The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-10
Brooklyn's Military Pageant in Honor
of the Victims.
TIE DEATH ROLL FOOTS UP 29S.
ToDay's Memorial Services In Three
Houses Of Amusement.
Tue FIRE MARSnAyS INVESTIGATION
What Charitable Actors ore Doing for the
Belief OF Sufferers.

BELIEF OF NullcrcfS
The scenes at the Brooklyn Morgue and |
the old market yesterday morning, when tho |
unclaimed and unidentified bodies put
into collins to DO buried at the citys expense,
were, " possible, moro heartrcbding and borri- |
bic than anything that had occurred In those
places since the burning OF the theatre. The
undertskers wagons ratified up to the door OF
the old market by dozens and the cofhus OF
stained and polished wood, studded with silver
nails, were ranged n rows on the market noor
beside the black, gnarled things that had been
-uman bodies. Outside q otley crowd OF men.
women. and boys pressed close to the doors aud
tried to get past the police lines In order to wit
usss the work Of putting the sti6ened and dis
torted bodies into the narrow cofins. Wander
ting among the shasty rows was the usual throng
of siehtsssrs ana mourners searching for friends.
D Tho work OF cofnniDg the bodies began At 10
O'Clock. The men who undertook this task
were accustomed to handling lead bodies, but
some OF them showed trepldston when they
lifted tho crooked forms from the floor and at
tempted to force them into the oofins Here
On arm, stifeDed by ire and death as II had
been lifted to ward on some danger, projected
out of the coffin, and was forced down by main
strength. There q body. moro resembling In
sh,pe a gnared and burned root than human
frame, rested on top Of the CONN. and would not
go In until IL had been forcibly straghtened. In
hardly single instance did q body lie straight
In the CONN. when they were prepared for
burial. and the conn lids shut down upon them,
their limbs were still crooked, and the frozen
gestures OF despair, OF agony, and Of strife with
death. remained unchanged. Visitors were
given a chance to Identify the bodies up to the
last moment.
No attempt was made to dress the bodies In
grave clothes. With the burned shrcds OF gar
ments cngng to them. and the shriveied shoes
upon their feet, they were pushed into the cof-
nns, and the pieces OF clothing and fragments
Of fingers and burned nssh that fell a. they were
lifted from the door. were thrown 10 after them.
Ninety bodies and fragments were thus encof-
nned In the old market, and eleven In the
MOrgue. Seventy nine connns were thus used,
and whore the fragments were small, more than
one was placed in a single comm. After the
bodies had all been placed In cofnns, the
cofins were ranged side BY side, occupying
nearly all tue space in the centre OF the market
Upon each conn card with the name OF
the undertaken who furnished II. and another
with tho number OF the body it contained.
Where parts OF different bodies were In the
Same CONN the numbers OF both were ticketed
ON the lid. About half-past ten nve OF the
bodies from the Moreue were rem owed In cofins
Co the old market. The removal OF the bodies
and Fiatbush avenue whore the procession was
co form began about noon. Fifty-four vehicles
seventeen OF which were hearses, and tho re-
mainder undertakers' wagons, were used for
this purpose. In many of the undertakers
painted black. two cofhns were placed sids by
side. As fast as they received their loads the
dust to the place Of rendezvous, and each was
followed along the sidewalks by curious
Soon after one o'clock the last comm taken
from the old market, and the driver who carried
around the door took a last glance at the black
eped doors Inside as though the horrible place
wagons and carriages that were going TO Join
the procession.
TBE GATHERING OF TuE MILITARY.
General Order No. 10 to the Second Division N.
q. f. N. Y. ordered the Brooklyn militia out as
an escort in the public funeral. THIS order In
oluded the Thirteenth ana Fourteenth Regi-
OF controlling the multitudes. After II had been
services had been utilized should be excused
from an arduous street parade rather
this 1t wss said that those Who did the work
should participate N me honors OF parade, and
Tor parade, but to assign a place In tho line to
volunteer members OF the Thirteenth and Four
and allow them TO carry their pieces. IL was
not thought advisable to make exceptions, aud
the order as 1t applied TO the rest Of the divison
rs none OF tue regiments are completely supplied
ing order was sent to tho whole division as
we'll as tho invitation to volunteers. II was too
late to secure full circulation OF the later order
until tho reaiments assembled In obedience to
the nrst. Then volunteers were called Tor, and
feature OF the sad procession was not lost. .The
Thirteenth Regiment. although most OF lts
oeIs nad zone guafd one or a .ne o.ns1, nd,,
made up from the different companies and
agRregatnR over l6O muskets. Tho men marched
To hA all hoV a n
aooountably put In the rear Of the procession.
Capt: Cocheu was In command The Twenty
third turned out as a regiment with eight COM
mands OF sixteen nles front. or more than $50
men, and. headed by the regimental band Com
1ss .a Ss co., .ni Rdaa: Sa:s %d " The
Forty seventh Regiment was also accompanied
fhsn i5O men, Including otncors. facing the
burgh to Greenwood aud return. A detachment
from the Fourteenth Regiment and a squad
from the GatliDg Battery also volunteered.
THB GATHERING or THE MULTITUDEs
Even before noon. the hour at which II had
been announced the procession was 10 begin 10
FORM. tbrongs assembled along tne siaeweiRs On y,
Flatbush avenue, where the right OF the line
was TO rest. The inexcussbe procrastlnatlon so
universally characteristic OF all sorts OF process
sional demonstrations, and so especially obJec-
.tionable on such terrible day as Yesterday, i'm:
very painful waiting. They bore the infiction.
however. with surprising patience The cold
was a kale WIS anu
blinding clouds Of dust obscured the chill, gray
light from the murky say. Yet, as the minutes
dragged slowly by, the streets became more and
more crowded, aud very few persons could be
observed sucoumblng to the adverse elements
and taking their departure. Sadly unlike the
GRO wds that generally await professions was this
one. Its component parts were tho same, but
It's character very different. There were no
smiles no jests and banter. little conversation
except In subdued tones and Win depressing
air OF repression and solemnlty, and when, from
timo TO time. events transpired that seemed 10
indicate a termination ~ the long suspense,
There was none Of the usual hustle aud rush to
Advantageous points OF observation. A decOrous
respect, rather. indeed, a tone Of saddened awe,
pSTvaded the multitude.
A little after one O'Clock private funeral pro-
Sysylon passed up schermerhorn street and out