The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-01
DOUBLE AND TRIPLE
FUNERALS ARRANGED
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE.

all of whom live at his late residence at
Keusington. Md The burial will probably
take place at 2:30 tomorrow. from the
Calvary Baptist Church The choir of
which Prof. King was the director Will
render the music.
Double Funeral for Girl Cbums.
High mass of requiem will be said for
the repose Of the soul of Miss Corinne NJ.
Bohrer. nineteen years old, and Miss
Rosalie Cross. twenty-one years old. at 8
o clock tomorrow morning, at Holy
Trinity Church, Georgetown.
Rev. Father Cahill. pastor of Holy
Trinity, will officiate at the ceremonies.
The remains of Miss Bohrer viii be liz
TERED in Mount Olivet Cemetery. while
those of Miss Cross via rest in the fam
ily lot at Oak Hill.
The arrangements for the double
funeral for the two girl victims of the
Sunday night wreck We're completed last
night. after a conference between the
! families of the deceased. The two young
women from girlhOOd had been chums.
/ That they should have met such a tragic
death together was as strange as 1t was
I pathetic II was 4 holiday trip that took
/ them to Seneca, Nd, Christmas eve, TO
visit the mother Of one of the girls.
/ Miss Cross was one of the most efficient
telephone operators In Washington.
/ Preparations are being made by the en-
/ ployes Of the telephone companies TO send
a beautiful floral Offering to the funeral.
! To Bury Miss KOIb Tomorrow.
The funeral Of Miss Lula Y. Kolb. of SO
X street northwest, viii be held to-mor
row morning. al Frederick, where the re-
mains viii be taken by her family.
Miss Kolb was killed instantly. and her
body was crushed almost beyond recOgni-
ton. II was taken 10 the morgue, where
/ her effects were examined and the family
notified. Miss Sophie Koib. sister OF the
dead woman. went to the morgue and
identified her sisters body by her hair
and a portion Of the skirt which she was
wearing
Miss Kolb had been spending the day
/ at Frederick. and was on her way home
| when the accident happened. Her sister
/ and brother had expected TO meet her at
/ the train and when the news Of the
/ wreck reached the Baltimore and Ohio
depot they waited for nearly an hour.
hoping she would reach the city IN
harmed
When the FIRST relief train pulled into
the station they tried 10 find her among
the injured passengers. but without sue
cess. and they waited for the second train
To come in, but there was such a large
crowd at the station that they went to
the morgue, where they found the body.
LinnwOod Garrett Is Small Boy.
Il was first reported that Edward L.
Garrett was killed in the wreck. but it
was found that il was a small boy named
Garrett and a nephew Of the former. His
full name is LinnWOOd Garrett. and ne
lived with his father and mother at Han
over, Va. and on Saturday went TO Pooles-
vile 10 spend the day with his grand
parents. Sunday afternoon he started for
this city with Miss Katherine Hughes.
who was seriously injured in the wreck,
and was taken to her home Young Car
rett was coming 10 this city % spend the
remainder OF his vacation with his uncle.
John Garrett S@5 . street northwest
When the news Of the wreck reached
the latter. he went 90 the m0rgue and
found the body Of the boy. II was in
a terrible state OF disagreement and in
his pocket was found a card which his
mother had given him so that he might
find his way II anything should happen.
Ia the lads pocket was also a Sunday
| school card and a few little trinkets.
and with these the boys uncle had little
trouble Identifying the body.
The remains were sent 10 the undertak-
ing establishment Of H.ndle -& Bayless
Fifth and II streets, where they will be
/ prepared for burial tomorrow afternoon
. AT H5rudOn. Va. The boys father
q reached the city yesterday morning and
. went TO the undeTtakers' and viewed the
remains of his SON.
To bury Mrs. Purman at Arlington
81 The body of Mrs. Marietta L. Purman
! of North Tak0ma, Is at the undertaking.
establishment Of W. R. Speare. $40 +
p street northwest, from which the funeral
q viii be held tomorrow at noon. The in
, terment will be made in Arlington Gene
! terry. Mrs. Purmau was the widow Of Col
Davis Gray PUrman. an officer in the Fed
I eral army during the civil war. and later
1 an examiner In the Patent Office Serv.
! ices VIII be held at the First Congrega
. tional Church, Rev. Arthur Little, of PEG
ria, IL, officiating. Miss Elizabeth S
, Purman. her daughter, who was seated
next 10 her mother at the time Of the &C
2 Cident, and is now IT her home. ii is ex
pected, Will be sufficiently recovered from
injuries received TO attend the funeral.
Mrs. Reed Was a Widow.
e Services viii be held over the body o.
Z Mrs. Elizabeth 5. Reed, thirty-five year
7 old. Of 201 A street southeast. at Speare'
undertaking establishment tomorrow
q evening at : o'clock. Rev. DR.. ". L. DE
J. vries. Of St Mark Episcopal Church, vii
, oficiate On the following day the bod,
Will be shipped to Washington, Pa, wher
interment viii be made Her daughte
Janet. a child Of seven or eight years wht
was also in the wreck, Is in Providenc
D Hospital.
Mrs. Reed was the widow OF Collin
Reed. formerly a clerk in the Department
z of Justice.
No Date for Miss BOhrer's Funeral.
=, The body of Miss Alice Bohrer, forty
> four years old. of Garrett Park. Nd,
= sister of Or. Owings Bohrer, of that town
!. Is at the undertaking establishment o
: Hindle & Bayliss, Fifth and II street
northwest. Private services will be he'll
/ at the chapel of the establishment Wed
J., nesday the time and place of intermen
v not having been selected.
z Mrs. Butts Body Sent Away,
@ The remains of Mrs. SaIne d. Butt.
q thirty years old. wife of w. J. Fran
" BUTTS, OF the heailh department OF III
N District. was yesterday sent to Middle
town. Md. for interment.
It. A. Kelley Was Engineer.
Thomas a. Kelley, one of the victims
until about a year ago worked for -
# road on which he met his death. He wa
employed as a stationary engineer at
y pumping station. Kelley was a resider
d Of Kensington, Md At the time of Il
'. accident he was on his way TO the Cap