Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-09
The Funeral Of the Victims to
Take Place To-day.
The City in MOurniDg-BusinesS
Suspended.
Tbs Procession Escorted by 5000
Infantry, Followed BY City
Officials and Oitizsns.
Greenwood Cemetery the Resting
Place OF the Unfortunate.

Brooklyn, December 9.-Brooklyn is
walking in the valley of the
of death. Funerals of such Of
the victims Of the theater disaster as
have been identified are taking place,
and through the streets in every part OF
the city hearses are moving, bearing the
to the cemeteries. About thirty
FIVE men are at work on the ruins, and
it is hoped that the full extent of the
calamity will be definitely ascertained
within the next twenty.four hours. They
have not yet succeeded in uncoverlng
the dress circle, and it is therefore I'M
certain how msuy, if any, of the specta-
tors 10 it persisted.
The articles taken from the dead have
been deposited for Identification, and are
guarded by a number of police officers,
Since IL o'clock, yesterday, when the
articles we're arranged for Identification,
they have been examined by q large
number of persons. The remains Of
Mr.. Murdoch aud his brother actor, Mr.
Burroughs, are in charge Of an under
taker. A meeting Of the surviving mem
bers OF the Brooklyn Theater and the
Union Square companies was held at
the Union Square Theater to make al
engagements for the funeral Of their late
associates. Several bodies we're claimed
at both the morgue aud the market yes
terday. One body on which was a gold
watch was claimed by no less than seven
persons.
The police central Office and the City
Hall are heavily draped, and the large
business establishments are putting on
the habiIiments Of mourning. A number
of stores are closed, and on the door il
a notice reading: CLOSED in cOnse
quence of death in the family"
THE FUNERAL.
The funeral Of the identified dead vii
take place to-day instead Of Sunday, al
previously stated. The memorial ser
vices, however, will be held Sunday loon
To-day the militia will assemble on
Schermerhorn street, the right resting
on Flatbush avenue. The procession
will be formed 10 the following order
Police, band, clergy in carriages, hearse
escorted by military, relatives and friend
in carriages, city officials In carriages
and citizens. The procession will NOV
at one q clock. The services in the cen
etery will consist of prayers, addresse
and singing by choral societies. Til
bodies will be taken from thet two morgpe
r by the uudsrtakeFs without spseial aeri
. mong, and carry each coffin in a separat
vehicle to the place Of assembly o
!. Schermerhorn street, which will be keI
i free from ordinary travel while the co
s tege is forming. Places Of bushes
n Yill be closed between the hours
ORs and lhreo aelosk. The lot
d Greenwood cemstery is on the sumH
d Of an elevation. 1t is circular al
a nearly sixty feet in diameter. The ri
& from circumference TO center is abo'
two fsot, The ground was presented
the Cemetery Associations, and the plI
x for the arrangement of the collins Y
made by Comptroller Perry. 10 ord
al that the services may not be msrred
y, the presence Of an unsightly hill OF fire.
ID earth thrown up by the grave digge
Comptroller Perry volunteered to Ia
ce all the earth carted away aud Carl
ar baek again. 4 elreulaF TRENCH foqrls
'r- feet vide will be dug completely arou
lunluo VI kuc ClISum4cEouto LUIS v
to leave a center plat for a monument
yh sbout thirty feet 10 diameter. 10 /
trench the bodies will be laid with th
Mt feet toward the CENTER, and as close
r. may be necessary. The workmen
Is, bp,ily aRgsged to-day in digg'
ell the trench. The lot is on Bal
to avenue, near the gate for
exit Of funerals. All collins ore
'us be alike; they will be plain bat taste
3 in construction, the only ornament be
IN q double row Of diamond-hsadsd too
of II is supposed that not more than
Iee hundred vehicles will be needed. AbI
on three Thousand infantry, under the CT
he mard Of General Thomas :. Dakin,
ise form the escort. The line Of march
al. be through Flatbush Avenue to 81
Of avenue, thense to Third street, thenp
rs. Fourth avenue and to Fwenty.ffth str
eg. which leads to the cemetery. The