Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-08
TOOK WRONG
BLACKENED REMAINS
North CoIIIhWOad Officials Believe
That Many Incorrect IndsnlIIL
callons We're Made.
CAN'T RECTIFY GRUEs0ME MISTAKE
AFFECTED Town In Ohio Had Many
More Funerals Yesterday and There
van be Several roaay-Funcrai Of
the Unidentified Dead win he Held
On Monday.
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CLENl5LAND. OHIO. March -
The total number of dead. ms re-
suit of the burning OF the Lake View
school In Collinwood. last "Wednesday,
Is now thought to be 17f. or this
number the bodies of l67 have hcen
4 found, The bodies of six other chill
lrcn arc believed to have been burn
,,ci To ashes. This is the opinion of the
village oillclals who have ccs,pllei
what Is supposed to be complete
list OF The missing.
The death list was incrcascl cnrIv
oday by The death of Glen Barber.
on years old. who Bnccumbcd TO in
)lr1cs sustained when he lcapcd from
me second story OF the domed build
ihs while his sclioolmatcs rushed
| heailong into the death dealing
liamcs In The lower hallawy. Ont of
Tie total number OF bodies recovered
"a have been identified. Tho last
'uchtihcatlon was established late To-
day when the body OF Richard Kelly
inc ten years old son OF Walter Kelly
marine editor of the Cleveland Lead
err was picked from among Inc chor..
req femnIns His mother was able
10 complete the Identification by
means of stitches she had worked
ABOUT buitonholc found In a small
piece of the boys undcrciothing which
chung 10 the body.
Many Funerals Yesterday
ih's was another dav of funerals
me hrst services were held simul-
'aneously at ST. Mays and ST To-
senh's Roman Catholic churches In
/ me former services were held for 10
bodies. and In the latter for 10 Tn
addition individual funerals wcrn
neld in nearly two score of homes
Ihronehont the day about 40 wcro
buried. Over 10 bodies were internal
Yesterday. There will be several mora
funerals tomorrow.
Ut Is believed by the onIcia,s IN
charge that mistakes have been medo
by parents who Claimed tho lI,,lo
Dlackenea remains during the OK
citcment of the first day or two and
.nat tney took possession of bodies
'nst were not those of their dcod
Children '0'"
Deputy Coroner Mcneil was con
WINGED of this early today and made
.ders " '"e DUN :
III this he was handicapped. ms in
some cases the funerals had been
heid and in other Instances the bc-
reaVed parents could not be conyincoa
OF their supposed error
Funeral Of the Urn Identified.
Arrangements We're completed TO-
DAY for the public funcrall for thc nm
identified, which Will be held noxt
Monday morning. ~
The village council of Collinwooi
mas purchased small tract of land
III the village cemetery where all nj
THESE bodies will be inferred
Al the same hour of The public fu-
neral there VIII be held mcmoria,
services in all of the city schools in
Cleveland. e'9 ~
AT that hour also all of tho church
bells in Collinwood will be tol,ed sim
ultaneously.
Ihc body of Miss Grace Fiske. ono
OF me two teachers who gave up their
lives In trying to save their npni,s
iiwas buried this afternoon near me
spot where tne unidentified will DC
buried next Monday.
The body OF Miss Katherine Vol
lcr. The other teacher who met death
with her school children. has not vet
Deon recovered. Twice 1t was ;hourbt
her body had been found. bu, the
idcn'iilcatons were erroneous.
In the last instance The body claim
cd by her father was found to be that
of man. This body is supposed TO
be that OF John Krajhiak. Greek,
who was one of thc first To reach The
burning school building and who was
seen 10 rush into the building in an
effort TO save some of the little BOYS
and girls. He Inns been missing since
The fire, but 1t was not thought until
today he had saciificed his life.
4 Monument for VicWms.
! A movement has been started among
the school officials of Cleveland To
have the school children OF this city
erect monument TO the memory of