Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-08
HUNDREDS HONOR
DEAD FIRE CHIEF
At FUNERAL TODAY
The Rev. DR.. Morgan, Lifelong
Friend of Mr.. Ashley, Con-
ducts Services.

The Rev. DIR. William H. Morgan, as
sisted by the Rev DR.. James c. How
ard, of the Halsey Street NJ. e. Church,
oificiated at the funeral services of Fire
Chief William C. Ashley in the Central
NJ. E. Church, in Ma rlSet street, at 2
O'Clock this afternoon. The church was
crowded to the doors. Many distin-
guished men and women from Newark
and neighborine cities attended the
services. DIR. Morgan had been friend
for years of the dead chief. and as he
conducted the services it was plain to
be seen that he felt dee. ~ the loss of
a friend yell ., re. ected citizen
and official
A detail from the fire department. in
charge Of Battalion Chiefs Moore and
Exall, accompanied the funeral cortege
from the house TO the church. as did
also the members of the Firemen's S
Mutual Benefit Association. the Ma
sonic order, the Elks, Lincoln Post
G. A. r., and many other. organizations
of which Chief Ashley had been mem
bcr
About 25>firemen in uniform, all that
could be spared from the companies,
preceded the hearse. The honorary
pallbearers weer in carriages follow
ing the hearse. Then came the MOURN
crs. Many ON the sidewalks followed
The cortege.
Market Street Traffic Stops.
-'he cortege left the Ashley home 26S
High street. about l 45 O'Clock. and for
a few minutes traffic regulations on
Market street were abandoned. Cap
tain Ryan, of the First precinct, made
arrangements to permit the procession
to file down the north side of Market
street SO as to avoid making the detour
when it reached the church
The honorary pallbearers were: May
or Haussing. former Chief Robert
Kiersted, Deputy Chief Joseph E. Sloan,
Battalion Chief Robert T. Morgan
Captains Macknet and Johnston, Will
jam II. Bennett and I'll ard Isser The
FIRE commissioners attended in a body
and the active bearers as we'll as the
guard of honor were from Engine Com
pany No. 4, the only company in which
the chief ever served as fireman
The active pallbearers were William
Doremus, Oscar Brown. Frank Garrett
Elmer Gardiner, Arthur w. Van Houten
and Charles Newton. With the seven
other members of the company, includ-
ing CAPTAIN Won Volkenburg, these men
formed the guard of honor.
Among the fire chiefs from nearby
cities were the following: Chief Stagg.
of Paterson; Chief Doane, of Plainfield;
Chief Conway, Jersey City; Chief Dunn,
Hoboken; Chief Mathews, Orange;
Chief Williams, Montclair; Chief Green
field, Kearny. Chief GerstuIg, Eliza
beth, and the chiefs from Last New
ark, Harrison and the other neighbor-
ing municipalities.
Among the many prominent men who
were present were Alfred N Dalrymple,
George c.. Ward, Louis V. Aronsor.
former United States Senator James
Smith jr., City Counsel James r. Nu-
gent, City Clerk James II. Connolly,
Tax Receiver Robert L. Ross, w. Hor-
ace Whittemore, one of the Oldest re-
tired firemen of the city, and Louis
Schlesinger. Six veterans represented
Lincoln Post, G. A. r.
A delegation from the board of man
ayers OF the Firemen's Home, of which
Chief Ashley was secretary. was also
present. The following made up the
delegation: Bird w. Spencer, Benjamin
w. Clold, ohm S. Gibson, Evan S. Bon
ner, William c.. Corlies, Charles NJ.
Redding, Amos Edison, John Conway.
chief of the Jersey iCty fire depart
men; Henry II. West and Vivian NJ.
Lewis.
The Rev. DR.. James C. Howard, of
the Halsey Street Methodist Episcopal
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