The Irish standard., 1895-07-06
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The last rites over tho remains Of foul
of the five brave firenen who met an aNF-
FIJI death In the fire Of Thursday night o.
last week were held Sunday AFTERNOON. Nc
joint services were held, and the services
were conducted in different parts Of the
city, but there were immense crowds Of
friends and nlourners at each place and
The i1npressiveness Of the day was noticea-
bic to all The streets were alive with
hacks and hearses early in the Afternoon
and The evidences Of the funeral were seen
all the afternoon. The firemen could no:
all be spared to attend, but 400 men We're
detailed for the day and the department
was fully represented In each case. The
fire houses were generally dfaped in
mourning and the flags displayed at hall
mast. .s5 a*
L Fully 1000 people gathered at lake
wood Cemetery to witness the burial OF
three Of the dead heroes From an early
hour In the afternoon the three yaWning
graves under the shadow Of the shaft
which marks so picturesquely the. resting
place Of Minneapolis fiery heroes were
hidden from view by a dense throng OF. on
lockers who patiently awaited the coming
OF the cortege. The first to arrive was
that of Walter Richardson, the Inflated
young member Of No. 6 company, who was
laid to rest with a short service by Rev
John A. Stemen, of the Como Avenue Con-
gregational Church. Scarcely had the
Richardson obseqylies been concluded
when the Horner funeral came, and the
Masonic service was conducted over MS
grave, which touched the very edge Of the
imposing Shaft. The roar OF Company
BIS salute was Still reaching among the
treas of@Lake CALHOUN when the hearse
bearing the remains Of Lieut. Frank Ueh-
lein reached the cemetery Rev. William
Wilkinson read the service of the Episco-
pal ch,,rch over the last open grave, and 1t
was after o'clock when the graves We're
sealed by the cemetery authorities.
1t was probably the greatest throng that
has ever been in Lakewood cemetery
since that memorable day in 1885, when
the eight members of the Rand family and
Coykendall families, victims Of tae uncer-
tain Minnetonka, were laid to rest on the
brow of Calhoun hill. The calaInitous
Tribune fire occurred at a season when the
public, however, deeply touched it might
be by the magnitude Of a sensational dis
aster, could not attend the services.
But Sundays beautiful weather made it
possible for every friend of the dead fire.
men to show his respect by his presence.
while many Of the througs who usually
visit Lake Harriet of a Sabbath afternoon
dropped off at the picturesque gate house,
and joined in the crush about the grave
side.
All the afternoon the crowd remained in
the cemetery, and with a common thought
it seemed, as they turned away from the
scene of Sundays sad services, they pro-
ceeded to view reminiscently the scene Of
that other equally sad service Of a decade
ago. !. s55g y s%.4Y
! The funeral Of Joseph w. Hoy was one
Of the largest held in the city in years,
AtA2 O'clock the remains, followed by
thousands of Borrowing friends and rela-
tives, were removed from the residence.
1928 Madion street northeast, to the
Church of st. Anthony of Padua, which
was already filled with friends long be-
fore the 1learse and mourners arrived.
The services at the church were con-
Quoted by Rev. Father O'Reilly. The
beautiful steel gray casket with it's silver
was borne to the front Of the
church before the alter. Flowers abound
ed everywhere, some Of the decorations
consisting of ladder of flowers six feet
in length; an immense shield from the
St. Paul fire department; a crescent; a
beautiful pillow Of roses, one of the
from the brothers Of the de-
n ~ c,ta "A
fully a. dozen large Wreaths, all Of the
overs being unusually beautiful. The
coffin was surmounted with a large
PLAGUE Of flowers, the cross and anchor,
the pillow and the crescent, the other
floral offerings being arranged about the
altar A detail of six firemen, who had
been Joseph Hoy's closest friends, acted
as pallbearers, with an escort Of 16 fire.
men. &3& ..ss7a I'd 3s IS
y Father o Reilley's remarks over the
dead were very brief. He spoke Of the
dead fireman as a man Of whom he knew
but little personally, yet. a man beloved
by all his friends, kind, generous, true
and brave to a fault Young and full Of
hope and ambition, he had entered the
public service and bravely laid down his
life at duty's shrine, without moment g
There was g lesson to be
learned from the beloved dead whose
cold, still lips spoke far more eloquently
than any words ever uttered. III a few
weeks the pail OF Thursday night awful
calamity would have passed over the
city and it would remain but as some
terrible dream, and in but q few weeks
more it would have been almost entirely
forgotten, yet the memory of the brave
yollng men who laid down their lives on
that altar wouldsalWays remain.
Following the services at the church
the remains were taken to st. Anthony
cemetery for interment, an earnest
prayer IN arked the simple services of in
terment The crush Of friends at the fu-
neral was something never to be forgot
ten, there being hundreds upon hum
dreds OF people unable to obtain adnis-
sion to- the church. The services were In
charge Of Terrence Connoll Ii, slnd ertak--
er, and the immense number. Of carriages
were handled without d 1aW, although
it. was feared for a time that some Que
might be inj lled IN the crush. n
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