Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-09
DEAD NUMBERS 174.
Funerals Of coIlinwood Vietims-Puo
lie Services to Be Held Today.

Cleveland, Ohio, March 9-ln IL
storm OF snow and sleet today. Collin
wood went on with the duty OF bury
ing the victims of the Lakeview school
fire of Wednesday last. In all 40 fu-
nerals were conducted. AS there were
not enough hearses to go around. street
cars were pressed into service 10 car
~ the dead to the cemeteries.
Tomorrow morning memorial servicts
In honor of the 10 unidentified dead VIII
be held in the six Protestant anu two
Catholic churches of CollInwood. A
cortage Of 20 funeral cars then Will
start for the burying ground. "A band
will meet the procession near the
graves and will lead the way playing
Chopin's Funeral March" Conman-
der Eva Booth of the Salvation Army
will assist in the services at the
graves. Thousands of people are eX-
pected to witness these final services
and 100 policemen have been detailed to
preserve order.
Collinwood's school board. which has
been meeting daily since the fire, held
another session today.
I'VE hold no one responsible for the
said to be the boards decision. Mean
while the town council has ordered all
schools closed until measures of safe
~ have been adopted.
In Cleveland "a rooms in public
school buildings summarily will be
closed tomorrow and will remain
closed until repairs have been made.
Fifteen hundred children are affected
by the order.
Cleveland preachers today drew les
sons frcm the fire horror in Collin
wood. and advised against hasty con
Of any official.
Cleveland, Ohio. March S.-Thc To: Ii
of dead. as result of the
burning of the Lakeview school III
last Wednesday. is now
thought to be ia. Of this number.
the bodies of 167 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 Of
ficials who have compiled what is sup
posed to be a complete list Of the MISS
ing.
The death list was increased early
Saturday by the death Of Glen Barber.
10 years of age, who Succumbed to
injuries sustained by leaping from the
second story of the doomed building,
while his schoolmates rushed head
long into the death dealing flames in
the lower hallway.
Out of the total number of bodies
recovered lat have been identified. The
last identification was established late
when the body of Richard
Kelly, the 10-year-old son of Walter
Kelly, marine editor of the Cleveland
Leader was picked from among the
charred remains. His mother was able
to completely identify the remains by
means of stitches she had worked
about a button holes found in a small
piece of the boys undertaking which
chung to the body.
Saturday was another day of funer
ais. The first services were held
at St. Mary's and st.
Joseph's Catholic churches In the
former services we're held for 1G bodies
and in the latter for II. In addition
individual funerals were held in nearly
two score OF homes. Throughout the
day about 30 were buried. Over 40
bodies were inferred Friday.
1t is believed by officials in charge OF
the bodies that mistakes have been
made by parents who claimed the little
blackened remains during theeXcite-
ment Of the first day or two, and that
they took possession of the bodies that
were not those of their dead children.
Deputy Coroner Mcneil was convinced
OF this early Saturday and made an eff
fort to rectify some of the plumbers.
In this he was handicapped because In
some cases the funerals had been held
and in other instances the bereaved
parents could not be convinced Of their
error.
Arrangements were completed for the
public funeral for the unidentified
which will be held next Monday morn
ing. The bodies of several children
whose parents are not able to bear the
financial burden will be included in this
service. The village council of Collin
wood has purchased a small tract OF
land in the village cemetery. where all
of these bodies will be inferred.