New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-01

ss s,siTway where The accident occurred and
hGr:S an sns al along The Bridge
Saa we're Obliged e 60 Their way Mitn.nt
nnnecessary delay. Some OF the Bridge podnCensus
notably At the elevated platforms S ass,deS
,sTSs Efforts ss,S to Keep every one moving ahead
Several people who suffered 'fnt n. w stf~as
&c p aeS pscss in which they fought for
sn smna. nVes still still" smaller number came sec
fhe spot where some member OF their OWN aamiy
Ssd met death, and these wore easily identified 6y
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNERALS
A mourning company of women sat In an upper
room at No. SO Montgomery-st yesterday AFTER
noon. The women sat around the room speaking
in hushed tones concerning the virtues OF Mrs.
Riordan, whose body lay in cloth-covered CONN
m the center of the ROOM On the coffin lay beau
tiful wreath of flowers, whie the light from SIX
candles burning at tie head cast shadows on tho
face of the deceased woman as 1t shone tnrousu
<he borders of myrtle that surrounded the CONN.,
Mn Riordan W as the wife of William j. Rordan' tne
proprietor of livery stable, over WHICH 'no
family lived The funeral arrangements "oi0
completed at q late hour last nlgn'' 40 '"o
father was desirous that his son. VINO 10
~ the N.u York Hospital should attend the funeral.
I'm tine funeral will be held tomorrow morning
M 81. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, in Grand-st'
near Montgomery-st A requiem mass VII; De COLO
br.ted at half-past 9 o'clock, and the funerai
nrocesyon will leave the church at l2:3O'
The body will be inferred in Calvary Gene
tsry. Mrs. Rordan, with her son and miss BESSIE
IAahy. niece, was going toward Brooklyn Wnen
the crush occurred The three were separated az
once Miss Leahy was thrown down ana ner
clothes were torn, but she was not Injured. ono
saw the boy after tho separation for moment, but
was unable to reach him. She then lost hgnt OF
him md went home, thinking that he was with bis
mother. Mr.. Riordsn said that he recognized his
wife In the hospital by her rings, rs her face was
srnstiv distigured; but when the body was taken
hnwe the rings were missing. Mr.. Murphy, OF No.
"A Madison st., tho undertaken who removed the
body from the hospital, said that there wero no
rings on her hands when be was gwen charge OF
%hs bodv. At the Ncw-York Hospital the
surveon in charge said that he had heard OF the
missing rings but added that he knew nothing
about them. When asked II it were customary 10
remove rings and other jewelry from the bodies OF
dad persons he said that it the rule to take the
jsvelry from patients when brought to the hospital
md give it TO them when thoy went away; but"
h. added. the superintendent has not taken these
unga"
The funeral Of William H. Craft, Of No. 43O
(rand-st will be hold this evening at half-past
o'clock In the Allen Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, and the burial will take place tomorrow
morning in Green wood Cemetery Mr.. Craft was
horu in Green Farms, Conn. and was fifty
eight years old. He left widow, four sons ana
daughter His second oldest son. who Is member
her Of the 7lst Regiment. said yesterday that his
father left Ridley's store. where he had been en-
Moved nine years, about 3:15 p. IN. on Wednesday
30 ha pri1 Until
his house, as he probably thought none of his fam
fIv were at home "When he did not como to
tsan continued the son. I've were alarmed. and
"a soon as the news of the accident reached ms
went to the hospital and recognized him. we bad
his body brought home last night. The Rev. y. Ii.
Stsnsbury, of the Allen Street Church, where
Esther was leading member for nearly thirty
years will conduct the services"
The Chnaman who was killed was said to be- An
Ling but no such name was known IN Mott-st.,
until a reporter met James Baptiste. who has been
&venty wears in America, and has discarded the
Chinese costume He said: "Ah Ling was the
nickname gwen the unfortunate man, whose real
name was Chong HopOu He was poor man aud
did not belong to either Of the two Chinese benevo
liant societies. There will be small funeral at
n m Tomorrow from No. TIC Cherry st, where his
body is to be taken tonight The usual ceremony of
dropping paper for tho purpose OF diverting the
DEVILS attention from the corpse will DO observed
urobably and the other ceremonies incident at
Chinese burial will also be performed. The body
will be taken to the Evergreens Cemetery for in
&srmento The body of the Chinaman was taken
70 Kennedy's undertaking shop in Pearl-st, yester-
dsy afternoon, where it remained all the evening.
inst before midnight Coroner Kennedy said that
he had been ordered to take it to No. 178 Liberty
It,. where friend of the dead man should call for
II, but up to that hour be had not called. The
Coroner added that it was possible that the body
would not be removed until 1t was taken to the
One Of the saddest lncdents of the disaster was
the death Of Mrs EmmaC Sherwood Of BridRspOIt
and she had come 10 Nex-YOrk for a few days
Wait bringing with her little daughter, Alice, five
ss H4. ana s ssaser
eleven years old. Mr.. and Mrs. Parker Stiles, OF
Brewster Jwho bad Just been ZEN married NED And and
james Stiles, Of Clifton, came over to York;
pass the day and IN the afternoon started 20 cross
woman, and in crossipg the Bridge she led by the
hani little Matte Stiles, saying 10 her aaehnSIy
the crowd grew ECKER t 1ns' neoo ~a WbsR
found afterwsrd she lay with her body across TIE
child claspng her by the hand still. Her own body
was badly bruised and the clothes nearly torn from
bel. but The child and her own daughter were I'M
hurt Mrs Sherwood's body wS taken early yes,
tsrday morning from the Chambers street Hospital
carried to her home in bridgeport today for burial
NrA Elisa Karteu Is the wife OF Louis karten, q
German barber at No. 1s5 Grifith-st.. Jersey City
Heaghts The whole neiRhborhood was EXPRESSING
synpsthy with tho bereayed husband Yesterday,
porter Dir. Ksrten said: my wife and ! made .
Holiday Of Decoration Day. We went to New York
BridRe. and then We said We would come down and
sse the Brooklyn Bridge She wa big woman
and weighed most two hundred pounds Ny God |!
could to bold her up. but she already tired and
- fainted. Then she was pulled away from me-.
enAv whnn I fouuA hAr fft%Au Minutes after. Rhe