The Washington herald., 1907-01-02
THREE IN ONE GRAVE
DR.. Edward @. Belt and His
Two Sons Are Buried.
SINGLE CASKET IS USED
Funeral Held at st PauI's Church
and Final Services Conducted Mt
Point of Rocks, Md.-MOurners Re-
turn on Train That Replaced the
One Wrecked Last sunday.

Three Of the Terra Gotta dead were
buried yesterday father and two sons
ia a single casket. in a single grave. near
Point OF Rocks. Nd The funeral. which
was a triple one-of Dr. Edward o. Belt
and his two children. Edward and Sin
clair Belt-was the first Of the victims Of
the Baltimore and Ohio accident Of sun
day evening.
Services were held at DR. Belts late
residence, SIC Connecticut avenue. at
noon. The obsequies were conducted bv
Rev. z. Ernest Smith. rector Of St
Thomas Protestant Episcopal Church
The services were largely attended. and
many who had called 70 pay their last
respects to the dead surgeon and his two
sons were unable 10 gain admission to
the residence on account of the crowd
Many well-known doctors of Washing
ton and vicinity who had been associated
with Dr. Belt for years attended the last
sad rites Several ministers. who are
connected with the Eye. Ear. and Throat
Hospital, Of which Dr Belt was the
founder, were also present The floral
offerings were particularly numerous, and
filled part Of the room where the single
casket containing three Of one family
stood during the services.
Taken TO Point of Rocks.
With the conclusion of the funeral ser
vices the remains were transferred to the
Baltimore and Ohio depot. where a spe-
ciaI ear was in waiting to convey the
bodies and party to Point of Rocks. where
the burial took place. During the trip the
exact place where the three had been
killed was passed by the train.
Members Of the medical staff of the Eye.
Ear. and Throat Hospital were the hon
orary paIIbearers. Most of them attend
ed the services. The staff is as follows:
Dr. J. II. Bryan. Or. William H Fox.
DT. FraHCk Hyatt. Dr C. w. Richardson
Or, w H. Wilmer. Dr Monte Griffith
Lloyd SmOOt. Oracle II Richards. VIII
liam DOugann. Dr. Sinclair Bowen. Dr.
Norwood Souter, and DIT Henry G. Con-
ley.
The active pallbearers were DR. Edwin
X. Mckeever. William NJ. Levin. of
Washington; Or. Thomas B. johnson. of
Frederick; DR.. Nevin West. of Brunswick
and DR. Mansfield White, of Dickinson.
Bishop II. Y. Satterlee was present
Among the other ministers were the fol-
lowing: Rev. r. II. 4IcKim. Church Of
the Epiphany; Rev. James Clark. St
James; Rev. Henry Thomas. Archdeacon
Il. Z. Williams, Trinity.
Mrs. Belt, wife of the dead man and
mother OF the two boys accompanied
the remains Of the family to the burial
grounds near Point of Rocks. DR.. McGiu
Belt. brother of the deceased, his two
sisters Rev Smith, and large number
OF friends made UP the funeral party.
Final Services Held.
Arriving at Washington Junction. a
second hearse was in waiting. and the
procession was continued to st. Paurs
Protestant Episcopal Church. where the
burial services were held. AT the re-
quest Of the family, Rev. Smith. in ad-
dition to- reading the burial services.
delivered a sermon. He referred to the
unfortunate accident Of two DAYS previ-
Gus. which had cost the lives of the
three members Of one family.
Several hymns were given by the choir
of St. Pauls Church The pastor, Rev
g. w Thomas, accompanied by Mrs
Thomas, played during the services.
The cemetery where the three members
of the Belt family were Inferred sur
rounds the church building. which has
not been used regularly for years. The
church is of the colonial style 1t is only
few miles from Frederick. where DR.
Belt was born forty-four years ago, and
where he spent his boyhood The grounds
are located on an eminence overlooking
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