The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-04
A DAY OF FUNERALS
MORE BURIALS DESIRED THAN
FACILITIES PERMITTED.
WERE NOT ENOUGH HEARSES
FOR THE USE OF ALL WHO WANT
ED TO INTER THEIR DEAD.

quOis Theater Disaster-The Total
List of the Dead Now Numbers
5SS-COrOner's Rigid investigation
Is to COmmence-WiH Last Weeks.
Chicago, Jan. 3.-Sunday was a day
of funerals in Chicago, and for the
first time in the history of the city
all of the people who desired TO bury
their dead were unable to do so.
The unprecedented demand for
hearses and carriages would have been
enough in itself to task to the very
utmost the resources of the under
takers, but the heavy snow that has
fallen during the last two days has
increased their difficulty enormously.
All of the cemeteries in Chicago are
miles from the business center. Ar
engagements were made by the under
takers to have as many funerals as
possible held in the early part of the
day in order to allow, if possible, the
use of the hearse for a second funeral
in the afternoon. In a number of cases
this was done, but there were instances
where the families who were to wait
for the return of the hearse were dis
appointed and were compelled to defer
the burial of their dead until to-mor-
row.
1t is not expected that there will be
any further trouble in this respect
after to-day.
The cemeteries We're compelled to
keep men at work all through the
night digging graves, and in some of
the largest cemeteries they barely
managed to make them at sufficient
speed. At one time this afternoon
fourteen burials were in progress in
Rose Hill Cemetery, and all of them
We're the lnterments of victims of the
fire.
In the rooms of one undertaken on
the south side of the city. a fraternaI
| organization held services over five
members of their order at the same
Tune, and all of them were buried
side by side in Waldhelm Cemetery.
The funeral services over the re-
| mains of Ella and Edith Freckleton
sisters, We're held in Boulevard Hall.
at Flfty-tifth and Halstead street fuI'
ly 1900 persons being in attendapca
and 800 more stood outside in the hit
ing WIND until the funeral had DEPART
ed Tor lakewood Cemetery.
Funerals OF Rich and Poor.
1
! In the home of the millionaire mann
facturer, Ludwig Wolff, on Washjng-
ton boulevard, was held the quadrupIe
funeral OF his daughter, Mrs. William
| II. earn, and her three children A
crowd of more 1000 people surrounded
the house, and the police were com
peHed to open passageway for the
pallbearers.
A funeral conducted in a humber
manner held q faxu
the Wolff residence 1t was that of
Mrs. Mary w. Hoist and her three
children, all of whom died in the ill
fated second balcony. Fully as many
people were around the small frame
church in which this funeral was held
as gathered outside the pretentious
Wolff mansion, and here, as in front
of Mr.. VOLTS residence, the police
were compelled to open a passageway
for the caskets as they We're borne to
the hearses.
The list OF dead was increased 10
5s8 to-day by the death of Leroy
Rainbold, boy of years, who was
severely burned.
OF the ten bodies at the county
morgue, four were identified to-day.
They were:
Fair, Mrs Mary A.
Ludwig, Sadie.
Lemenager. Dorothy. 10 years.
Reynolds. Emma, Z years.
The injured now number 1903, of
whom there is any record. although the
number of those who were hurt slight
ly would swell this number greatly
John Schmidt. the stage hand who
Is said to have left open the reflector
which prevented the asbestos curtain
from descending. is still sought by
the police. He Is believed to be in
hiding in the city but the chief Of
police received information that
Schmidt would be ready when wanted |
to appear.
No More of the Company Held.
There were no more arrests of MEM
bers of the "Bluebeard' company to- |
day. and no more are expected UNI
less there should be unexpected 1evel- |
opments. Assistant Chief of Police |
Schuettler declared that no further OBJ |
stacle would be placed in the way of |
members of the company, who desir- |
ed to leave the city.
II have been assured by Klaw and |
Erlanger," he said. that any men,
Der of the company who is wanted as |
a witness win be returned from New /
York, and with that understanding l |
have ordered that there be no further |
with the departure of the |
COMPANY"
Beginning at o'clock tomorrow |
morning Coroner Traeger and the jury |
i,npanelled to sit at the inquest will |
resume it's task of collecting evidence |
in the theater building. An exhaustive |
examination of the building will be |
made. and particular attention will be /
paid to any violations Of the building |
that may be found.
In accordance with requests of the |
fury all sightseers and even watch /
men win be excluded from the build
ing. while the examination is in pro-
gress. The jury said to the coroner
that they do not wish any person to |
hear the questions that they may put
to anybody. as they fear publicity will |
interfere with the thoroughness of the |
inquiry.
Because of the unlimited scope that |
the coroner intends to give to the in
vestigation, it is expected that the work
of taking testimony will consume sew
eral weeks Contractors and eleven
others, who can give expert testimony
will be summoned, and the coroner to-
day issued notice 10 all persons who
were in the theater that he would be
glad to have them appear and give
their evidence.
To Provide Safeguards.
From all indications the meeting Of
the City Council tomorrow night will
be taken up entirely by the introduce
tion Of resolutions relating TO the fire
in the Iroquois Theater. Ordinances
will be presented covering almost ev-
erv detail of the management and
equipment Of u theater. Alderman