The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04

of the Kremlin, paid visit to the injured
survivors in the hospital, passing from
cot to cot and addressing words of SYM
patty land comfort. Both of the inn
perial pair were deeply affected by the
scenes of suffering everywhere.
A judicial inquiry has been opened into
the, causes of the disaster and an effort
will be made to fix the responsibility.
The bishop of Peterborough preached
sermon in the English church today,
in which a most feeling reference was
made to the sorrowful event, and col
lection was taken in aid of the sufferers
WHICH realized 366 roubles, about $50.
The Duke and Duchess of Connaught
were present, the duke being the personal
representative of Queen Victoria at the
coronation.
The scene at the celebration of the
divine service at the cemetery today was
most impressive, some $4,000 persons
being resent. The majoity of those
Emortuary chambers, and their grief and
despair were indescribable. AS fast as
a body was identified sacred icon
Gmage) was placed on the breast. Those
bodies which were claimed by relatives
COR friends will be inferred in the church
yards of the communes to which they
belong. The unidentified dead will be
buried in a common grave. Many of
the injured were discharged from the
hospital today, their wounds being
slight.
One could gather a sufficient number
of incidents of narrow escapes from
death and stories of heroic rescue to fill
q large volume out of the few minutes
costly experience of that great throng of
individuals. One instance was that of
poor servant girl who was in danger
of being trampled to death, but dozen
stalwart Moujiks surrounded her and
fought off the pressure and bore her
safely out of the crowd.
One visiting the plain late today
found almost all traces of the disaster
removed. But it was also seen how
easily the accident could happen. Be-
hind the booths from which the souvenirs
were to be distributed is deep, broad
hollow in the land, fifty yards across
and full of irregular holes from six to
eight feet deep. The shifting sandy
nature of the soil would make it difficult
to secure a foothold there even under
ordinary circumstances and quite impOs-
sible with thousands pressing on from
behind. Hundreds met their death in
this hollow.
Workmen are still searching the bot
tom of the well in which thirty bodies and
two live men, gone mad, were found.
Everywhere in the city are excited
groups of people discussing the disaster,
| the significant proportions of which all
| have at last come to realize. The scenes
presented some saddening contrasts in the
| coronation decorations, and the gaily
dressed populace, who having escaped,
with their friends continue their holiday
merriment, while every few yards men are
| carrying collins on their shoulders. The
police and force of soldiers with fixed
| bayonets have been keeping order all day.
At the cemetery, where stream of peo-
pie has been passing all day, there were
most affecting scenes, wailing relatives
and priests praying here and there beside
the dead ranged upon the ground, sur
rounded by still larger numbers of the I'M
identified dead Most of the remains of
humanity merely had sheet for a cover
| ing to the mutilated and terribly disfgured
bodies. Some were in rough collins, left
half open to enable friends to identify
them. People came upon the ground
| looking for missing ones only to find other
relatives engaged in dressing the bodies
of the lost, while others were sitting sob
| bling and apparently helpless beside their
dead.
The funeral commenced at 2 o'clock in
the afternoon amid most demonstrating
Ironstadt, who attended the late car in
his illness, traversed the crowd in his
ecclesiastical garb, blessing and >consoling
the mourners.
The czarina sent bottle of Madeira
to each of the injured persons in the hos
pitfalls today.
A grand banquet was given tonight in
the Kremlin, attended by the lObility,
| the provincial populations and Others