The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-15
BODIES IN THE RIVER.

BODIES IN THE RIVER.
The theory is advanced here this after
noon that many of the people who were
on the street Monday evening after the
circus have been blown into the river.
Those who favor this clue say that wa
ter has peculiar influence over cyclonic
disturbances, and as soon as any heavy
object is blown over the water it irnme1i-
ately drops downward. The ice houses
in the city have been blown away, but
the ice remains intact, while all around
there is ruin.
Tom Martin, the be rber, is known to
be i'll theruins, but his body has not been
recovered. The crew put in long day.
but were unable to locate the bottom of
his cellar.
Charles Lamphere, who was taken out
of BeaPs grocery just after the storm,
was sent to st. Paul His face was badly
mashed but his skull, aside from a couple
of ugly scalp wounds, appears to be I'M
Injured.
A rumor was afloat that woman had
been taken out of the Williams house
alive, but it could not be confirmed either
at headquarters or at the excavation.
The body of Ole Gunderson, whose
head was cut off, was found in Johnson's
building Tuesday and was buried today.
PURIFYING THE DEAD.
The work of burying the dead prog
ressed as rapidly as possible today, but
through some misunderstanding the cof-
fins which were ordered by the commit
tee for general use dill not arrive until
very late in the evening, and those whose
friends were buried during the day were
inferred in collins which were brought
over by St. Paul, Hudson. Saltwater and
Eau Claire undertakers.
The funeral services of Miss Williams,
daughter Of the proprietor of the Will
Jams house, and Mrs. Eta Q. Cameron,
were held yesterday afternoon at the
grave in the Protestant cemetery. about
half mile from town. a dozen other
of the dead were inferred In the cemetery
at the same time. The service was con-
Quoted by Rev. Mr.. Tull, of the demol-
ished Methodist church.
The scene today in the Catholic church
battles all description. The mute cold
victims of Mondays battling elements
are laid on boards and filters across the
tops of the pews. The saddest of all is
the mournfuI crowd which all day wendell
it's way through the church auditorium.
Mothers with their little children laid
out in rows, three and four of one fam
lily, side by side in DEATH tell of the aw-
full fury of the storm.
Here a Borrowing brother sister, moth
-er, husband or father takes a last long
ing look at the face af dear one. The
body The collins are lined up in front
of the church in rows, containing the
last that is earthly of man or woman.
who but yesterday was in the prime of
life'S blessings, and today is torn dis
mantled and mangled.
Several heroic ladies of the parish sat
all day in the church and made burial
shrouds for the infants that were laid
out; there were others of the crowd who
came in out of curiosity, but all were
glad enough to get out.
Mr. Maggie, undertaken. of st. Paul.
buried about twenty during the day. and
embalmed a few more. Wing & Sweet.
of Eau Claire; W. J. Sloppy and couple
OF others were busy from sunrise to long
after dark. The Dunbar family. father
and mother. were buried in the after
noon w. H. Dunbar, of St. Paul. son,
was present and went to the grave.
The three McGrath children, Ellen,
Lille and Marion, were prepared for
burial The four dead members of the
Hawkins family were also inferred,