The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-25
LITTLE OLGA FOUND
BODY OF DROWNED CHILD FLOAT
ING IN THE OGEECHEE.
MRS. CALDER LAID TO REST.
PATHETIC SCENES AT THE GRAVE
IN B0NAVENTURE.

and Many From the City Gathered
in the Cemetery-Capt. Calder
Broke Down Only Once and Then
Recovered HimseIf-Dr. Jordan
Dwell Upon the Shocking Tragedy.
Little olga VIII BE Laid to Rest
Beside Her Mother To-day.
Shortly after he returned to his home
of mourning last night from the fun
eral of the beloved wife whom he had
Just laid to rest, Capt. Allen N. Calder
of Thunderbolt received a message
stating that the body of his little
daughter Olga, who was drowned Tues
day IN the Lowell Dell disaster, had
been recovered and was being brought
to Ihunderbolt.
The body was found floating on the
surface of the Ogeechee river at 4
o'clock in the afternoon by the
searching party, which had gone
out IN the launch Angie S. from Thun-
derbolt in the morning.
Those in the party were Michael Har-
dee and Capt. H. E. Bitch. They left
Thunderbolt at noon. Within a half
searching party discovered what APP
peared TO be a piece of cloth floating
on the surface some distance away.
The launch was steered towards 1t and
when the party came up. it was found
that the supposed piece of cloth was
the body of little Olga. The body, al
though it has been in the water for
two days, is in a good state of preser-
walton.
The gruff seamen tenderly lifted the
tiny, lIfeless form into the Angie S.
and started on the return trip to Thun-
derbolt. They arrived at $50 O'Clock.
and Capt. Calder was notified that his
babys body would be brought to his
home.
Mrs. Calder Laid to Rest.
The funeral Of Mrs. Allen N. Calder
took place from the Union Church at
Thunderbolt in the afternoon. The
services were conducted by Rev. John
ID. Jordan, pastor of the First Baptist
church.
The little house of worship was
crowded to the doors and many who
could not gain admittance waited on
the outside. Nearly everyone in Thun-
derbolt, besides a number of people
from this city attended the services.
Although many in the crowded church
had never heard of the Calders until
they read of the frightful accident in
the Morning News scarcely a dry eye
was to be seen. and at times during
the service the weeping was audible
DR.. Jordan made brief address. He
quoted from the Scriptures as 10 the
uncertainty of life and of how Gods
creatures must always be prepared and
ready to meet their Maker. He referr4
ed to the tragedy which had taken the
lives of members of three generations
of the Calder family at one fell swoop
He spoke of it as one of the most
shocking of the times.
In a Coffin of White.
After the church service the body,
in snow-white casket, was removed
TO the hearse. AS the mournfuI pro-
cession came from the church those
on the outside stood, reverently, with
bowed heads. until the funeral pro-
cesslon moved on towards Bonaven-
ture.
In the first carriage behind the hearse
were Capt. Calder, dazed, stony and
seemingly unable to realize what was
going on about him. His four little
boys, who We're the only ones spared
to him by the treacherous waters of
the river sat in the carriage with him.
The oldest of the children Is only H.
and although all four boys were cry
ing, the little fellows are all too young
10 realize their loss in all its crushing
force.
sad Scenes at the Grave.
Several other carriages containing
friends and relatives of the family fol-
lowed. Behind the procession a num-
Der of carriages were in line Bicycles
and other vehicles also followed, and
when the funeral was lost to sight
there was hardly a white man or wo-
man left in Thunderbolt. The crowd
who attended the funeral did not do
so out of mere morbid curiosity. 1t was
serious crowd, and each bore within
his or her heart portion of the great
sorrow which had befallen Capt. Cal
der.
AT the grave many others were al
ready waiting when the procession ar
rived. Several women were standing
around the newly turned earth, all
weeping softly.
The coffin was laid in the ground
while the friends and relatives stood
about. DR.. Jordan read the burial SER
vice
Capt. CaIder's Hour of Trial
Capt. Calder stood at the head of the
and inexpensive. He showed no signs
of emotion but as the coffin was low
cred he gazed at it with a steely gilt
ter in his eyes. When the grave-dig-
gers began filling in the earth the Cap
tain showed his first signs of break
ing down. A look of despair overspread
his face; desperate, awful despair,
and as the dirt resounded from the
top of the casket it was evident that
Capt Callers very soul was being
buried.
DR.. Jordan made a few brief remarks
at the grave. He again referred to the
shocking accident and to the great loss
sustained by Capt. Calder and the
friends of the woman who had passed
forever from the world.
Gave One Deep Sob.
Capt. Calder still bore up, although
1t Was evident that he was a broken
hearted man. When the grave diggers
began moulding the top of the grave
Capt. Calder, after having maintained
his self-control so long, gave expression
to his pent up suffering with one great
sob. He bent over and the tears trick
led down his cheeks. He quickly re-
covered himself, however and when he
walked to his carriage it was with firm
tread and erect figure.
A scene of greater pathos than that
of yesterday, when the man, who had
been robbed of father and mother, wife
and child at one dread turn of the
wheel of fate. stood at the grave and
the four motherless children moaning