The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-15
NOT COFFINS ENOUGH
TO BURY ALL VICTIMS
Constant Succession of Funerals
Through Uttered Streets.
Ten Bodies Still Remain Unidentified
Work of Clearing Up the Town
= Has. Begun, Fires Extinguished
and a Systematic Search Prose-
cuted For Bodies Supposed to Be
In the Ruins-Food and Supplies
Coming In.

New Richmond, Wis, June l4.-Ihlr-
ty-two new graves were made today in
the two little cemeteries at opposite
sides of the town, a constant success
sion of funerals threading a passage
through the Uttered streets all day
long. Services for twenty-five were
held in the little Catholic church, and
from the Congregational church many
funerals had been held by evening.
There is still a large number of I'M
buried dead. and but for the fact that
large number of collins failed to ar
rive today, it is likely the number of
funerals would have been close to
fifty.
creased by one, Henry Larson, a boy of
Il years Of age. the son of a farmer;
and two of the injured died.
Contrary TO general expectation,
there were no bodies found during the
day in the basement of the Williams
dry goods store. 1t was predicted
when the work of clearing out the de-
bris was begun this morning that at
least twenty bodies would be found in
the cellar of the Williams store, but at
nightfall a large portion of the place
- had been gone over and nothing was
found to indicate that any more dead
were in the ruins
Ten Are Unidentified.
Ten bodies still remain unidentified,
five OF them lying in the Catholic
church, three in the Congregational
church and two in The school house. All
Of these have been counted in the list
of the dead Yesterday. Four bodies
were found today, those of Mrs. Kate
Hawkins, Willie Hughes. John Prior
and -- Larson. The Hawkins fam
lily. consisting of Mr.. and Mrs. Hawk
fns and three children, is wiped out
with the exception of Mr.. Hawkins,
who is seriously injured, and whose re
covery is very doubtful.
1t was known that Prior was in the
saloon of Bullen & Greedy at the time
the storm broke and workers in the
ruins kept q sharp lookout for his body
throughout the morning. 1t was found
about 1:30 o'clock, buried under a great
mass of rubbish.
The body of Patrick Early. boy of
u years, is in the same mass of wreck
age as that in which the body of Prior
was found, but ii could not be located
Today. Mrs. Joseph Brockway and
Thomas Stevens died today of their in
judies.
The work of clearing up the town
was undertaken in systematic man
ner this morning. and decided progress
was made. The numerous dead ami
mails lying around were all buried early
in the day. The fires which had been
smouldering for thiTty-six hours We're
eXtinguished. and q number of cellars
in which dead bodies were supposed 10
be were cleared up. The militia kept a
strict guard around the edges of the
devastated district and no one who
could not show excellent cause for sad-
mission was allowed inside the lines.
Plenty of Supplies.
Supplies have been coming in all dav
from all directions. and there's is no
scarcity of anything to eat. Bedding
Is not too plentiful. and blankets are
needed Food was so plentiful that the
relief committee made a large sum of
money by selling sandwiches and
bread. All the funds derived from this
source of revenue were turned over to /
the general fund, and from this source
alone nearly $500 was derived.
The relief committee has received |
tenders of money from various sources.
amounting to about s.. 900. Enough adj J
di1onal money is in sight, ii is said, to |
supply all immediate demands for cash.
a number of tents were put up today I
for the wounded, and more win be /
erected tomorrow. 1t is proposed 10 !
move as many as possible of the in
cured into them and relieve the crowd I
ed condition Of the hospitals, which are
rather limited in capacity All of the
rounded We're doing well today. and /
no more immediate deaths are looked /
FOR.