The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04
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TO LAST RESTING PLACE
Funerals Were Held In Every Part of
the City and the Demand for
Conveyances Was Un-
precedented.

Chicago January 3.-It was day of
funerals in Chicago, and for the first
time in the history of the city many 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 tax 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 difficulties enormously.
All of the cemeteries In Chicago are
miles from the business center and resi-
dence districts, and with good weather
and the streets In passable condition, 1t is
matter of several hours to reach one of
them. Today when every hearse was in
urgent demand, 1t required about twice as
: long to reach cemetery as under normal
conditions. Arrangements were made by
the undertakers to have as many funerals
as possibly 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 number of cases this was
done. but there were instances where the
families who were to wait for the return
of the hearse were disappointed, and were
compelled to defer the burial of their
loved ones until tomorrow.
1t is not expected there will be any
further trouble in this direction after to-
day, and by tomorrow the streets to the
cemeteries will be in such condition as
to permit of the passage of funerals in
almost the ordinary time
Dug Graves All Night.
The cemeteries were compelled to keep
men Nat work all through the night dig
ging graves, and in some of the larger
cemeteries they barely managed to make
them with sufficient speed. AT one time
this afternoon, fourteen burials were in
progress In Rose Hill cemetery, and all
of them were the interments of victims
of the fire of Wednesday afternoon.
In The rooms of one undertaken on the
south side of the city, fraternal organ
izatidn held services over five members
of their order at the same time, and all
of thhm were buried side by side in Wald-
helm. The funeral services over the re-
mains of Ella and Edith Frecketon sis
ters, we're held in Boulevard hail. at Fifty
fifth and Halstead streets, fully 1000 per-
sons being m attendance and 800 more
stood outside in the biting wind until
the funeral had departed FOR Oakwood
cemetery.
In the home of the millionaire manufac-
turer, Ludwig Wolfe. at 1929 Washington
boulevard, was held the quadruple funeral
of his daughter, Mrs. William II. Garn,
and her three children A crowd of more
than 1000 people surrounded the house. and
ha o6 IN a ma
sageway for the pail bearers.
Over 100 Carriages in Line.
The funeral was one of the largest ever
seen on the west side of the city, over 1Oo
carriages, all private equipages, being in
the procession which went to Graceland
cemetery.
funeral conducted in a humber man
ner was held a few squares from the
Wolfe residence. at the same time as that
of Mrs. Garn and her three children. 1t
was that IF Mrs. Mary w. Hozt and her
three children, all of whom died in the ILL
fated second balcony last Wednesday af-
ternoon. Fully as many people were
around the small frame church in which
this funeral was held, as gathered outside
the pretentious Wolfe mansion and here.
as in front of Mr.. Wolfes residence, the
police were compelled to open passage
way for the caskets as they were borne
to the hearses.
These are but instances of what hap
pened throughout the length and breadth
of Chicago today. Multiply the funerals
mentioned by twenty, and better idea
can be had of this first Sunday in the new
wear The list of dead was increased to
SIS today by the death of Leroy Rainbold,
a boy years old, who was severely burn :
ed, and died at st. Lukes hospital. OF
the ten corpses at the county morgue,
four were identified today. They were:
Fair. Mrs. Mary A.
Ludwig, Sadie.
Lemenager. Dorothy 13 years.
Reynolds. Emma, Z years.
Injured Number 1903.
The injured now number 103 of whom
there is any record, although the number
If those who were hurt slightly would
well this number greatly. Numbers of
people went to their homes after the fire
without reporting themselves to the po-
lice as injured. Outside Of the numer-
GUS funerals that were held in the city
today. 1t was the first day of rest the
city has known since last Wednesday
afternoon. Less than twenty persons
called at the office of the chief of police
for permits to visit morgues, and few
people were at the hospitals.
John Schmidt. the stage hand who is
said to have left open the reflector which
prevented the asbestos curtain from de-
scending. Is still sought by the police.
He is believed to be In hiding in the
city. but the chief Of police received an
intimation from hs trends that Schmidt
will be ready when he is wanted as a
witness at the coroners inquest next
Thursday.
No Further Arrests Made.
There were more arrests of mem
bers Of the blue Beard" company to-
day. and no more are expected unless
there should be unexpected Developments
Assistant Chief of Police Schuettler de-
clared today that no further obstacle
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