The record-union., 1896-06-01

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ants in their wild excitement.
So great has been the rush of visitors
| at the hospitals to-day in search of
missing relatives and friends that the
work of the doctors was seriously inter-
rupted. This afternoon, therefore, the
authorities gave orders for the trans
fer of the unclaimed bodies to the Won
| ganoffsky Cemetery, where they will
| be inferred if not identified within a
| few days.
| The feeling of the Moujiks was very
| bitter against the authorities whom,
| they hold, had not taken sufficient pre-
cautions to guard against an affair
the large force of military and police
| had the greatest difficulty in restoring
even a semblance of order. The Cars
promise to help the bereaved families,
coupled with the published expressions
of his intense grief and deep synpa-
thy, has allayed the bitter feeling, and
the people are warmly grateful to him
| for his action.
! AS stated in yesterdays dispatches,
his majesty has ordered that the sum
of 1000 roubles be paid to each family
that has lost a member through the
will pay the expense of burying the
dead, while the physicians at the hos
pitals and elsewhere have been in
structed to spare nothing to alleviate
| the sufferings Of the injured
| Although the official report places the
number of dead at 1,13S, it is highly
probable that the exact number OF vic
Tins will never be known The Vice
NJ hot
killed and that 2SS were seriously in
| jured. The official accounts, however,
/ do not include any dead and injured
who were removed by friends. It would
not be surprising if the number of
| deaths was largely in excess of tile
official figures.
! Thirty bodies were found to-day in
an old unused we'll in the middle of the
| plain. The we'll had been covered with
| planks, which had collapsed when the
crowd passed over them. Some of the
victims had in their hands the memo
rial cups which had been presented at
| the booths before the rush began.
| Among the bodies in the well were two
| living persons who had been made in
sane by the horror of the position.
! Their rawlings when rescued were ter
rible to hear.
| Great efforts were made throughout
| the day to clear the plain, but this
afternoon it was stiu Uttered with hu-
man hair In some places where the
| crush was greatest the ground was
| soaked with the blood Of those whose
/ life had been trodden out Large num-
! bers Of people, many of them attracted
! by morbid curiosity, were lowering
about the plain all day The foreign
correspondents were afforded every op-
portunity for learning the details of
! the calamity.
| The representative of the United
| Press, who with the single exception
of correspondent of a New York
| newspaper, is the only representative
of the American press here, went to-
| day to the Vogankoffsky Cemetery,
where a great number of the dead had
! been transferred from the hospitals
and the plain. Many Of the injured
were also taken to this cemetery, the
hospitals being SO crowded that it was
! impossible to find accommodations for
| them. The scene was a sad one The
! cemetery occupies a space of about
| eight acres, and all the paths were
| guarded by armed soldiers. The ground
was thickly covered by the living and
| dead. Physicians who were present
were busily engaged in setting broken
| bones, sewing up and dressing gaping
wounds and otherwise attending to the
wants of the injured So great was the
demand for medical and surgical as
| sistance that physicians and surgeons
were requested from other cities and
! towns.
The dead were placed in long lines
! upon the ground. There were very few
coffins to be seen. in fact, the supply
! of collins and casket5 was exhausted
! early yesterday, and to-day it is i'm
| possible to procure one in the city at
any price. The bodies were covered
with sheets and the long line of white
robed bodies presented a ghastly spec
tacle. Here alone the number of dead
exceeded the official figures, for in the
rows there were 1862 victims.
| An immense crowd slowly and contin-
uously passed along the paths on both
| sides of which the bodies were laid.
| seeking for some loved one. AS the
| sheets were removed the living would
| eagerly scrutinize the features of the
! dead to see if the features were those
of the ones from whom they were look
! Ing. The sight presented by the with
| drawalS of the coverings was a fearful
| one. The faces and limbs of the dead
were horribly mutilated, and the cloth
| ing was in Sihreds. In most cases the
| disfiguratiOn was so great that 1t was
| impossible to identify the dead
| AT various points in the cemetery
| priests were Offering prayers for the
dead 1t was necessary that many of
| the bodies should be buried as speedily
as possible, and after interments had
| been completed, Father Cronstadt, the
| miracle worker, passed among the
mourners, blessing and consoling them.
At the request of the Car there will
/ be solemn requiem mass in the chapel
of the palace in the Kremlin tomorrow
morning. All the members of the i'm
perial family will attend.
The Bishop of Peterborough, who is
in Moscow as the representative of the
| Established Church of England,
preached sermon in the English
| Church here day. A collection was
taken UP for the benefit of the sufferers
and a goodly sum was raised.
The statement that the disaster would
bring the coronation ceremonies to a
close has not the slightest basis in
truth. The functions have not been
stopped. ball was given at the French
Embassy last evening. 1t was attended
by the members of the imperial family,
the foreign princes, diplomats and the
| highest Russian and visiting aristoc-
racy. The ball was one of the most
brilliant that has taken place in con-
rection with the coronat ton ceremonies.
A FRENCH COLONY.