The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-12-11
Tears Tor the Dead, Relief for the
49, Living.

1885,. The number Of dead Identified 1
i now 2Sl. Twenty.eigh. Of the yietim
were buried yesterday. - -f.i
lIl'Nhe morgue still contains number o
bodies not Identified, most Of which at,
burned past recognition by features ol
; elothing, Mayor Schroeder, OF Brook
lyn, recommends that business be essus
tpeRded- to-day between / and 8 r. ".
tyhen hefuneral procession moves.
auRDocns BODY.
The Erenins Postsays the body OF MUIR
, n6ch;y the actor, was discovered this
morning in the ruins Of the BfookIyn
rhea,eF, and fully identified by his cos-
, tune. The body which was thought tt
be his because it vac so near that OF Bur
roughs must. now be placed among, the
unknown. ' IN'..t "a biz 10 f1' :
- DIED OF HIS INJURIES.
J. stiuson, who lives on Nelson street,
who was seriously injured while trying
to escape from the theatre and who was
taken 10 his home, died thisj morning
from the effects. ~ I
- =. SUICIDE FROM eRIkF.
MIRA. Sarah Goodrich, a widow SO years
OF age, committed suicide to-day at her
home, Al Myrtle Avenue. 1t is said she
lost q relative in the fire, ard in her grief
became slightly deranged.
| THE LAST ACT OF THE TRAGEDY.
The curtain rose this morning on tie
last act 6f the fearful tragedy which began
| mttk tha q ratn tba nro,,i, Ir "a rbnatr - ,,,,
Tuesday night. Special services will in.
deed be held at different places to.mor-
row, Ia accordance with the programme,
but the burial Of the bodies OF the victims
this afternoon wai fitting end to one d
tue most idoleful histories Of modern
times. Il
Al the Adams street Morguea hundred
collins with German sllver mountings
were brought In and placed upon the
floor, and 10 them the unidentified and
destitute dead were placed. Fif,y-six
hearses and undertakers wagons drew up
at the entrance on Adams street and the
remains were lifted in. There were two
collins In each vehicle. Considerable do.
lay in forming the procession was caused
by desire OF the persons at tho Adams
street Morgue to continue their efforts
for the identification Of friends, and sev.
efal additional bodies were recognized.
The throng about the morgue was very
large and the utmost excitement prevail.
ed. Al one o'clock the ghastly cortege
started through Boerum Place and then
entered Schermerhorn street, hun
dreds of men women and children follow.
lug on the sidewRlks in state Of agita-
tiOn. When the hearses and wagons
reached Sckesmerhoru street they formed
in parallel lines, and there was delay Of
nearly tbree.quarters Of an hour.
Although the weather was very cold,
and the cutting wind blowing . gale.
The neighborhood OF Schermerhornl
street and Flalbush avenue, was crowded
with participants and sympathetic spec.
tators. The sadness In the faces Of wo-
men waiting on the pavement, was very
marked. The soldiers who were awaiting
orders to move, suffered intensly from
cold. Irwas expected au entire 6iyision
of military would par rade, but about half
past one, order, caused by extreme cold
weather was promulgated, that only the
regiments or companies previously vol.
pnteeripg were expected 10 parade. r II
was 20 minutes to 2. when lofder |
TO march was given. The procession |
Immediately moved from the head Of
Schermerhorn street into Flaibush ave.
nue., amid general mourning, and timed
by the measured roll Of drums, and by the
itful sobbing OF almost broken hearts.
Within the houses and without them, far
along the wide avenue land acroSs The
broad streets, many an eye was moist and
manya lip qdiyering az the dead were
borne to Greenwood, leaving behind them
sacred memories, and poverty too, which
will not be'effaced, but BY their vetysttil.
ness and seelu .iou, appealingmore loudly
than the ibise OF words Ii behalf 0t their
stricken andfiamhhing loved onea for
wise and generous charity. nv. Issu!
. The following was the order OF the
processions A mounted squad of. police
and q number Of carriages containing
clergymen; hearses and other vehicles
with the bodies Of the dead; an escort Of
several regiments Of militia, Major. Gen.
Thomas s. Dakin In command; relatives
and near friends ol the victims, an 10
clrriages: officers Of the city government
and Others 10 authority. 90 n
On tho way down Flatbush avenue one
Of the most conspicuous and often occur.
ring sights was an old large poster, with
the ominous announcement: "Brooklyn
Theatre. Last night OF The Two 0f.
.phAns. Doors open at 1880 O'clock
1 Compared with other flueral prbces.
Sions the great procession of to-day had
many characteristics OF its own. One
feature which pervaded the scene and
lent to h 4 distinctive and deeply touch.
ing Significance was the manifestation Of
popular sympathy and sorrow. "A com.
munity had been afflicted and sadness
was common. Many OF the private and
almost all Of the public buildings we're
draped. All the aaga were at half.ma4t
and torn by the gale almost into ShredA,
as II the great occasion had a right to ali
the service they could ever render.
An immense crowd had assembled 10
Flalbush avenue, Just beyond It's junction
with SchermerhOrn street, and Al the
cortege alsd into the avenue, the great
mass Of humanity moved with Il. The
intensely cold weather seemed now to
have little or no effect on the people,
Men women and children were there,
completely blocking up the avenue and
surging ont into the carriage way. The
police kept a wide space open for the
procession, which moved slowly up The
avenue, the people. pressing on and en-.
deAyoslpg apparently 70. ApproSch Jas
near - possible the hearses and wagons
bearing the fragmenlary femainA OF the
victims Of the playhouse tragedy. = The
windows Of tho houses werc flied with
spectators, and far ahead the avenue
was black with human beings. Arriving
at Sixth Avenue, the column proceeded
down that Avenue past the private rGsl.
dences with their peopled windows, court
yards and Stoops. A vast eroW Wd accom-.
panied The proeession, which then turned
into Third atreet Rnd moved down
tnFafda Fourth Avenue. There was
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