The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1883-08-17
BURYING THE TIvoLI VICTIMS.

and Northwest Baltimore, where most of
them lived, have been filled with funeral
professions. All but one was buried ac.
cordng to the rites of the Catholic Church.
Nearly all belonged to two Parishes
Corpus Christi and St Johns The Church
of Corpus Christi, of which the Rev. vii
liam Il. Starr is pastor, has been open all
day, and one funeral service has rapidly
succeeded another all the afternoon. A
young lady, Miss O'Conner, was the first to
be buried from this church, and as soon as
the coffin containing her body had departed
another procession arrived. Many of the
people remained for both services The
march up the aisle Xasled- by fathor Starr
Following him came four pail bearers bears
ing the coffin in which lay the body Of
John McAnauy Four more followed and
bore the body Of Mrs Annie McAnany,
his wife, Next came man bearing across
his arms small coffin containing the body of
Mamie their infant. After this were Two
men who carried the coffin which held the
body of Alice McAnany, their little daugh.
ter. Walking closely behind these coffins
was Johny McAnany the only survivor Of
the family. He seemed heart broken.
The tears filed his large eyes and strcamcd
down his cheeks. His face was the most
pititul spectacle of the whole funeral The
little fellow sat up all night Tuesday night
watching and keeping the flies away from
the dead bodies of his sisters The strain
on his system was clearly and sorrowfully
pictured in his features. 1t was almost
impossible to look at him without crying.
Two OF the collins were placed in the aisle,
one upon the catafalquo, the other on stools,
and the cofhns of the children wero put
upon the backs ofthe benches. After read.
ing the service Father Starr mad, short
address. lit is not necessary" he said,
"to tell you how sad this scene is. 1t is
out the beginning of series of sorrowful
sights; 1t is only one Of the first of the
funeral trains which for the next two DAYS
will proceed through the streets of the city.
To many Of us this disaster was me st
bcwidcring and completely unnerving dis
pensatlon. We could not, and many of us
do not, recognize the providence of the act,
nor understand why our picnic should
be made the occasion of such fatal and
such an appalling calamity. We must all
pray for the grjwn persons who lie there in
their cotfins. For the children you need
nos pray. In their innocence the little
ones went from the bosom Of that.dark riv-
or to the bosom Of God" After speaking
ofthe necessity Of prayer for the dead adults,
he said: "When l saw my people strug-
Cling in the water and could not save them,
( | granted each aud all of them absolution
ksSAkbeirs silk s<sI a didFRhat. .boula 7el1E(tr
know dear friends, l would have given MY
very life to save those people. would
have" At this point the priests feel
ngs were too deep The members of the
congregation were sobbing aloud, and for
the moment he bowed his head and wcpt.
AS soon as he recovered he said he woald
not draw on the already ovcrchargcd hearts
of the mourEers. The service was finished
and the cortege moved away to The cemetery.
Quite number of persons remained
at the Holy Cross Cemetery during the day
to witness the six or seven interments
made there. Along the Hartford road
leading to this cemetery groups of people
gathered at the cross roads and street cor
ners to see the funerals pass by, and many
shed tears at the melancholy sights
From st. Johns Catholic Church, corner
OF Eager and Valley streets, there were five
of the victims buried with Christian rites,
and the clergy Of that parish also officiated
at several other funerals during the day
The saddest and NEST impressive funeral
in the Northeastern section of the city was
that Of Mrs Mclaughlin and her three
children, of No. 10 Sterling street, who
went to their de9th together, and together
were borne to the tomb. The little parlor
of the modest dwelling where they had lived
was scarcely large enough to hold the COTS
fins, and two were placed in back room
While the grief stricken husband and father
with his eldest son, who is weak. minded and
almost an imbecile, moved from coffin to
coffin and took look at the pale faces of
his loved ones, neighbor held in her arms
the youngest child, which, together with
his helpless boy, are all the poor father
now has left of the large and happy family
he had few days ago. The narrow street
in front of the house was thronged with
people, not only from the immediate neigh
borhood, but other parts of the city. There
were four sets Of pail bearers Such scenes
as these were frequent at the funerals of
the victims. On Sterling street, in North
east Baltimore, there were six funerals in
one square four in one house, all members
Of the Mclaughlin family.
There is no evidence that there will be
any criminal prosecution OF the owners or
lessee OF the property, but William IL.
Whyte, son of Mayor Whyte, will bring a
number of civil suits for damages against
the owners-thc estate of William j. Albert.
Tivrli is iii Baltimore County, and the city
authorities are powerless in the matter
The County authorities are not likely to do
much. No more bodies have been found.
"A SAD story comes from New Orleans
that poor mother who went out in search