Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-03-31
SAD SCENES AT THE GRAVE.


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Burial Of the hin Farm Mine Victim.
with Distressing Results.
DUNBAR Pa, March 25.-The % victims
oil the Hill Farm mine explosion found
wednesday after u twenty months search
were cofiined in the mine to-day after thev
had been identified by their clothing and
trinkets found in their pockets, and were
then brought to the surface. Twenty-one
OF them were buried in the Catholic Gene.
terry near the mine and two in Franklin
cemetery. One thousand people attended
the funeral
| During the services in the Catholic cenle-
terry brother Of Richard Bigley, one OF
the dead miners, insisted upon seeing the
lace of his dead brother once again but
this was refused. At this he grew frantic.
by. heaven, will see him !" said he,
ana seizing Ratchet he attacked the rough
box and cut hole in il.
He was seized by several men and forced
| out Of the cemetery,
Coroner Hubert and his jury decided
| Just before the burial that as two bodies
were not positively identified there was
reason to doubt that any were, and to sat
isfy themselves they insisted upon view
lng the bodies again; Superintendent Lang
and others begged them not to do SO, but
they went to the graveyard where the
people were gathered. They ordered tho
undertaken to open the coffin of Martin
Cayanaugh. Scarcely was the lid removed
when every one in the cemetery rushed to
the place. Among them were Mrs. Caya-
nlaugh, her daughter and the sister of tho
Stand back, ladies'" said the coroner.
but he was too late.
The wasted form, almost skeleton, was
seen by the mother. Mrs. Cavanaugh and
her daughter shrieked. Others crowded
around, and the outburst of grief was ter
riDie Two women were Frustrated and
had to be taken from the cemetery.
The coroner after being satisfied that it
was the corpse of Cavanaugh, had the
coffin closed and proceeded to another one.
Here an effort was made to keep the
crowd back, but it was useless. A similar
scene was enacted. AT this moment n
woman sank to the ground and said
Hush, let us pray"
For While the widowed and fatherless
stood quiet as the woman repeated the
Lords prayer. but at its conclusion their
grief broke out anew, and when the casket
containing the body of Courtney was
opened Mrs. Courtney tainted on il.
Mrs. JOY was also overcome and threw
her bonnet and veil in the grave of her
husband, after which she fell upon the
coffin and, hiding her face ON the hard
wood, sobbed pitoously.
The coroner's jury brought in a verdict
10th, by suifocation from smoke due To
an accidental fire in bratticc. No blame
was attached to the Dunbar company.
Six more bodies arc in the lower level
not yet opened.
The names of those positively identified
we're:
John Cope, Andrew Cope, Elmer Dewey,
David Davis, Tommy, Davis, boy; John
Deyaney, John Smith, John Joy, James
McClcary, John Mitchell. patricle Court
ney John Courtney, Robert McGuill
Thomas McCleary, Pat Devlin, James
shearin, Patrick Cahill, Martin Cava-
naugh, John Herman, William Cahill,
Richard Bigcley.
Mine Inspector Duncan says it will be
10 days at least before the six bodies still
IN the mine are recovered. Much water
has to be pumped out and it is not known
for the bodies and their recovery has cost
the Dunbar Mining Company nearly
$4,000, according to their own figures.