The Washington herald., 1907-01-01

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that they would or could 60 no further.
I and though the big policeman urged them
I 10 satisfy themselves. using the stock
argument Of forlorn hope
Maybe your husband is not here,
NIissus. you'd better look and make sure
Youu feel better afterwards" they
shrank away and could not be induced 70
/ enter.
Others less Sensitive.
! Others there were who seemed 20 mind
/ not NJ all the dreadful sights. There was
one hard-featured woman Of a we'll known
/ type who pushed her way through the
press to the side of the policeman and
spoke about a relative of hers.
Hes got a beard, and is about forty
/ five years Of age"
/ Did he have on "a brown suit, do you
1 know" the policeman asked her.
/ Yes. that's him" she replied.
/ He has already been identified as ".'
/ yes, that's the one I'm looking for.
/ The policeman told her kindly that as
I the body had been identified. that was
/ all that was necessary, urged upon her
I the dreadful character of the injuries the
dead had received. ana tried 10 save her
I from the horror Of ii.
/ Il know" she said. in an Unsympathetic
voice. but I want 10 see him, anyway.
And she did. and gazed upon the black
I sned face calmly, looked around indiffer-
emily. and walked out reluctantly. as If
she fain would have satisfied her morbid
/ curiosity further.
Strength Fails Her.
/ There was another young woman who
was brought in almost fainting on the
arm Of her father She was to identify
a loved one. buts her strength failed her,
and into the grim room where so many
hopes had been blasted, her father went
instead. He came out wiping his eyes.
Is it him, father" she asked family,
He nodded.
rs he much-hurt?"
''Much-wiu you come in and see him p
\ far away look came into her eyes
that were filled with tears. No" she
said. I must not see him" She was
looking afar of and it seemed as if she
was cOnjuring UP in her mind a picture
of the dead man as she had seen him
last She shook her head and walked
away. and who shall say she was not
wise TO refuse to let her mind be stamped
through life with the horror of what she
must have seen in there, mangIed beyond
recognition.
MOrgue Master Pressed.
In the front office down stairs the
morgue master was kept busy making
out the certificates Of death, without
which the bodies could not be moved
/, About him clamored the undertakers
whose hands were full of work. and whc
I'm turn were Eeset by eager relative:
anxious to get away.
, In the general expression of sorrow
over the countless dead there was Ief
little room for bitterness against the rail
= road which had caused the disaster. Th'
tragedy had happened, and the dull pair
2 of the universal sorrow seemed to deadeI
, the thought about fixing the response
/ biity Sympathy was manifest every
! where. in cafes, stores, hotel Hobbies, ant
saloons the wreck and its direful conse
q quence was the sole topic Of discussion
J md men bought paper after paper to reaC
| more fully Of the CHASTITY details.
Early in the day it was announced tina
r. the Washington Stock Exchange woul'
close as an expression Of sympathy will
the sufferers, and the news was greeted
P with commentator everywhere.
4 The gloom Of the weather seemed IA
lures echo 10 the universal gloom Of tn
I city. 1t was a sad day for Washington
! this last day of the dying year.