The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-03-10
ia Lives Were Lost in School
House Fire
47 HIVE BEEN IDENTIFIED
Yesterday Another Day OF Funerals
Many Mistakes Made In Idcnti-
fiCatonS-Body ldcnt fed "a One
of The Teachers Turned Out to Bc
\ Mn Public Funeral Will De Held
Monday Over Remains Unclaimed.


Cleveland, O., March THE total
number OF dead, as result OF III
burning Of the Lake View schoGi n
CollinwoOd last Wednesday, Is now
thought 10 be ia. o: this number y:
bodies 1C7 have been found. The
bodies of six other children are be-
lieved to have been burned TO ashes.
This is the opinion of the village Off
cials who have compiled what is
supposed TO be a complete list Of the
missing.
The death list was increased early
today by the death OF Glen Barber.
ten years of age, who succumbed to
injuries sustained when he leaped
from the second story OF the doomed
building while his school mates
rushed headlong into the death dealing
flames in the lower hallway.
Out OF the total number of bodies
recovered 147 have been iden1iGed.
The last identification was establish
ed late today when the body Of Rich
ard Kelly. the ten year old son of
Walter Kelly, marine editor Of the
among the charred remains. His
mother was able to complete the iden
tification by means of stitches she
had worked about bTtton hole found
in a small piece of the boys under
clothing. which clung TO the body.
This was another dav Of funerals.
, The first services were held stimuli
| t2neousiy at st. Mary's and ST. JOS
eph's Catholic churches IN the for
mer services were held for sixteen
bodies and in the latter for twele. In
addition individual funerals were
| held in nearly two score homes,
Throughout the day about seventy
were buried. Over forty bodies were
inferred yesterday. There will b.
several more funerals tomorrow.
1t is believed by officials in charge
OF the bodies that mistakes have been
made by parents who claimed the lit
tie blackened remains during the ex-
cltement OF the first day or two. and
that they took possession of bodies
| That were not those Of their dead
children. Deputy McNeill was con-
/ Vlnced OF this early today and made
an effort to rectify some Of the blum
ders. In this be was handicapped as
III some cases the funerals had been
held and in other instances the be-
reaved parents could not be convinced
or their supposed error.
| Arrangements were comDleted TO-
day for the public funeral for the
unidentified, which will be held next
Monday morning
The village council of Collin wood
mas purchased q small trac! of land
n the village cemetery where all of
these bodies will be inferred.
AT the same hour Of the public
luneral VIII be held memorial servi-
ces will be held in all of tne citv
Schools of Cleveland At that hour
also oil OF the church beHs in Collin
wood will lie tolled simultaneous.
! ly.
The body OF Miss Grace Fiske ons
OF the two teachers who gave up their
ntes to save their pupils, was buried
TINS afternoon near the spot where the
unidentified Will be buried next Mon
Gay.
Ine body OF Miss Catherine WeiIer
the other teacher who met death with
seheOi children has not yet been re-
| covered Twice II was thought that
her SHy hal been found, but the
lcenthcations were erroneous. In the
last lnstaHce the body claimed by her
father was found TO be that of man
Ihls body IS Supposed to be that OF
| John krajnak,who was one Of the
! nrst to reach the burning school build
ing and WHO was seen to rush into
the building to save some of the
little boys and girls He has been
missing since the fire but it was not
tLought until today he had aacrifc-
| ed his life.
movement has been started among
the school officials of Cleveland to
Fave the school children OF this city
erect a monument 10 the memory Of
The little ones who lost their lives
in the fire.
Already the school children of Glove
| land have donated several hundred
| collars toward the general relief
fcnd for the sufferers Of the fire.
A complete canvass of Collinw wood
TO ascertain where assistance is need
ed
Several thousand dollars was dis
tributed today for the purchase Of
coal. groceries and clothing. The vii
lage also will bear the expense in
cident' to the public funeral.
The Investigation being conducted
by the county coroner was omit ed
today butt win be resumed early next
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