New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-23
fHE VICTIMS OF THE PANIC.
vrarp,r. SERVICES OVER FOURTEEN.

a oRrAr THRoNa IN AND ABOUT THE CHURCH.
ANOTHER prArH-CoNDTTroN OF THE BUILDING.
rpneral services were held yesterday morning at
the German Catholic Church OF the MOS. ~ n ny
fonrteen children who lost their hyes IN Inc INC
school panic Tuesday afternoon Inc o,c Jocts
Of the church opened at hsltpsst r etpar
Int for an hour previous crowd had oeen gatn .
me- The middle Of the church was reserved for the
mourners and their friends SO the large asseDIage
svmnathv with the sorrowlng relatives OF the dead
children. or by idle curiosity, sreamed into the SIDE
asles and ocked up INTO 1he galleries nnu ebs
yoSsmre became greater for still through every
street that led toward the church the people con-
tinued to come The police arrangemeeh.s "ere f a
seventeenth Precinct, who had force of
about seventy-fve men under his command. The
street. through which the hearses and carriages
drove up 10 the church door, while the crowd on
either side looked on in respectful silence. men
We're ready TO ree snS or, one 'O by ore the
whole fourteen were lifted from the hearses s
and carried through the church TO place IN Ith s
dead. as they walked or were led sobDmg INTO the
church behind the collins, was pitiful to witness,
and many a strong man gave way to his emotions:
A. O'clock the first peal of the organ was heard,
and the doors were closed The view OF the interior
of the church at this time from point near near
of the altar, and wound around the pill
lars at the back of it., were streams teaia r Oh
black and white Grape Inc affair ltS S ma3
illuminated by constellation OF candies, anu
eighteen tall wax tapers stood just within the ran.
Kneeing without the rail were tWenty-elght i'I1 1
girls schoolmaes of the dead chlldre t I
foot OF the altar steps we're rangeu 'n ne
fourteen coflins, each having :, the face OF
ali being covered with flowers arranged In many
forms The first OF seats was occupied py =
number of the Sisters OF Notrc Dame, ana -;
them stretched sea of upturned races, DIVIDED III
the middle by military company of seyenty-nye
mem belonging to the church whlS 1erb @ai
in the galleries. row after row of faces seemed to
stretch to the roof The service was listened to
with she utmost attention throug1out o1 ZOOS,
Reouem Mass was performed, Win the new
John Hespelin as celebrant, Father Welsser uea-
con. and Father Areud, sub-deacon. Wlthin tne
altar rail were also Fathers Ludwig ana CaSsea
nire of the Capuchin Order OF Monks, bIotne .
Cornelius and FiOrian, two acolytes ard twenty
chorsters The choir consisted OF 100 slneers IN
der The leadership of the Rev. A. Lapnel, OF ot.
Patrck's Cathedral and Mr.. Marcke. the organist
of the Church of the Most Holy Name. ,:
The Rev. p Schroper preached the sermon o ~
God.D from the Book of Wisdom lie spoke III uer-
man and said i'll part:
The sight collins before us ls to the fn o 09I
in an awful form; for in moment they were
R Of Joy and St and sess clay In our
misfortune however, there is one consoaton no one Is
70 blame for the accident INIT n Sree nS against
tions that unjust, and against tne violent ~
hat
our hearts arc filled with melancholy but we are not
athcm coud 0cr YOU no consolation, but speak
n Christian to Christian fathers and mothers
a FaS SO"r in the proyiGence Of God. although
we may not understand His workings, consoles US aSn
away rom temptation and carried out of wicked
world to live III the presence OF Coo hSJoCe in
nocence They not dead but they live ana he
tley await you the other side, Where you SNAIL po
united with them forever ana ever
At the close OF the service the collins were carried
again one by one, TO the white hearses IN walln9
wne the mourners were put IN caTrIagrs p Snna
them. The leading bearse, followed by eaeh hearse
and carriage III turn, then moved slowly down
Third-st to Avenue G, turned into Avenue ana
went no Fourth ST. to Frst-ave SO that the process
sion might FORM The streets at tins time
for a great distance around were packed
with people; Every inch OIL space ,t Seesi9 ~
persons leaned, while along the house tops long
lines of people STOOD seem ngly indifferent 10 the
danger of falling The crush on the % was
VERY great. The number OF people IN the stfee6 o
was estimated as high as from l3oOo 10 Zoooo'
1t was twenty minutes past l when t9e proreis5
SION formally moved Oft from the church door anna
the tolng Of bells and the slow beating OF drums.
AT its head were four policemen, followed Dy q
drum corps. Then came the military company with
raverseG muskets. followed by a carriage con-
tanning SIX nuns. After these came the
hearses and carriages. The names and ages OF the
Bessell, age 10; Lena Bendnaael, age IL; Eliza
Brandcnburg age 10; Margaret Bncht, age 3;
Mary phOnah on aSs6 9e Se 6 6 MarY KdeSer age
IL: Josephine Narr, aye z; Barbara Pregenser, age
8; Elizabeth Skarbetzky, age 9; Minnie lrqne, age
ID, and Minnie lister, ages Mary Hopp and MN
ME lister were buried in the Cemetery OF the Holy
Trinity the others were taken TO Calvary Gene
tery. There was affecting scene at the latter
place. When the party That mad
accompanied Lena Beckers remains arrived at the
cemetery il was found that the child was to be
buried in a grave common TO the poor. The church
had paid the expenses OF the funeral IN this as III
other cases, but it had not provided grave The
distress Of Mrs Bedeer was Ptla3e III = snane
poured out her heart to her friends She had not
the money to purchase lot, and reluctantly she
was compelled TO leave her chllds Dody tnere. que
that she had brought with her upon winch nal
been painted in simple letters her daughters name
and the dates of her birth ana Ceatn, WAS DuIieu
DEATH OF LOUISE FLoREY.
Louise Floren, the little daughter OF AdoIpin
Floren, of No. 1919 Ave.-C, died at st. Francs's
Hospital, IN Fifth-st., at 1245 p. M, yesterday.
She had suffered from conclusion OF the DIain
much longer than The surgeons expected. Her
death incI cases the number of tie victims OF the
disaster 10 sixteen. Much sympathy was expressed
parents of Kane Gerlacb, tho child who died on
"Wednesday night Several collections for the relief
of the bereavel families were taken up IN the ueigh-
borhOod
Examiner john Riley, of the Bureau of Build
ings, went to the house OF Inspector Esterbrook
winch he had been directed to make re:
gsrdng the school building. He stated
int he was in the building few months
aVo and examined the walls foundations and
stairways to see if they were safe. Everything
and Inc saw nothing which in his judgment cal ed
for a special report Mr. Estorbrook said yesterday
that Rilcy's Judgment was a, fault He thought
lie man was energetic and faithful in the perform
ance of his duty, but h. had not recognized the
dangerous features Of the building. The trouble
Isl Mr EsterbroOk said, that 1t IS about lmp0ssi-
ia n mn
way competent to be examiners of buildings. The
examiners Ougat to be able 10 draw plan Of any
building, TO estimate the strength OF materials, and
buildings may say in defence of dangerous
parts thy ought to be able to recognize the dan
gerous features OF house. ana 10 rePIesS1ht MI ~