The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-29
FUNERAL OF TIE VICTIMS.
THIRTEEN HEARsES TAKE THIRTEEN
BODIES FROM THE MORGUE


sixty Persons Were Killed in the Park
Place DisNater and seven hodtes "efs
Not Identiaed-The Acting Dissrict AZ.
torney begins nm 1n~esiiCnf"n.
Tho unusual sight Of thirteen hearses NOV
ing in solemn procession through New Iorks
streets Yesterday brought back wildly to
those who saw II tho disaster OF weok ago
Tho hearses were carrying to tho grave the
bodies of tho unidentified dond and oil those
whose friends could not afford to bury them
The hearsss wero provided ly Undertaken
James 4. Mc1nrney OF 1858 Third avenue.
They made n sensation ms they were driven IN
lite do n Lexington avenue to the Morgue
yssts day moinirg ato o'clock. They enterod
the bellevue Hospital grounds at Twenty-
eighth street. divine n the first hcar.e stopped
in front OF tho MorCue for its freight the others
extended in an unbrokeu line to the gate.
OF the thiiteen bodies In the rlnin cloth
covered collins only seven wore unttichtilcd.
The numbers spelled ont In tacks on tho coffin
lids were all the designations these victims
had. In the other collins wcrc the bodies OF
Schmalbnck. Thomas Williams. Julius Fetter-
son. John FreulcnburEh. Robert H. Ma KS
ami NO L." supposed to be Charles Henry
Dooley a truck Iriverof 40 Cherry street. Mrs.
Doolcv WAS convinced that this ody was That
OF her husband. Charles Marks had called ut
the Morgue earlier and identified tho body in
coffin No 10 as that OF his brother Robert
Freudenburch's remains. which we're In NO. D.
were identified by his widow through bit OF
cloth cut from tho Same piece from which the
trousers on tho deal mnr were made Accord
ing to THE suns carefully verified lat OF the
missing published yesterday this leaves but
nine rersous unaccounted for, only two more
tina the number OF tho unrecognizcd bodies.
The hcnrses moved out OF tho hospital
grounds at 10 O'Clock. and proceeded down
First avenue to the Twcnty-,hird Street Ferry.
Crowds linod the streets 10 watch tho remark
able sight. Tho procession drove directly to
EverGreens Cemetery. where plot had been
bought by the city fer the burial OF the h,r qn
ssKs s ss% %hou. hsee m
The body of william Barry was removed by
in Calvary Cemetery Morris A. Herr ing was
buried from his hymss Z Erie street sSt. Js seq
Shnrch il Third sSSset Ct which NJ; Herring 5
eroI enory. lieharl pohs another Of tho
victims; was Inferred II 6, e'nwood 1 na, re.
The Guiding iI was then thoroughly disiniec,eJI.
There was mistake in counting the bodies
taken rom N" runs lie !" al e., siTa KY nh
was u ade il lie case Of Micnael sla'ter!. who
was ilen illed when found. and taken to 'he
interment and the Morgue Keepers also num-
0fts md SS ann o 1Ss Bdtord the Acting
Distlie, At orrey. began Yesterday with ,he
esa1ninaio ~ Of Oh ali persons Who could throw
any light on the disaster He had subp rnard
Ms IS sum- m
ance with the suggest n made In Yesterdays
THE sGk nacs re M
Witnesses who testified were called separately;
Berry G,anich irmer Smp'S ns ,h Of
hrst witness. but his testimony did not prove
OF much value. as h. f4iled te 20, rohoraie tie
before OF the weakness OF the uilding. Wal-
ter Lee and Frederick 4; Chenin. who saw the
cause cause Lee was certain thai there was no rX.
chap S va sure f NO aas sns
called: His firm had Gccnried the building
since lss? and IL that Time ne had ar am, no
one had called from the, building Depart
ment in these nine years. while the Ill e under
iiiiH es,abisnment. MIR. iieber SAD. which
stones M"s s weighing from eight to I5cronnds zach.
papa e'Ns wa" iie"lHr sad and lie admitted thur
on tn. morning OF the disaster another TWO
press fss,es the main beams 81 The
il, oring. Sir. L!ehler never noticed any vitra.
M m she %a and %ny Of fe
eight presses were usually kent busy at a
time and hcse ran, from O'clock in the
M rning until5 81 ~ night
]. A. }. Mass lactically corroborated his
pal tners testimony.
Whose children were Killed had an office in the
hal way II III Park place. From his Testimony
scribvi as starting up like lightning in all
par.s Of the building at oncE; as1 cen c s 5
~ r rs about the buidns and hs
noticed anything unstable about IT, There
ziue he knew OF WAS very small quantity III
Kosente,h' bionzD rowler factory; .,.
After several more witnesses had given their
Su 'S' ,csserday. testified, liz was a memher Of
who had designed he building was in Europe.
but MIR. Van Aortsn said that he had made tho
in ISL. Tor Mrs. Fla rocker and Mr.. Sarah
4. buckley. it ha bon intended for ST res
" po.e sc o w "na Was w.s sa S,en
Estimated that each floor which had surer.
icia arsa OF 100 square fe:t could ,i, hold ~
il il had been puilt Tor li,hoGraphing purposes
il would have been made much stronger than
eap who Mr v"n S MRS s"e
George Fisher. ono OF the walters in Peter
%o n se The baiIiips shook constantly he said.
when the machinery ~ the upper floors wGs
the east wall Of the restaurant aud had
watched them spread from week TO week.
William Deit2le u customer VI mo IeStnur-
ant WHO escayed was sitting Mt u table near
the door when the crash came. just q lew
| minutes before the h, Of the building several
pisces Of pIustsr Toll from the wall where the
sitting under tho spot moved away. Young
Peter. en- " iio stood at the cashiers desk said
TO Deitzle that II WAS shame 10 have the wall
coming down that way. as 1t hurt his business.
The next moment the crash came and DeitZe
escsIs d in tho nick Of time. The witness had
| been "a customer OF the restaurant for eight
| years taking ihree mcals a day there.
The Examination will ba resumed Mt 1Oh A.
| NJ. to-day. "
| removing tho rubbish in Park place yesterday.
| OF Public Works tho other from the Bureau
| OF Encumbrnnces. They hope to have the
| street cleared for tratlic by to- morrow II they
J work unincrruptedly.
| Mrs Kate Nor, snsen OF 80 Clinton avenue
| DronIlyn. reported at the Church street sia.
| ton that her husband, Eric; had been missing
near the scene of the disaster.
The grand total u the sub 'criptons received
at the Mayors once for ths sufferers by tho
F., tstnoon to sli.432 IT, This includes Tho Ii,ho.
oGrarhers fund OF sl.l9L7o Tho new sub
scribsrs ara:
Tho World $500 90 Anonymous ....... $40