The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-05
LAST SAD RITES
One Hundred and Two
Victims of Hoboken's
Fire Buried To-
day.
C0RTEGE A MILE LONG
Impressive Services Conduct
ed at the Morgue and
Flower Hill Gene
tary.
C0RTEGE A MILE LONG

A death march stretching for a mile
was the funeral procession in Hoboken to-
day of 102 victims of the disastrous har-
Dor fire of last Saturday. 1t was a
heart of marble that was not moved by
that impressive cortege. On it moved, to
music mournful and sad, past the scene
Of horror of five days before Every one
wept, marchers, spectators, and mourn
ers. Many of the pail bearers, in sea-
mems garb, wore bandages and other evil
dences of the escape they had had from
the fate Of those hundred occupants in
pine boxes being borne along.
The arrangements of the funeral were
in the hands of President Samuel Helfer
of the local Health Board and Coroner
Charles Hoffman. 1t was announced that
the march to Flower Hill Cemetery
would begin from the morgue on jack
son street, at ten O'Clock, but it was
fully two hours later before the word
was given to proceed.
The bodies reposed in plain pine boxes,
with silver trimmings. They were laid
out on stools in long shed connected
with the morgue. Shortly after nine
o'clock the crowds began to pour into
the place. A Gordon of policemen was
necessary to maintain order, and even
with their aid the pushing and COM
motion was general. Floral tokens lit
orally filled the building. They came
from all parts of the county. The diff
ferent steamship lines in the harbor of
New York We're represented among the
delegations present and all came with
offerings.
So did the different civic and benevolent
societies from New York. Brooklyn.
Philadelphia and other large cities.
Flowers even came from as far west as
California.
Visiting Clergymen came from many
were conducted by the Rev. Alexander
Richter, of St. Matthew'S Lutheran
Church and the Rev. Dr. John Rudolph,
of st. John German Evangelical Church.
both of Hoboken.
The Rev. Mr.. Richter read the funeral
service and Dr. Rudolph delivered the
eulogy. Both were in Geramn.
While the services were in progress the
cortege was being made up on the out
side. platoon of police in charge of
Police Captain Patrick Hayes headed the
procession.
Following came the Deutehe Kranken
Verein, headed by a band of thirty-eight
pieces, from the Lloyd liner Trave. The
Seamen's Union. and the Hoboken Branch
of the 'Longshoremen's Union marched
directly in front of the twelve hearses
and six draped truckc carrying the cof-
fins.
The pail bearers. marching aside of the
procession, were made up from the crews
of the different liners in port. Beside the
first six hearses were lis men and a band
from the steamship Barborassa with her
master, Captain F. Meinz. Survivors from
the Inflated Saale, Main and Bremen
We're also in line with music. The re-
naming pail bearers were from the crews
of the Kaiser Wilhelm H., the Hamburg
liners Phoneeia and Kaiser Frederick and
the Holland steamship Portsdam.
Mayor Lawrence Pagan, the members of
the Common Council and the other Hobo
ken city officials, followed the biers in
carriages In all there Were about two
hundred carriages. One of the draped
trucks carried fifteen coffins.
The procession from the morgue pro-
ceeded up First street to River street
where it passed the ruins of the fire. The
march past this spot was very impressive.
The floral offerings filed ten open bar
ouches which brought up the end of the
line. From River street the funeral
passed into Hudson at Third street and
proceeded direct by way of Fourteenth
street to Flower Hill Cemetery.
The burial service at the cemetery was
read by the Rev. Archdeacon William
r. Jenvey, of st. Pauls Episcopal
Church, Hoboken.
The work Of unloading the coffins into
the graves was begun at once. Three
coffins were deposited in each grave. with
the exception of those containing the
bodies of steamship officers These will
have separate graves. The work of inter-
ment will occupy the greater part of the
day Dusk will have fallen before it is
completed, it is believed
The funeral of Captain Mirow who
went down with the Saale in the Bav
was held yesterday. He was buried
beside his crew in the company,s plot
where the interments are now being
made.
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