New-York tribune., 1900-07-06
FUNERAL OF FIRE VICTIMS.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWO BODIES
BURIED AT HOBOKEN.
THIRTY-sEvEN OF THE DEAD UNIDENTIFIED
WORK ON THE wRECKS-MORE
BODIES RECOVERED.

the Flower Biu Cemetery In all lO2 bodies
carried 10 their graves. Business was entirety
abandoned IN Hoboken for the greater part OF the
day. All classes Of citizens Joined in paying rever-
ence N ,be dead The funeral was held at Hoff
mans undertaking establishment in Jackson-st
From an early hour IN the morning crowds began
20 gather at Hoffman's, and finally the throns
Increased TO such large numbers that the poilce
were obliged TO stretch ropes across the street 10
keep back the people from the entrance. TO the
undertaker's Before the plain wooden cofnns IN
which the bodies Iaid were closed last op-
nortuniry was given TO friends and relatives of
missing men TO view the dead For the purpose Oh
possible Identification The in that long room
as solemn faced and weeping women. many OF
them with wondering children claspng their shrls'
passed slowly along the lines OF cofln6 was one
that was fraught with all the horror OF tragic
death
F1ars at half mast were flying in every part OF
the city while all the principal buildings and the
Temporary Offices OF the North German Lloyd COM
pany in River-st. draped in black Evidences
OF sympathy and sorrow were everywhere discern
f5le SiSty-fve Of the bodies had been identiheu'
but thirry-seyen vanished collins were lowered 10
graves with ouly paper tag tackea 10 lho iiu
bearing p number instead of a name,
The funeral procession started for the cemetery
inst before noon It was led by the band OF the
aa1nburg-American steamer Kaiser FT1eorlch anu
by q detachment OF police under captain hayes
After these. with their colors wrapped ID GRAPE
came members OF the Arbeiter Nerein' seaman
Sick Society and Union Dock Workers
SURVIVORS WALK IN THE PROCESSION
Fifteen hearses filed with co1iins followed, and
behind these walked Captain Peterman, OF the
Main and the survivors Of the crews OF 'he
wrecked vessels Bremen Saale and Main Next
came three large trucks draped with black clo'h
carving forty-seven collins, escorted by the Of
cers and men from the Trave, Barbarossa, Phohnl-
cia Kaiser Wilhelm II and Lain, about lour
hundred in all. Many of the men carried mowers
which were afterward deposited the graves
a7Tf fr1IpE
of the procession was a long line OF carriages IN
which rode the Mayor and municipal ofhclals OF
Hoboken. officers Of the North German LLOYD COM
pany and the German Consul The march 10 the
cemetery occupied about three-Quarters of an hour
The route was lined both sides by thousands
of silent people Prior TO the starting of the pro-
cession services IN German were held at the un-
dertaker's and We're conducted by the Rev DIT.
John Randolph Of St Matthew'S Evangelical
(l,7,r,h and the Rev Dr Alexander Richter. of st.
Johns Church At the cemetery another service
IN English read over the bodies by Arch
deacon Jenvey, Of ST. Pauls Protestant Episcopal
Church.
The funeral Of Paul Reichardt, painter. of No
s18 East Ninetieth-st. of the victims Of the
Boboken fire, took place yesterday afternoon at
the undertaking establishment of Armand *
Brauchle. No. SJ5 East Thrty-sixth-st, at 2:3O
o'clock Reichardt when alive. weighed 253 pounds,
but the fire and the water had swollen his body
that unusually large coffin had 10 be pro-
vided. The box in which the coffin was placed was
Lutheran Cemetery at Middle Village, Long Island
MORE BODIES RECOVERED.
Several more bodies were recovered yesterday
One OF these was taken from the North River
near Cortlandt-st, and was conveyed TO the
Morgue where it was marked as body No 90 1t
that Of a OF about fifty years old, five
feet six inches tall, go pounds in weight, brown
hair and nustache. The hands and face
verely burned. The body Of Barbara Kopta, Of No.
~ hIngsIaFd i I[CohIydI @ "T5 IounI & noa%1i6 %
a servant. accompanied by her little niece,
child's body has not yet been recovered.
The three bodleS which We're taken TO the Jersey
those of Conrad Hunstein twenty-seven years old,
Saaie while The third bo1L- vas tfat Of ' coal
passer on the Saale, who was identified by his
Gustav H. schwab. agent Of the line. yesterday
in good condition. Everything would be done he
bodies wi" be no found I'D Late in The he afternoon M
find any bodies in the ships,
WRECKERS HARD AT WORK
The work OF the wreckers on the three burned
and sunken vessels IS being pushed as rapidly as
possible The force engaged the ships
braces all the workmen in the wrecking line in
this port. and additional help 1ad TO be procured
from Philadelphia. The vessels yesterday We're
being Ightened Of the cargo not destroyed by the
flames and the divers working the outside of
Of open porthoies through which at present the
tide ebbs and flows. From the fore and aft holds
IF the Saale more oil barrels which escaped the
flames were raised, and powerful pumping appara-
tus, which will be in operation to-day, was being
Set up on the main deck; Captain ): ). Mcleod eX-
poets that the Saale viii be ahOat by Sunday
less there are undiscovered leaks in her bottom.
The efforts being made 10 raise the Main and
Bremen similar TO those the Saale, but the
cargo being taken out Of those steamships consists
OF bales OF cotton, many or whlcn are badly
eharTed 4 four-inch pump is working on the
Of the Main did not hold
Owing TO the depredations OF the thieves who
the first few days following the disaster pundered
the unlucky liners OF expensive brass and copper
fittings, armed watchmen are now employed by the
wrecking company TO keep river thieves in row.
boats from boarding the grounded vessels
The Lain. which will sail on July 10, and the
many persons who had secured berths the
Bremen. The other passengers will go the
last Tuesday. and IS scheduled sail her re
turn trip from this port on July H.
Company that were expected this week have
rived The Lain, which came in yesterday, and
North River; the Barbarossa at the piers Of the
White Star Line. at West Eleventh-st.. and the
Kaiser Wilhelm II at the Hamburg-American Line
James smith forty-seven years old Of No 4l6
lures rom the Main After evidence was Heard
he held in 800 bail for trial
COMPANY'S LONGsHORENEN PROTECTED.
Superintendent MoeIler Of the North German
Lloyd steamship pier in Hoboken, informed a
large body OF lOngshoremen who reported for work
in that city yesterday that only those men who
Saturday VIII be given employment loading and
unloading the company's ships which are now in
the blTning Of the niers About six bIindred men
were selected by the steYedoTes and sent to New
York
NO COMPLAINT AGAINST TUG CAPTAINS.
No complaint about inhuman acts Of tug captains
has Dee a Office O