New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-20
HEARSES FILL STREETS.
4 HUNDRED FUNERALS
BuriaIs at Lutheran Cemetery 159-
% 900 People There.

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.ount of the demand for hearses and carriages
.ss funerals began as early as a m. and lasrad
mil well into the night In many instances
90 cofins were carried in the same bea~sa ana
!, some cases TWO and even three hearses car
-,sd away the dead Of a single family. n, evsr,,
si6e street and along the avenues from First n
Eighteenth and Avenue a TO Third-ave rbara
,yas al least one funeral
n the streets Immediately surroundipey =
Marks Church carriages and hearses we're 90
,rp 70 and fro al day long. In Fifth. SIKH, AMI
seventh SITS. between First and Second avs
me curbs We're lined continuously with baarsas
and carriages. Wagons and messengers hur-
ried here and there with flowers. and crowds OF
friends Of the victims lined the sidewalks
In nearly every instance friends of the y,ic,;,,,
accompanied the funeral for At least rhraa or
four blocks marching in columns of rwos. The
head Of which would be on a line with the
hsarse.
Nearly al the professions Went south through
the avenues and other intersecting streets IN
pslancey-st-, where they turned east TO the
Williamsburg Bridge There they Went over the
North Drive en- route 10 the Lutheran Cemetery
ri Middle Village, Long Island. The stream OF
carriages and hea-ses over the bridge was almost
continuous from o'clock in the morning until
ate in the afternoon. Many buildings in the
stricken district We're draped in black and hun
5reds Of ags at halfrnast, bearing strearr,ers OF
Grape, were displayed.
In some cases the morbid throngs SO crowded
the rooms that the 5ereaved families had diff
entity in reaching the collins. while rhrongs Of
me moroidly curious even tried 10 force their
way into the carriages. in some instances being.
restrained only by the threats OF arrest made by
ne police.
LUTHERAN CEMETERY RECEIVES 159.
One hundred and ifty-nine bodies were buried
IN me Lutheran Cemetery. at Middle Village.
Five others were buried at Mount OIivet, close
by. and SIX VIII rest in Linden Hill Cemetery.
which IS not far from the Lutheran.
The funerals began arriving not long after the
noon hour. II was dark and lanterns were used
70 light the graves when the last collins were
lowered Al times there were long waits for the
unourners as The carriages could only enter the
cemetery = few at a time. and at periods the
congestion caused funerals to become blocked a
nile from the gates. Not less than twenty-five
thousand siEhtseers. IN addition 10 the mourn
srs. visited the cemetery, and thousands lined
the various avenues Of approach 10 see the long
line Of funerals pass.
A little before the middle Of the afternoon
Borough President Cassidy of Queens drove 70
the cemetery. The clouds OF dust caused him to
marsha! Immediately a force OF sprinkling carts.
Police Inspector Kane, with q force OF one
hundred and seventy men, aided by Central Of
fee men from Manhattan and Brooklyn, handled
me great crowd in and around the cemetery
necessarily and only one case called for arnbu-
lance treatment There was constant danger IN
he cemetery that some OF the overcurious
would be forced into the many open graves
which CAPPED in al parts Of the grounds This
raE rcd f0zr H.- Hzv-
Many women tainted in the course OF the after
noon. but al were revived ar a hotel near the
entrance
Mrs Mary smaIsrack, Of No. sos Quincy-st-.
Brooklyn, tainted AZ the funeral Of a friend.
She fell. and her left arm, turning under her.
was broken. She was removed 10 the German
Hospital in Brooklyn
The approaches 10 the cemetery We're policed
By q squad OF mounted patrolrnen, under COM
mand OF RoUndsuan Davis. So great was the
demand for new plots that the cemetery officials
had 10 sell plots in a section which they had not
expected 10 use this year Men worked all Of
Saturday night clearing away the underbrush
which had been allowed 10 grow on this tract.
and graves we're opened for use yesterday.
More viii be opened this morning.
There were services yesterday morning IN the
chapel in the cemetery. and yesterday afternoon
The children n the Lutheran Sunday school in
Middle Village took part in a service. Eighty
seven, ranging iu years from i've TO ten each
carried a single ported plant. and under the
leadership ~ thu Rev DR.. Peterson, marched
from the main entrance 10 the plot where eleven
Unidentified children were buried After a
PRAYER by DR. Peterson the children, grouped
soout the plot sang Nearer. Ny God 10
Thee" Then The plants carried by the children
were planted on the plot
Fard Klein. wholesale and retail liquor dealer.
one n the most well TO DO and best known per
sons In ST. Marks parish. was one Of those held
gesieraay- 1Ir Klein's mother and TWO OF his
children Tillie and julius nine and five years
oa are stil missing. The funeral was held in
large room in the rear Of the liquor store, over
which the Klein home is situated, AT No 81
avenue A. Edward Klein, IT., the son who was
rescued from the steamer, tainted during the
services
FUNERAL OF HENRY SEIFERT.
The funeral Of Henry seifert was held at the
-"elly-ihird-st. branch OF the Young Mems
1hFistan Association. Mr.. Seifert had been for
p"o months the social secretary OF the branch
ms duties being especially 10 meet strangers and
/" encourage friendliness and sociabiity among
~ members. He WAS member Of st. Marks
eaufch, and was practically member Of the
-alliy Of the pastor, Ar. Haas. being eccus-
~ileo 70 stay in his house when IN the city
-s was just about 10 graduate from the train
-s school " the Young Mems Christian As
A1iation at Springfield. Mass Burial was IN
ne Young Mems Christian Association plot at
ROOdlaHa.
1EY TO FORCE WAY INTO CARRIAGES.
i've thousand persons crowded into East
'H'lh-st-. the majority TO see the hearses and
Ilages depart from the home Of Edward ana