Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-17
HONOR THEIR DEAD
Firemen Attend Double Funer-
al of Tobacco Fire Victims.
CASKETS SIDE BY SIDE
Department Officials and Members
Attend Services.
CAPTAINS ACT AS PALLBEARERS
Mass Said for Capt. Brown and Pri-
vate Downs, Who Died
in Line of Duty.
CAPTAINS ACT AS PALLBEARERS

Escorted by eighty members Of the fire
department. headed by Chief Wagner
and by the engine and hose carriage OF
No 4 company, of which they were mem
bers, the bodies of Capt. Timothy Brown
and Private Michael A. Downs, who were
killed by falling walls at fire Saturday
in the Washington Tobacco Company
plant on Pennsylvania avenue were this
morning borne from ST. Domnic's Cain
Ollie Church, 9th and E streets southwest
to their last resting place, in Mount Oil
vet cemetery.
Along the route Of the funeral process
sion from the church to the cemetery
thousands of persons stood on the curbs
with uncovered heads and paid last tri-
butte to the two men who met death while
performing their duties.
Bodies Side by Side.
Solemn requiem mass was said at the
church at o'clock. The bodies of Capt
Brown and Private Downs were side by
side at the foot of the altar. and seated
in the pews were the grief-stricken men,
bers of their families and relatives.
Long before the services began the
church was crowded with friends of the
fourth precinct was in charge of a detail
of policemen, wearing white gloves and
with crepe on their arms, which kept the
crowd away from the entrance
Rev. Father Meagher sang the mass
while Rev. Father Spencer acted as
deacon and Rev. Father Kennedy as SUBJ
deacon. The full vested choir was In
attendance. During the services Miss
Agnes Whalen sang several solos.
nln 0f xha
members of the fire department who act
ed as an escort formed an aisle from the
church door to the street. through which
the caskets were carried
Walking three abreast Chief Wagner
Supt of Machinery Robinson and Bat
TALON Chief Proctor led the procession.
The engine and hose carriage with which
Capt. Brown and Private Downs had
gone to many fires in the District fell in
behind the escort one square away.
Detail of Pallbearers.
The pallbearer.s for Capt. Brown were
Capt. Sullivan of truck company No. 0,
Capt. Rossiter of engine company No.
10, Capt. Holloran of engine COMPANY
No. IA, Capt. Mcconnell of engine COM
pany No. II, Capt.' Hanlon of engine
company No % and Capt Mclean of
engine company No. Is.
The pallbearers for Private Downs were
Capt. M. F.. Lanahan of engine com
pany No. 13. Private G. w Cecil OF
engine company No. 10, Lieut.. Buckley
of engine company No. 4, Private NJ
D. Murphy of engine company No. 4
Engineer c. Weitzel of engine company
No. 4, and Assistant Engineer G.. D
McAuliffe of engine company 10 4.
Check for Bereaved Families.
Chief Wagner this morning received
from F.. w. Plugge, secretary Of the
Washington Tobacco Company. a letter
inclosng a check for $500 The money
he wrote, is a subscription for the i'm.
mediate relief Of the widows and orphan:
of 'our brave men who lost their lives
in the protection of our property in the
fire of Saturday. The proper distribution
OF the money, he wrote, is left to the
judgment of the chief of the department
The loss of lives in this fire has sim.
ply overwhelmed us with grief" added
Mr.. Plugge.
IMAM mously favoring some plan by
which permanent and sufficient pen
sion fund for the policemen and fire
men of the District may be established
the committee on public order of the
Board of Trade at its meeting yester-
dav instructed it's chairman. Walter A
Brown. to inquire into the merits of
the various bills before Congress look
ing to such provision. and to report
back to the committee.