The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-01
NO. 90. HOUSTON. TEXAS. MONDAY. JUNE l, 1896

sermon in The English church. in witch
most i.e,ing reference VAS 'nade 10 Inc
sottuMtui oNent and ~ collection VAS taNen
IN aid OF the sufferers, which realized acr
rtuulys, about S-lN. rae Duke ana Duchess
OF tonis,usht were pres'nt, the duke ueins
Tue personal representative OF queen VIZ
torN al the coronation.
ttc scene az the celebration OF the DIT
vino service at the cemetery tooHy was
most Impressive, sone .N,wl persons pclnS
present. The majority of those were
seeking missing re,itivcs IN the mortnury
chambers unu their grief aud despair were
! itdcsciiluhl,. AS tost as Il nods WIS
.dentsaod sacred icion ,imasp wns
placed ON the breast, Those bodies which
were claimed by relatives or frlcpls Viii
he lnteuod IN the church yards Il the
! comnupcs to which they belong. Vlic un'-
Identified dead WI. be buried in Il common
grave. Many of she injured were DIS
| charged from the hospitals today, their
wounds hclrg slight
| one could gather sufficient number OF
| Incidents az narrow escapes from dcath
iarl stores OF heroic rescue to MI , lergr
nolunle out OF .he few minutes awful cN-
.?erience Of that great ,hruug of miivld-
Suals ono instance Was ilntt of poor
J servant girl, who was In daug,er of beng
!. trampl.d to Death bu. doGcn staiNart
mouths surrounded trr aud fought OF
the pressure and bore her safely ont OF
the crowd
one Visiting the pain l.,o today found
almost al traces OF the disastyr removed
! Eut IL w,is also seen how easily ihe Nep!-
dem could happen Behind ,Nc booths
from Which the souN onirs were to ht dis
trihutel IS a dorp. broad luiluH iu tho
land. NfiN Nnfds ncross uuu tu,i OF hr'eu-
lar holes from sin to eight t,o; decp The
shifting, sandy Nature 90 the soil would
n,Ike IL difficult to secure to"thoa
thorc oven untl.,r ordinary circumstances
and qulie imrosklile with thoH@ands ~
persons pressing pn from hchind 'lun-
drcis Of the victims met Their iopih Ia
ihis ho'iew 9nd ~ the narrow i'sS,'ses
between the booths.
EVeryv hcrc in the city arr excited
Erourh Of iolnic. discussing The "ishNt't.
tn" significant proportions of WATCH huN.
u, last come 70 be- u'lliard. rhe s're2t-
cnrsfHtion DECORATIONS and abe Eayly-
dressed purulncr. Nhc. having ESCAPED,
with Choir fripnds gouiiuur their holijAN
mcrriueut Whilg oNnrN fcw Yards 'ncn
are carrying cufins on thyir shoulders of
ncros- il,,v kue,H ia tin drashhirs.
TN ralicc aud a fnrte OF sp.diors with
fiNcu NaNoucis have been keeping orjrr "
ltne coinel,tN Whore q s'i, nlu ~ i'"pnlc hns
hC.a istssiue AL dav nnriug ,h' a"N
liiris Vore most affecting secures, Nnli.u9
th.sl, hosiic IT, dead RANGED upon III
iefaA Nti. si!rrnHndcN las stili lars mum
hrrs of the unidentified d'ni. MIST of Ca
rcmDir= ~ humanity merely hHfl she
by disAsuroi bodies Spnlc were in
rpurh cnifirs lcft itulf open 10 onnhle
friends to ldrNNfy them People fnpiN nv
Ion tho sroUni looking for mlSsiue ones
ienlv Ia NNd other relatives c9anspi III
ifr-si'f4 til, bodice of the lost while
lotN#rs par7 sitting yohbine aud npi.lr
cnfly hclgs h4sidc thcr dend.
fNf funerals Tommcueei u, = o'rl'r'' M
the afternoon amid most iemciNtrUiist
srop's Of Erief TIE tiinous lpha OF
~ nress triw'oiel r.irh Me crowd b)css.
Hing end comforting TIE moutnrrs