The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-06-10
FIRE AMI FLOOD.
THE RUNS SLOWLY YIELDING Ul
THE DEAD.
FORTY VICTIMS BURIED ar TITUS
VILE. AND a NUMBER ar OIL
CITY.
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TrTUsvrLLE, Pa, June l0.-There
were 40 funerals in Titusville yester-
day and seven unknown victims were
buried, in Oil City. The ruins slowly.
yield up the dead and it is beginning
to be hoped that but few more bodies
win be found. In TitusviIle GA bodies
have been recovered, and at Oil City
43. The remains Of an unknown man
were found on the bank of the Alle-
gheny River, far below the mouth of
Oil Greek. There are half dozen
patients IN the hospital at each town
who are likely to die, and thus swell
the list of the dead.
Relief work is going on nobly. The
Joint Relief Commission held meet
ing yesterday and decided that since
the loss at Titusville was much the
heavier, that town should receive 65
per cent. Of all the relief money and
provisions sent to the sufferers. Oil
City will get 35 per cent. and the two
towns win help the adjacent neighbor-
hoods. So far there has been nearly
$4,000 sent to the flooded districts.
THIRTY LAID TO REST.
This was the gloomiest town on the
continent to-day. When the dawn
broke the mournful badges Of death
black Grape -Auttered from the houses.
Later on nearly every one Of these was
visited by a hearse to receive the vic
tim that persisted in the awful calami-
ty of Sunday.
Some Of the hearses were white, and
they, better than words could do, told
their sad story Of stricken children.
There were thirty funerals here to-
day. and the entire town was the
mourner. The cemeteries from early
morning on were filled with little groups
of people standing by a fresh mound
Of damp earth. These groups seemed
all alike, and all were weeping.
THE sADDEsT FUNERAL.
OF all these melancholy ceremonies,
the saddest one was that attending the
burial Of the Bingenheimer family.
Mrs. Bingenheimer and her eight
children, the largest one still young.
and the youngest one mere tot, were
laid down in onewide and deep sepul-
chral bed for their eternal sleep. Nine
in one grave! The grief caused by
one vacant chair nine times oyer!
The little group of relatives and
friends that gathered around the dis
NAL cavern, where lay whole family,
were not the only ones who wept. The
big, strong men who assisted in the
burial were stung with the bitter grief
and cried like injured children. Not
in this place has there ever been so
overwhelmingly crushing sadness as
that which bowed the sobbing group
that stood around the grave of the de-
ceased family.
There is disposition to make the
best Of great misfortune. The sur
vivors think, evidently, that the quick
er all traces Of the food are removed,
the better it will be for everybody liv-
ing here.
This town was not so badly crippled
as its neighbor up Oil Greek, hence it
is easier for it to regain its feet.
UNKNOWN VICTIMS BURIED.
There were more funerals to-day.
Early this morning seven unknown
victims were buried. Only a number
is marked on the little slab that de-
notes the resting place of each. Cor
responding numbers are kept SO that
Identification may be made possible in
the future. A plot Of ground Is feet
wide has been set apart in Grove Hill
Cemetery for the burial of thenameless
dead. A monument will be erected
there.
i All the dead recovered up TO yester-
day noon have been buried, but the
sad ceremonies are not yet over, as
there are several in the hospital who
are not expected to live. These are /:
Charles Coburn, Mr.. Patrick Feeney
and two children, Mary Tesmer, Annie
Brunsel, Edward Hanna and Mrs.
Sophia Briggs.
FIRES ARE STILL BURNING.
The work Of removing the ruins is
being actively pushed by force Of
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