The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-08-20
CITY OF DENVER.
Victims of the Rio Grande Calamity
Laid to Rest.

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at Eden, eight miles north of PueDlo
on sunday night. Aug. Z. a realiza
ton of the horrors resultant upon u
accident to the Denver q ITO Gianu
train scarcely burst in its lullhe7'
upon Denver people until the 1uneraI'
Of the wreck victims were announced
So many homes in the intermountalr
west have been desolated by the pIoM
that words are eXpressionlesS IN spedh
ing of the catastrophe. Of the tWelVt
or fourteen Denver people VINO Ios
their lives in the Eden wreck slA ~.
longed TO prominent Catkollc idlllI Iles
and the funerals of these TOOK pldOe
from the churches here last week.
The funeral corteges vending thelI
7yay from the little churches on
Thursday and Friday. going toWaro
ahe cemetery, told their own SAD Idle
and were the Inspiration Oh many many
prayers which arose from LeaTIS Over
burdened with grief
Not only the families enrolled III Ine
congregations of the diocese OF Coio-
RADIO. who have suffered loss IN the
wreck, does the Catholic community
pray. but for all those whose unllmely
taking away has brought sorrow IN,
exnressihle into Colorado homes, and
The prayers are not con1ned 10 thoSe
of any particular sect or creed.
Almost every funeral held last week
was from a church of one deno1lllila-
ton or another, and religion oIIeTeu
consolation where all else was power
less to do so. Two Catholic churches
were the scene of funerals OF wreck
victims and these were crowded TO the
doors with sympathetic friends.
one of the saddest incidents Oh the
wreck which has wrought such mis-
cry, was the taking away of the. en-
tire family, with the exception OF one
son, of Edward p. Garland MI.
! A. Of DOnlnlC'S
congregation, and his family was Wen
known. They had for months planned
a visit to the boyhood home of Mr.
Garland in Vermont and had been
postponing the trip that the rather
might secure q vacation and accom-
pany them. AS the summer waned' ne
persuaded the mother and children 10
start on the Journey, promising to fol-
low in a week or two. The eldest son.
Frank chose TO remain with his 1ather
and make the trip later. On Sunday
evening the family left on the long an
1icipated vacation, expecting TO re
rurn i'm time for the children TO re-
enter school at the opening of the fa4l
term.
Monday morning brought the intelli-
gence that the entire party had been
lost with upwards of eighty other pas
Eengers in the wreck at Eden. The dis
1racted father took a special train
and started to the scene of the catas-
1rophe TO aid I'm recovering the bodleS.
Almost mad with grief, he led an IN
dividuaI searching party and, never
relaxing his vigilance for over thirty
hours, he found the body of his wife
and two OF the children. They were
Edward P Garland, jr., aged u, and
the only daughter of the family, LII
liam, child of z. Throughout an
otLer night The grief cra2ed father
6 -, fr7fT, obi il
dren and then came to Denver to at
tend the burial services Of the others.
The three caskets were brought into
the union station. and from tnere
taken to the f p McGovern under
taking paI1ors, where they were pre-
pared for interTnent. The water mad
dealt mercifully With the bodies and
they were in a remarkable state OF
preservation. For two days the friends
of the family came to view the re
mains. and then on Friday the service
was held at st. Dominics church.
Long before the hour set for the ser
vice. the church was thronged with
relatives and friends, and wren the
funeral procession moved up the cen
ter aisle there was not vacant seat
and many stood with bowed heads IN
the back of the church. The three
baskets were brought in and placed
before the main altar, the mothers
bier resting directly in the center or
the church.. with one of her chnuren
on either side. The pathetic spectacle
moved the entire congregation 10
tears. and sobs deep and frequent
were heard from all parts Of the
church.
The family had lived for many years
at 245O West Thirty eighth avenue. and
on the North Side was exceptionally
well known. The pall-bearers were Sc
lected from the prominent men Of 81:
Dominic's parish, all of whom had
known the Garland family for years
and felt keenIy the loss to the husband
and father. They were Messrs. w. a.
ST. Peters. J. NJ Mccarthy, Peter
O'TooIe. James O'Neil, James McCrane
and John Mccullough. As they took
their places in the front pews, eight
little bows walked up the aisle carrying
The white casket, wherein reposed the
remains of Edward Garland. They
were Francis Mccarthy: Martin Nc
Carthy, William st. Peters, Girard
Waller Herbert Casnon, James cas-
mon and Frank Fowler, all little play
mates of the dead boy. They also act
ed as pail bearers for little Lillian
Garland. whose casket was laden with
The floral offerings of her little class
mates. The beautiful flowers covering
All three caskets attested the love ana
sympathy of a host Of friends.
Mr.. Garland and his little son Frank,
aged IA, We're accompanied by Mrs
Kate Handrihan, the mother of Mrs.
Garland. and Mr.. Gartland's brother
in-Iaw, David Miller, both of whom
came from 81. Louis to attend the last
services.
Twenty-fifth and Grove streets was
heavily draped in mourning for the
triple funeral service, and streamers OF
black entwined each pillar and swung
across the ceiling. Solemn high mass
of requiem was celebrated by Rev. Fa-
7her Gavin. 0. p, assistant pastor of
St Dominic's church, while Rev. Jo-
seph p. Carrigan, pastor of st. Pat
rick's, neighboring church, preached
The sermon Father eCaFrigan's words
were full Of consolation to the strick-
en- father and son, and made deep
and lasting impression on the large
congregation. breathing as they did OF
religion and sympathy. The funeral
look place at Mount OliVet cemetery.
After the lapse of six days the recov-
cry Of the bodies Of the two other chill
dren had been practically abandoned,
and Mr.. Garland went back to his
daily rountine affairs, his terrible grief
AUGMENTED by the fact that not even
in death could ne minister unto his
loved ones. Monday night searching
party working their way through the
debris sixteen miles below Pueblo.
came upon the body of Ralph Cart
land, the 2-year-old son of Mrs. Kate
Garland, and the body was brought to
Denver. 1t is being held here until
further search is pursued for the re-
manning child, Walter, aged 9. Then
The two little caskets will be lowered
into q grave at Mount Olivet cemetery
beside the three newly made. With
that act the closing chapter in the
Eden catastrophe, as far as Mr.. Cart
land is concerned, closes.