The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-05-27

and pulled with bravery that could not be
excelled. The women and children had no
chance when the sea washed away the paw
ilion, and the only wonder to me is that
Mrs. Jones was saved. Under the direction
of Mr.. Smith, c0ffins had been prepared,
and the final task of screwing them
down had been left until our arrival,
in the hope that more identifications might
be made. An inquest had been formally
opened by Mr.. Hall, the senior magistrate,
/ who acts as coroner, and all preparations
made for the funeral of the bodies, except
the few which the friends had telegrsphed 10
request should be allowed to remain un-
| buried for 3 while. There had been one f1-
neral before we came-that of Mrs. Weste;
m. t for the remainder a joint funeral had
bse, arranged. To say that il was en- i'm
pressa We spectacle is to use merely words OF
course. For hearses there were the little
two whee,, ID island carts, drawn by the i'tle
shaggy isIso ponies, some of the carts be-
ing't too small l. to take two bodies. Each
horse was lead by its driver, ard the cortege
proceeded slowly h' Indian file on its way.
1t was humble but touching token OF the
feeling hearts OF the IL lsnders that tnere was
hardly coffin that wa not
BEsTREwN WITH FLOWERS.
II nsttered rot In the ,'rave Scillonisns
that the bodies therein wsre al unknown.
1t was not for them to act sch SHY aLd Tor
themselves alone. Death was 'eiore them
in that dread shape v bich Scilly kA o"s only
too well, and they paid it all the res, 7ect In
their power. One of the sajdest sigh. in
the whole procession vas that of Herr Re-. u
driu walking feebly behind the carts wlIfcL
contained the remains of his wife and little
child-hesrt broken and desolste. A few
more carts ard then came another sur
rounded by group of young men who
wore the insignia of the order of Good Tenn
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pie ore-on the body that lay within that
coffin was found a card which showed that
the deceased belonged to that order. The
Good Templars of Scilly. had
never seen their brother in life,
but in life or in death he was
their brother still, end they acknowledged
the brotherhood by the last and only means
in their power. The dead-carts were drawn
by all kinds of horses-gray, black and
brown. At length the long line came to an
end, and then followed the mourners.
These comprised nearly all the inhabitants
who could witness this pitiful sight. There
were scarcely any spectators, for all were
actors in this mournful tragedy. Among
those who followed were Mr.. Dorrien Smith,
Lieut.. Smith Dorrien, Mr.. Hall, Mr.. Ban
field, Mr.. Hardley. Mr.. Moyle Mr.. Buxton,
Hr; n =: SSephers; p;t Mr John Stephens, A the
whom the funeral service was to be per-
formed, and the whole of the survivors on
the island. The interment took place in the
LITTLE sroNE-wALLED ISLAND CHURcHYARD
near the old town, the former capital of the
island. About mile from the pier, along
a rugged road, which commands the sea on
each side for great part of its course, two
graves had been prepared, in which the
coffins were piled one on another, and the
solemn burial service of the church
read over them. Two of the pre-
vious interments had been in
single graves. OF the immense number of
bodies of the drowned more are arriving
hourly, so that space could not ee had to
provide single grave for each.