New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-22
BLAMES M0T0RMAN.
TRACTION COMPANY, TOO.
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4ppHances WfH

Mayor Doremus yesterday issued prelama-
ton. calling OH the people of Newark to observe
sunday as a day of mourning for the victims
:, tho C.Iifton-aye grade crossing disaster The
appeal was made after conference III the
,5,vor,s office in watch Mayor Doremus, City
Counsel Young, President Bachelor of the Com
mon Council and President Garrison of the
Board OF Works participated. In the proclama-
ton the Mayor says:
In view of the heartrending catastrophe OF
February 49, in which nine pupils or the New,
ark public High School lost their lives. ana
many were injured, J. Henry NJ Doremus. Mayor
of the city of Newark do request and urge thar
Sunday. February -, be set aside as a DAY OF
memorial services
And I do further urge all to attend services In
the churches of our city, there TO ask divine
blessing for the af11icted ana lor the epH"fsh
spared 20 us :,
And | suggest that the sections of all the
churches be requested to toll their beliS LOT
ten minutes beginning at o'clock i'll the AFTER
The coroner's jury consisting OF James A.
coe foreman; Thomas Cakes of Bloomfield;
Frederick Stoutenburg. Abraham Stats, Max
Sachs and August Goertz, of Newark, TO IN
ouire into the tragedy, organized at the Court
house in Newark yesterday morning AFTER the
Jurors had taken the oath they accompanied
Coroner c. William Heilman to the house or the
parents of Miss Ernestine Miller. No. Ia FAR
mo,nt-ave., of the Victims 10 We" hSF
body Subsequently the jury visited the scene
of the wreck, and then adjourned to meet on
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock The last
coroner's inquest in the county was in 1880. IL
was on the death of an infant The last I'M
nortan+ inouest was held June 30, 1888. as
the result of a disaster that shocked the people
of Essex County almost as much as the one Oh
last week. This was the accident al the CROSS
ing of the Erie Railroad at Washington-ave'
Avondale when two women and three children
were instantly killed.
A gang of six men began yesterday the work
Of placing a temporary deraiilng switch Ill
Clifton-ave., about halfway between Orange-st.
and the Lackawanna Railroad crossing This
switch will not be connected with the railroad
tracks
The funerals OF some of the victims were held
yesterday and many floral tokens were sent to
the homes by sorrowing friends and even by
strangers Profuse offerings came from the
teachers and pupils of the high school. Many
flags were al half mast. All the funerals were
largely attended and were most impressive
The funeral of Viola A.. T. Iii was held at 3
O'Clock. The Rev. J. Martin Neifert, of st.
Paul's Church, had charge of the services. The
Mendelssohn Quartet sang several selections
and Mr. Nefert preached a short sermon. The
pallbearers were Boyd Howarth, Frederick Som
mers, Samuel Dixon Richard Sylvester, Edgar
Ill and August Begerow. The burial in
Woodland Cemetery.
The services for Miss Maud Baker were held
at .. m. at the house OF William A. Baker.
her stepfather, No. J62 Highest. The employees
of Wadmann's Opera House sent a massive
gates ajar" A broken heart OF violets and
roses was sent by the graduating class of 1902
of the high school. The services were in charge
Of the Rev. Lewis Lampman. of the High Street
Presbyterian Church. The pallbearers We're,
Robert Furingen. Milton Hirsch Rudolph
Davis. Raymond Fairchild, Henry Schwin and
William Wangerer. The burial in Ever
green Cemetery. Eliza beth.
The funeral of Miss Ernestine Miller daurh-
ter of Ferdinand Miller of No. IA Paramount
ave, was held at o'clock Yesterday afternoon.
Six girls who confirmed in the sa me class
with Miss Miller at St Paurs Lutheran Church
in Bergen-st. were the pallbearers. The Rev.
NJ. a. L. Hirsch, pastor of ST. Paul's Church.
conducted the services. and girl friends sang.
The burial was in Paramount Cemetery.
Miss Mabel Karshner was buried at 10 a. M
from the house of Benjamin T. Cogger No. fl
Humboldt-st. a relative. The funeral services
were conducted by the Rev. DR. T. 1. Coultas.
of the Roseville Methodist Episcopal Church.
The body taken to Tiffin Ohio.
The services for Miss Rosebud Kohn, daugh-
at the home of her uncle, Henry GIuck No 81
Clay-st., at p. nj. to-day. Rabbi Joseph
Leucht, of mai Jeshurun Synagogue, will
preach the funeral sermon Six of the girls
cousins will act as pabearers. They Percy
and Harold Hart and Harry Taylor, of New
York, and John and Lestern Lehman, and David
Cohen, of Newark. The burial will be in Ever
green Cemetery. The funerals of Miss Alma
Loehnberg, of No POI Litteton-aye.; Evan F.
Eastwood. No. $50 Clinton-ave., and Miss Ella
Werpupp. of No. 1919 South Sixth-st.. will be
held this afternoon. Miss Jennie Estee McLel-
land. of No. 315 South Orange-ave.. who died
In the hospital, will be buried tomorrow.
Last night at the Temple Cheb Sholon the
Rev. Or. Bernard Gluck denounced the New
Jersey Traction Company and the city officials,
and declared that both were responsible for the
disaster of Thursday. he declared that if the
companys officers had been more God-fearing
they would have attended long ago to the Cliff
ton-ave. crossing AMI had it made safe.
Charles c. Owen, of East Orange. who was
formerly connected with the Westinghouse Air
brake Company. has made an investigation OF
the facts connected with the collision. Mr..
Owen said yesterday:
The distance from Orange-st. to the railroad
tracks is about three hundred feet, and is down
grade until a point thirteen feet in front of the
tracks is reached. The car was forty-nve feet
long and supplied with an air brake, reverser,
a hand brake a gong and a sandbox, five dis
tinct pieces of machinery The motorman is ex-
pected to handle all the accessories. The front