The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-12-10
BROoKLYN'S BEREA VEfENT.
Further Sad Details Of the Agftd Catas-
trophe.
Funeral Of tie Unidentified Dead.

new Orh, Dec. S.-1n0 scene Ol
the horrible catastrophe in Brooklyn
was almost deserted in consequence of
the unsafe condition of the walls. The
bitter wind and driving dust aided the
police in the execution of their duty. A
number of workmen were engaged to,
day in bracing the dangerous walls.
A SAD DISCOVERY
was made this morning among the
ruins of the stage. 1t was thought that
the fragments of human body found
Thursday near the corpse of poor Bur
roughs was all that remained Of the
actor Murdock, but this proved not to
be the case, for the body of Murdock
or rather part of it, was found this
morning, and clearly identified.
THE DEAD ACTORS.
The funeral of Harry Murdock and
Claude Burroughs will take place to-
morrow from the Little church around
the corner.'' The expenses will be
borne by Sheridan Shook and A. NJ.
Palmer, lesees of the burned theatre,
and proprietors of the Union Square
theatre. The members of the two
theatres have adopted resolutions ten
dering sympathy to their managers and
holding them blameless.
THREE HUNDRED AND sIxTY-EIGIIT.
Altogether, 298 bodies have been
taken from the burned theatre, and if
the list of missing is correct, the burnt
bodies of seventy persons must still he
in the ruins.
THE OBsEQUIEs.
The bitterly cold weather has caused
Gen. Dakin to countermand the orders
issued Yesterday to the local military.
and only members of his regiment who
volunteered their services will take
part in the funeral procession.
In front of the morgue long lines of
wagons draped in black were drawu
up, and the undertakers were directing
the removal of the coffined bodies and
preparing to convey them to their
burial place. Along Flatbush avenue,
through which the funeral procession
passed, the shops were closed, and en-
blems of mourning appeared on many
doors and windows. Many of the stores
in the principal streets were also
closed.
Shortly after / O'Clock the ghastly
cortege started through Boerum place
and then entered Schermerhorn street.
Hundreds of men, women and children
followed, rushing along the sidewalk in
state of great agitation. The neigh
borhood of Schermerhorn street and
F'latbush avenue was crowded with
participants and
SYMPATHETIC SPECTATORS.
The sadness in the faces of women
wailing on the pavements was very
marked. The procession moved from
the head of Schermerhorn street into
Flatbush avenue, amid general mourn
ing, timed by the measued roll of
drums and by the fitful sobbing of al
most broken hearts. Within the houses
and without them, far along the wide
avenue and across the broad streets,
many an eye was moist and many a lip
quivering as the dead were borne to
Greenwood, leaving behind them
SACRED MEMORIES, AND CRUEL Poy-
ERTY
too, which will not be effaced, and by
their very stiffness and seclusion ap-
pealing more loudly than the noise of
words, in behalf of their stricken and
famishing loved ones, for a wise and
generous charity.
The following was the
ORDER OF PROCESSION.
First-a mounted squad of police
men: second-a number of carriages
containing clergymen; third-hearses
and other vehicles with the bodies of
the dead; fourth-regiments of militia;
fifth-relatives and near friends of the
victims, all in carriages; sixth-ofiicers
of the city government and others in
authority.
AS the hearses rolled down Flatbush
avenue one of the most conspicuous and
often occurring sights was an
OLD LARGE POSTER
with the ominous announcement:
Brooklyn theatre-last night of the
Two Orphans-doors open at half-past
Z o'clock"
The one feature which pervaded the
scene and lent to it distinctive and
deeply touching significance, was the
manifestation of
POPULAR SYMPATHY AND SORROW.
All flags were at half-mast, and were
torn by the gale almost to shreds. The
cold weather seemed to have little or
no effect upon the people, men, women
and children completely blocking up the
avenue, and even surging out into the
carriage way.