Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-01-25
ADAY OF SORROW
Butte Pays Fitting Tribute to the
Remains OF the Victims
of the Fire.
SOLEMN FUNERAL SERVICES
A Sight That No Citizen Desires To
Ever See Repeated in
the City.
Special TO The Tribune.

Special TO The Tribune.
BUTTE, Jan. lS.-Neyer before in the
history of Montana has there been u
sadder spectacle Witnessed than that of
today, when the bodies of 80 of the
victims of the terrible disaster of Tues
day night were consigned 10 their last
resting place II was a day of mourning
in Butte, and long years Will elapse be-
fore the sOrroWs Of the day will be
effaced from the memories of Buttcs
citizens. Out OF respect for the dead
all of the stores in tho business portion
of the city were closed. The streets
were lined with thousands of people
from an early hour, many Of whom were
strangers from outside towns The fire
departments of the various cities in the
state all sent large delegations Of their
members. Shortly after noon the largo
wagon of Lavell Bros, which had been
temporarily converted into a hearse,
called at the various undertaking cstab-
lishments and secured in all nine bodies.
About the same hour the healse con-
tanning tho body of Thomas Burns, fol
lowed by great number of carriages,
came down Main street and proceeded
to the Catholic church, where impressive
services were held over the remains 1t
had been intended to bring tho bodies
OF the dead firemen to the city hall,
where they might be viewed but it was
soon discovered that owing to the large
crowd of people this plan would be i'm
possible. The bodies were placed in the
hearses eight in all. Tho bodies sup
posed to be those of the fremen whose
bodies could not be recognized were
placed in one box. The hearses then
proceeded to the city hall and awaited
the hour of the funeral About . o'clock
the four companies of the Montana
Natioral guard, OF Butte, accompanied
by Col. Kesslgr and staff and com
manded by Maj. Mueller, headed by
the regimental band, marched to
the city hall. They were given the
first place in line. AS the funeral pro-
cession moved away the bell in the city
hall tolled in solemn tones it's last sad
farewell to the intrepid tiremen who had
met such horrible death. Following
the militia came the seven hearses, each
containing two or more bodies Then
followed tho improvised hearse drawn by
four white horses and containing the
l,., % 4 .:.:A
ing fremen, who were all in uniform,
acted as pail bearers. Bot NeeL the
wagon and tho hearses was tho under
taking wagons, conveying the portions of
bodies supposed to be those of the fire
chief, Dave Moses, Sam Ash and p. j.
Norling. The Veteran Fremen's asso-
citation, about fifty in number, fol owed
the hearse. The horses and wagon of
the dead marshal, led by one of the fire
men, followed next. Then came the
Butte fire department hose wagon and
hook and ladder truck, appropriately
draped. They were driven by tho mem
bers Of the department who had sur
vived the explosion. The Ancient Order
of United Workmen, 200 strong, fell in
to line as the procession reached Main
street, They were followed by the
Workingmen's Union, Y. M. L., Clerks
Assembly, scandinavian Brotherhood, I.
y. o. IT,, and other secret societies and
the high school cadets and pupils of the
Butte public schools. Then came the
city and comfy officials and the alder
men, including Charles Schatzlein whose
face was badly marked from tho effects
of tho explosion. The Musicians Union
had II large number of their members in
line, forming one of the bands, and tho
Silver Bow band was also in line. The
rear of tho procession was made up of
carriages containing hundreds of the
best known citizens in Butto. The spec
tacle was indeed most SOLEMN one as
the funeral cortege wended its way
through the streets. The nine collins,
looking grim-like and terrible to tho eye,
caused many shudder among tho spec
tators, who thought of the charred and
mutilated bodies they contained