Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-04
Saddest Day In History Of
City Of Chicago.
Scores Of the Theatre Fire Victims
Laid at Rest, Sunday.
Lack Of Equipment Causes Postpone
ment of Many Cases.

the people were ordered to bury the!r
dead were unable to do so. The I'M
prccedented demand for hearses ana
carriages would nave been enough III
itself 10 tax 70 the very utmoSt the
resources Of the undertakerS. Dut the
heavy snow that has fallen during the
last two days, has increased their dlf-
ncultics enormously. All of the GEM
c,eries in Chicago are miles from the
business center and residence districts
and with good weather and the streets
in passable condition it is a matter IF
several hours to reach one OF them
Today. when every hearse was in ur-
gent demand it required about twice
IA long to reach a cemetery as under
normal conditions. Arrangements
were made by the undertakers u have
as many funerals as possible held in
the early part Of the day in order To
allow tn. use OF the hears.. for ii sec
ond funeral in TIE Afternoon. In 4
number Of cases this was done, but
there Ware instances where the fan-
lies who were to wait for the return of
the hearse, We're disappointed and
were COMPELLED to defer the burial Of
their dead until tomorrow.
1t is not expected that there will be
any further trouble in this direction
after today and by tomorrow the
streets to the cemeteries will be in
such a condition as to permit the pas
sage Of funerals iii almost the Ordi-
nary time
The cemeteries We're compelled to
keep men at work all through the
night digging graves. and in some Of
the larger cemeteries, they barely
managed to make them with sufficient
speed. At one time. this afternoon. II
buriaIs were III progress i'll Rose Hill
cemetery and all of them We're the in
terments of victims Of the fire.
In the rooms Of one undertaken on the
South Side Of the city fraternal on
ganization held services over five ment-
bers Of their order at the same time
and All Of them Were buried sid" by
side in Waldheim cemetery. The
funeral service over the remains of
Ella and Edyth Freckelton, sisters,
were held in Boulevard hall ut 53th
and Halsted streets. fully 20o0 persons
being i'll attendance ana five hundred
more stood outside in the biting wind
until til" funeral had departed TOY
OikWOO1s cemetery.
At the home of the millionaire man
ufarturrr. Ludwig Wolf. on Washing
ton boulevard. was held the quadrull'
funeral Of his daughter. Mrs. William
II. tairn ana her three children.
crowd of NOR" than 1000 people SUI
rounded the hous" and tn" police Were
rompclIcd to open u passage Way f"l
the pall-bcaIers.
The list of dead was increased 70 3>S
by the death Of Leroy I;Iimb"ld. i boy
Of four years. who was severely burned
and died in ST. Lukc's hospital.
OF the 10 bodies at the county
morGue. four were Identified, today
They We're:
Fair, Mrs Mary a.
Ludwig. Sadie.
Lem"nlg"r. Dorothy. IS years.
Reynolds. Emma. years.
The injured HoW number 1o3. al
whom there is any record. although
the number of those who are hun
slightly would swell this numb
greatly.
John Schmidt. the st.;ge hand who is
said to have left open the REFLECTION
which prevented the asbestos curtain
police He is believed to be in hidirs
in this city hut the chief of police re-
ccivcd al iutimation from his friend.
that schmidt Will be ready when want
cd as a Witness 1T the corouer's in
quest. next Thursday.
Assistant chief of Police Schuettlei
said. today:
Il have. been assured by klaw ans
A,
company WHO is wanted as witncs.
will w. returned from New York aii;
with that understanding have ordnrec
that there he no further interference
with the departure OF the company.
Beginning ut . o'clock tomorrow
Coroner Trarger and the jury mpanel
led a. sit at the inquest Will RESUME
its task Of collecting evidence in th'
theatre building.
EeCauSe of tho unlimited scope tina
The coroner intends to give to the in
vestigatiou, it is expected that tn
work Of taking testimony will consume
several weeks.
From all Indications the meeting o
the city council tomorrow night, vii
he taken up entirely by the introduc
ton Of resolutions relating to the fir
in the IroquoiS theatre. Ordinances vii
he presented covering almost every de
tail of the management and equipmen
of a theatre. Alderman Dunn will in
troduce an order forbidding member
of the city council to accept passes
either from railroads or places o
amusement.
Mayor Harrison will. tomorrow. hol
a meeting in his office OF all the alder
men and if possible Of all of the theat
rical managers also. TO talk over wha
is hest to be done.
The mayor said that he heard moth
ing of rlmor that a warrant was
be taken out for his arrest.
"One cannot tell he said. what
man who has lost all of his family in
I fire like that OF "Wednesday will do.
He could hardly be held responsible 70
his actions.
serious panic occurred. this ate
noon at the funeral of Miss Carrie So,
ers. one of the victims of the fire ~
services were in progress in the Sou,
Chicago Congregational church and Y
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