolded
him in his arms and kissed him many
times. Finally they went out, hand in
hand, and within the hour were speeding
on their way TO Philadelphia, the home of
Heinrich
The next to be claimed was Thomas
Booth, a bright and intelligent young fel-
low, who was taken away by his brother,
a business man of Pittsburgh, and closely
following him was William Kelley, whose
father, mother, sister and aunt were eagerly
uNdlblnE AVuhS ACliOJ 10 ~ oiiSh1
lad of seventeen, and looked wan and
wearied by his journey. As he was passed
out into the reception room his father-a
man of stalwart form-raised him from
the floor, exclaiming as he kissed the lad,
81 have him | have himi" Then the
mother, the sister, and the aunt crazed
with delight, threw themselves upon the
father and the son, and the happy quin-
tette moved out of the room to the music
of hysterlcal sobs from the mother, eXult
ant shouts from the father, and p@ans of
praise from the other relatives. Young
Kelley appeared to be totally overwhelmed
by this too demonstrative affection.
This group, exultng in their joy, had
barely left the room when a poorly-clad
young woman ran up to the desk, and in
broken tones asked "For Gods sake tell
me, is John Mahoney Gomez" 81 will see,
Madame" was the reply of the polite
agent, and the woman returned to her seat,
whence her half-suppressed sobbing was
heard all over the room. 81 told him not
to go!" was her constant cry, and she
seemed possessed with the notion that her
husband was lost The other women,
many of them vainly looking for dear
ones, endeavored to comfort her, but she
would not be comforted. Later in the day
her grief was turned TO joy, for the miss
sing man was 1Ounu. t..
Owen Flannigan's appearance was the
signal for demonstrations of unbounded
Joy on the part of his father, mother, and
brother, all of whom strugg led for the
first embrace. 90, dear Owen, you dar-
1intr said the mother; "sure I'd given
you up.H
There were two John Daltons in the At
lantic, only one of whom was saved.
When this name was called in the recep
ton room, five persons stepped torward,to
welcome the shipwrecked man, but he
was unknown to them all.
"Thats not my Johnl'' said an aged wo-
man, and then followed the hard task of
destroying the hope TO which she had so
fondly clung since the news of the wreck.
The information that the other John Dal-
ton had gone down with the vessel, or been
dashed to death against the pitiless rocks
of Nova Scotia, was impaired to her as
kindly and as delicately as possible by one
of the officers, and the poor woman turned
away with a look on her face which Will
long haunt the memory of those who
saw it.
These are only few out of the many
of the scenes witnessed in the reception
room yesterday, The strong excitement
under which both men and women labor
ed was evinced by the warmth of their
greetings.
1t is nothing unsual for Frenchmen,
Italians and Germans to kiss each other,
but when one sees sturdy, undemonstra-
tive Englishmen and stalwart Irishmen,
whose emotions seldom carry them such Il
length, hugging and kissing each other as
women hug and kiss children, he may con-
ceive the intensity of their excitement.
Such scenes were witnessed more than
once yesterday Two burly Englishmen,
who had probably met forthe first time in
many years, kissed each other and walk
ed down the room with their arms entwin-
ed, while two Irishmen embraced each
other repeatedly, and by the wildness of
their joy at meeting created great COM
motion