The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-01-02
Daily Both Nes Gr@uaG60n

various morgues and undertaking esta5-
lishments seemed almost as larS3 as ever.
Many men appeared at the door of RolS-
toms and Jordan's morgues this afternoon.
who had been on their feet for forty-eight
hours constantly searching for those they
had lost The greater number of dead are
in these two places. and men who had
viewed the CHASTITY rows of corpses before,
and had gone on unavailing searches TO
every other morgue and undertaking room
in the city to which the dead from the
theatre had been taken. came back once
more to Rolston's and Jordan's almost IN
despair, but hoping against hope thai theq
might have overlooked their dead IN the
great number that had crowded the tables
and oors on Thursday morning In some
cases they were succeeful in many Others
they were not. Practically all of the
bodies which admit of careful identitica-
ton. have been carried away, ard of
those which remain. the majority are in
such a condition that only the most
minute and careful inspection will be able
to reveal their identity to those who knew
them best.
One of the saddest cases was that of
Herbert and Agnes Lange of 1882 Barry
Avenue Both children had attended the
performance. and after many hours of
tireless searching the broken-hearted
father finally found the daughter, Agnes,
in an undertaking establishment.
Mr. Lange, almost exhausted through
his continuous trips from morgue to
morgue from hospital to hospital, from
police stations to the coroners office and
then back through the wearisome round
again and again. came this afternoon in
utter despair to the office Of Chief of
Police O'Neill and begged two detectives
to assist him. He also pleaded with news
paper men, and his voice choked and failed
as he referred to his wife, who lay ut
terly prostrated at their home. Mr.
Lange said these were his only children
and the detectives and newspaper men
promised him every assistance, though
they themselves were almost worn out by
long hours Of work. Finally the body
of the girl was found and the broken
hearted father gathered up the little form
and took t to the carriage.
4 have one of them at last" he said,
"and this will be great comfort to
her mother The absolute failure of Mr.
Lange to identify anyone of the bodies as
that of his son aroused some hope that
the boy may still be alive and cared Tor
in some hospital.
The funeral of two Reginsburg children
was held this afternoon at the home of
their parents, 3440 Michigan avenue, in
the heart of the aristorcratic section OF
the Southside. Because Of the many calls
upon his time Dr. Emil G. Hirsch, who
conducted the services, announced that
he would be able to deliver only a short
address. In for other homes of the
members of his congregation lay the
bodies of children waiting for him to
offciate at their funerals.
From the Reginsburg home DR.. Hirsch
went to that of DR.. Joseph Zeichler, 325G
Lake Park avenue, to attend the funeral
of another young victim, Walter B. Zeich-
Ter, who was considered one of the bright
est students in the University of Chicago.
The experience of this one clergyman
in his round from home to home. is but
an instance of what dozens of other min
listers were called upon to perform dur-
ing the day.
1t was absolutely impossible for the
bereaved relatives to secure all the car
riages they wished to convey their friends
and relatives to the cemeteries. In many
cases it was not possible for all members
OF the immediate family to ride IN the
funeral cortege because no carriages
could be rocured for them.
The liverymen were simply over
whelmed by the demands made upon them
end earnestly urged that as far as posi-
Bile the relatives should content them
selves with a carriage for the pall-bearers,
the hearse and one other carriage for
the family. Where there were more
members of the family than could con-
venently ride in the single carriages they
were compelled to make their way to
the cemetery by other methods of trans
pcrtation.
This was the situation in Chicago to-
day and tomorrow it will be intensified
The coroner's office today issued nearly
SEQ burial certificates for people killed
in the fire. Some of these were for peo-
pie residing in other cities, but they
were comparatively few