The Washington herald., 1907-01-01

New Years Day will be a sad one In
many Of Washingtons homes, and
still more tomorrow, for nearly all the
funerals of the victims Of the wreck at
Terra Gotta Sunday night will be held
to-day and tomorrow. Never in the his
tory Of Washington have there been 50
many funerals planned for two days, and
never have there been 50 many double
and triple services necessary.
Hearses viii be busy all day to-day and
tomorrow carrying their burdens 20 Che
many cemeteries. and the particularly sad
feature is that many of the bodies were
so badly mangled that the relatives viii
have them Inferred without taking q last
look at their faces. so the remembrance
Of their appearance during life will be
the impression retained.
Father and sons. mother and daughter,
girl chuus, and in the case OF the evange-
list from Newark. Ohio. Dr. Daley IN
entire family will be laid away. some of
them in the same grave. and the others
in plots Of ground adjoining. Services for
practically all the dead OF Sunday nights
tragedy viii be held in Washington, al
though in many cases the interment will
take place in other cities.
Il a humber of cases funeral arrange
ments cannot be made until other bodies
have been identified, and some Of the
situations ia which families find them
selves widely separated. some in hos
pitals, with others dead, are heartrendlng.
kunIO Home DesOIatcd.
With two members Of the Kunlo family.
Francis Kunlo. eighteen months old. and
Annie kunlo. little cight-year-old girl,
lying cold in death upon slabs at the
morgue, and John A Kunlo, his wife. Mrs
Lizzie Kunlo and son Joseph, four years
old, aJ various hospitals. the Kunl0 home
at IS p street northwest. last night. pre-
sented a cherries and CesOlate scene.
The pail Of death had settled about the
ireside Of the once happy home, and, save
one. every chair was vacant.
so5bing with grief and Almost hysteri-
cal because Of her affection Mrs. Theresa
Hartmann eighty years old, aud mother
OF Mrs SurIl0. was 50 UveIrifnc that she
could hardly discuss what had really hap
pened To her the fearful catastrophe,
which together with more than two score
OF lives had brought death 10 Two mem-
bers of the Kunlo household, and had LEFT
the others between life and eternity. was
almost unbelievable
Late last evening Mrs. Josephine Cook,
sister Of Mrs. kuRlo, arrived here from
her home in Baltimore. but was not per
mitted 10 go to the bedside of the injured
woman. She then hurried to the family
home, and found her mother. The latter,
already bowed doN'l by the infrmitieS Of
age, was keeping a ceaseless vigil, and
all newsNrom the bedside Of the injured
ones was carefully withheld from her.
Nerve racked from the strain under which
she has been laboring since the hour
she heard the tragic news, Mrs Hanf-
mann tainted several times. and her con-
dition is such that il is feared she viii
not survive the shock because of her ad-
vanced age She is under the constant
care Of physician and her daughter.
Had Gone to Old Homestead.
The circumstances under which death
entered the Kunlo family are particularly
pathetic. Mr.. Kunlo left Washington sun
day morning. accompanied by his wife
and three children. for a days outing at
Choppers, Md. where is located the old
family homestead. For several weeks "a
trip had been planned, but from time to
time had been postponed. When Sunday
was suggested. Mrs. Kunlo is said to
have protested against taking the jour
uey. According 90 "a member of the fam
ily. Mrs. Kuulo. who is d devout member
of St. Mary's Catholic Church had a pre-
sentiment which inspired the belief that
the day selected was a bad one. and that
something terrible would happen. Agree
ing with the wishes of her husband. how
ever. she completed her preparations.
The kunIos spent the day mtrrily. and
upon the return trip were i'm the second
coach of the train when the crash came.
John A. Kunlo, who Is fortyAive years
old. and proprietor Of several provision
stands in the local markets, IS at the
Casualty Hospital He is badly injured
about the head and body and internal
injuries he sustained make his recovery
doubtful At intervals he is delirious.
Mrs. kunlO, who occupies a ward at
the Providence Hospital, is not so badly
injured as her husband. and the physi-
clans believe she has an excellent chance
to get well. She cries out necessarily for
her husband and children. but is in igno-
rance as TO where they are or their
condition.
Little Joseph Kunlo. the four-year-
old son, had miraculous escape.
and suffered only a few slight cuts about
the head. The little fellow rests upon
a cot at Freedmens Hospital with his
head swgthed in bandageS under the care
of "A nurse. Joseph cannot appreciate his
whereabouts, and to the doctor who oc-
CasiOnally visits the room 10 note his
condition. the little fellow cries loudly
for Papa and Mamma He is being
well taken care of, and it is thought he
can be taken home within a few days.
Arrangements have not been completed
for the burial of Annie and Francis
Kunlo. They are in charge of Frank
Geiers Sons who are awaiting advicl5
from relatives.
Prof. Kings Funeral Tomorrow.
Prof T. l. King. one of the many vic
tins of the terrible disaster, was well
known in this city by his work in the
Naval Observatory and rs an organist. /
For some years he had been engaged as. a
computer of almanacs, and was fire.
quent contributor of statistical work TO
some of the prominent periodicals and
magazines.
Prof King was also widely known be-
cause of his work as organist of Wes- |
ley Church, which position he had held /
for some years. At the time of the disas-
ter he was on his way 20 the city 10 per- /
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