The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-01-08
WORK ALL NIGHT
DIGGING GRAVES
Chicago For the First Time In His.
tory Unable to Bury Its Dead.
HEARSES DO DOUBLE DUTY
she List oI cnd Increased Z" 5sS-
Fourteen i~unrrnis 81 victims
at the Eirr We're Ia Prog
rr.s AZ Dur Ttmc,

30 Hh"RNFH 'fA hVH 80 49,
tine IT. the hiH,ury OF the city all PEG.
Pic whC desired to bury their dead
vsr1 unable 10 do 80. The unprccc-
icutcd demand for hoarscs and carr.
ascs would have been enough In itseli
a. task TO tho very utmost the re-
sources OF the undcrtakers, but III.
heavy snow that has fallen during tho
lat two days has Increased their DIFF
hcultics enormously. All OF the GENE
tcrirg In Chicago are miles from he
business center aud residence districts
and with good weather and the street,
In pnssahlc condition. II ~ n matter
OF several hours 10 reach n Of them
Sunday. when every hearsc was In ur'
gent demand. II required about twice
a. long TO reach u cemetery ~ under
normal conditions Arrangements wcrt
made by the undcrtakcrs 10 have a
many funerals A. possible held In the
early part ~ the day. In orded To al
low II possible Of the use Of the hcarss
Tor n second funeral In the afternoon
II~nra"s DaInu Double Dn,y.
In a number OF eases this VAS done
but In a number Of Instances. where
the families who were to await the
return uf the hcarse. were disappointed
and were compelled { deter the buria'
OF their loved ones until to-day, II
H. not expected that there will be any
further trouble In this direction. n
by to-day the streets to the ccmeterie,
7 ..rNI l.. Ia. asa.I. "a .a.Issl.n ~ a.. 400
nit NJ The passage Of funerals In al
most the ordinary time.
Birging braves AZ >igbt.
Tho cemeteries were compelled &c
keep men al work all through The
night d!sging graves. and In some oi
the larger cemeteries they barely man
ngcd To make them with sufficient
lpcrd. ~ one time sunday afternoon
II burlnls we're In progress In Rose
liil cemetery. and all NJ them were
intCrmcuts of victims Of the IRE las
WEDNESDAY, afternoon.
over Thousand Mournrrs.
In the rooms of one undertaken u
tho south side, carly a fratcgnal scot.
cty held services oycr the members nj
their order AZ the same limo. and all
Of them were buried side by side In
Naldhcim cemetery.
irrg",t unrrni liz ,birnRo.
IN The homc of the millionaire manu-.
facuufcr. Ludwig Wolf. At 1899 wash
ingtou boulevard. was held the quad
ruplc funeral Of his daughter. Mrs
William H. earn. and her three chill
dron \ crowd of more than 1905
people surrounded the house. and IN,
police were compelled 10 open u pass.
age way for tnc pall-bcarcrs.
Dead Now Numbers 5~s.
These are but Instances Of what hap.
pcncd throughout the length ana
breadth of Chicago Sunday. Multiply
tho funerals mentioned by 90. and .
better idea can bc had OF this first Sab.
bath dag in the new year. The list of
dead was increased to SIS Sunday by
the death of Leroy Rainbold, n hoy OF
four years, who was severely burned
nnd died In 81. Lukc's hospital. OF
the ton bodies NJ the county morgle
four were identified Sunday.
rirs, nay of Hest.
Tho injured, of whom there is any
record, now number iO3. although the
number ot those who were hurt slight,
ly would swell this number greatly.
Numbers " people went TO their homes
after tho Are without reporting them.
selves to the police as injured.
Outside the Immcrousu funerals tina,
were held In the city Sunday. II was
the first day OF rest the city has known