The New York herald., 1876-03-09

father was among those who had escaped and joy
full meeting between father and daughter followed.
THk FUNERAL
The interment OF the bodies was intrustod TO Mr.
Tracy, OF Kent He and his assistants en-
gagged during TUESDAY nght m preparing the remains
in which, such practicable they aided
by the sisters whose solcitude for the proper treat
Of the remains In keeping with the grief they
le a, the loss OF Some OF the bodies were
distorted by the suerings endured by the unortun
ate creatures that IS was impossible TO place them
collins The undertakers had 10 place such in pine
boxes, and. owing to the rigdity OF the limbs
even this difficult matter At nine O'Clock
Yesterday morning, however, the arrangements
complete and at half past nine celebrated in
presence OF the Sisters, preliminary 70 the inter-
Inent of the remains in the basement of the female
department, by Father McCarty of St Johns Col
ege The services brief and such merely as are
appropriate the burial Of the dead Solemn requiem
high mass the repose OF the souls Of the deceased
Will be held this morning at ten O'clock in the chape
OF ST. Johns College, Wiloughby, near Throop avenue
the Clergy OF ST. Johns College officiating At ten
O'Clock the funeral took place and notwths standing
the heavy rain that fell, about thousand people
assembled around the building Promptly the houi
named cortege OF sixteen hearses formed line on
De Kalb place. to the side entrance of the instu
tion, and there received the charred and mangled
bodies As the collins and boxes borne out b,
the underiaKers and deposited in the hearses chorui
OF sobs arose from the women In the crowd that inter
mingled with the melancholy walls OF the Sisters and
the female inmates who remain at the institution and
who viewed the mournfu procession OF the dead from
within the Enclosure AS each hearse received tho
coffin It was appointed to convey It moved down De
Kalb place and took up It's position in the block be-
tween Bushwick avenue and Broadway, and when the
last coffin rolled in upon the trestes and the SIX
teenth united with the line, the pageant moved
slowly forward the dark pumes OF the hearses nod
ding in dismal concert with the tread OF the horses
hools Its destination the Cemetery OF the Holy
Cross. at Flatbush, in which the Right Rev. Bishop
Loughn provided plot for the burial of the remains.
When the bodies had thus left the institution
the remains Of Two only OF the victims remained These
the bodies that had been identified One was that
OF Michael Cummings, aged seventy five, killed by the
formed
OF the dismal horror. HIS body yesterday recog
nzed by Commissioner Pyburn, who was acquante
with the deceased In atter's life time during visit
to the institution Cummings funeral took place ut
hal past three O'Clock from the institution and the
remains were inferred in Calvary Cemetery The others
recognized were Conrad Landerman and John German
the former by his wife, an inmate OF the female de
derman also recognized by his grandson. His
funeral took place at (hs relatives having taken
charge OF his remains), from St. Leonard's church.
corner of Hamburg aud Jefferson streets, E. d. the
Rev. Father Raber officiating. The body inferred
mains, enclosed in neat rosewood cofhn with his
name marked thereon, were inferred with the othei
bodies in the Cemetery of the Holy Cross.
INVESTIGATION MARSHAL.
Fire Marshal Ready yesterday continued his investt-
CATION INTO the cause of the disaster. The only
important testimony recorded that OF +. O'Bren
contractor who erected the institution. He SAID II
live at No. l64 Bedford avenue; by occupation
builder; erected the all BRICK building at the Home
Tor the Aged Bushwick and Chestnut street.
from time TO time erected the burned east wing about
tour years ago; the building was designed by Father
this country ne is now III France; he made the plans
the specifications and made the contract and
superinended the erection OF the building; everything
was done under his supervision; was the contractor
for all the work and then sub-let the mason work 10
James Ashhed, mason he put up the walls, plaster
ing &C day by day Father Levere superintended the
work have the original plans in my possession; the
wing four stories with the CELLAR 1t about
seventy-tve by tfty feet outside OF the chapel
and built of brick in the most substantial
manner, with sixteen inch walls; this wai
not necessary but the Father would have
inches and from ten to sixteen inches apart; the
beams OF the upper story were not so strong as those
below; the root constructed with trusses about
Sx12. 6xS &c; It planked over with tongued and
grooved white pine plank and then covered with felt
and slated; the cutters were lined with tin and the
valleys were flashed with lead zinc the very best
manner; in that part OF the building burned .here
TWO hreplaces each door, running all the way
the apex Of the roof; there three dues in each
chimney breast; saw them built myself and know
they were good; they were all parched (pastered on
the inside the building progressed; OF the
beams were permitted 10 enter the hues; there Is
leader framed in front of each fireplace all through the
building; the hue was protected IN the rear oy an
eight inch brckwork and IN front by brick thick
-four inches have examined the building this morn
ing carefully.
o From what you saw do you think the Arc could
have originated IRON any OF the nues! A. am
ii could not; did not put in the heating apparatusi
put the plumbing and gas hung ngress and egress
TO and from the building were provided tor the east
wing by main stairs IN the original building commu.
ncatng with another stars in the wings in addition
this there outside stairs reaching the third
story inclosed by wood work the middle stairs whch
connected with the main stairs. in the burned
building, near the chapel; all the stairs
strucied OF the best quay Of yellow pine about four
feet wide and properly protected; the inmates could
have left all parts OF these buildings by OF
these staircases assuming that the open;
the outside stars We're put up after the building was
erected the design contemplated the carrying
OF the building TO the next street.
Q Why were not fire escapes provided for so large
building as this was, containing a. IL did nearly 200
personss A. Having many stairs We did not think
fire escapes necessary the contract for the building
near as can remember was made about six years aaol
this Is all | can remember about the buildings