The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-01-24
GEO. BERGMANN'S
FUNERAL SUNDAY
he Remains We're Found
Saturday Morning.

odtur0ay morning.
ERVICES IN THE EVENING AT
ST. JOHNS GERMAN LUTHER
AN CHURCH-RELIEF OFFER
ING BEING TAKEN-INQUEST
NOT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
BY THE PASTORS.
The charred remains of the body
George Bergman, the brave fire.
an who lost his life in the recent
re which destroyed the Reif-Spetti-
ue building, were uncovered on Sat-
day morning by a party of work
en- under the direction of II. H.
ichards and n. B. Spencer. The
en were hard at work removing the
ebris from the building when one of
he men struck something soft with
pick. Reaching down with his
hnd he discovered a portion of q
lbber coat and after removing more
the debris the body was uncovered.
he discovery cast a gloom over the
orkmen although they had been
orking, thinking that every moment
hey would uncover the body. The
earch all along had been gruesome
nd the men after the finding of the
Pmains worked silently. A guard
as stationed at the front entrance
the building to keep back the
Urge crowd which soon gathered.
through the courtesy of H. H.
ichards and n. B. Spencer the mem
ers of the press were admitted
The finding of the body has settled
be doubts and fears that have hover
over the community for the past
eek and the mystery is a mystery
o longer.
Coroner Dr.. p. B. Peterson arrived
romptly and viewed the remains.
eing satisfied that they were the re-
aims of the missing man he stated
nat an inquest was unnecessary.
The body was found in a cramped
psition in the center of the store
DOR near the elevator shaft about
twenty-five feet from the rear en-
Fance and about sixty feet from the
Font entrance. Presumably he mis-
bok the light in the rear for the
ont and started in that direction to
et out of the building and was over
pme with smoke. He evidently
eached the point where his body was
bund before the walls fell for there
as apparently nothing under him
kept the floor. The body when
bund was distorted and charged and
le clothing was burned away except
few pieces which remained near.
valYet cap, water-soaked, and a
prtion of a rubber coat which was
ill around the body, was recogniz-
Pile. AS soon as the body could be
PmoVed it was taken to Browns un-
ertaking rooms where they were
Fepared for burial. Christian Berg
ann, the only surviving brother of
be unfortunate man, accompanied
be body.
A flag was placed at half mast
yer the entrance of firemen's head
uarters, in the city hall shortly af-
pr finding the body. Since the or
hnization of Protection Engine Co.
o. 8, in 1853, this is the first fatal
ccident to a member of the COM
<hny.
The firemen met at the city hall
hortly after 2 o'clock Sunday after
oon and marched in a body to
rown's undertaking rooms and at
80 p. N. proceeded to the Vault
Glen Dyberry cemetery.
A short burial service was con-
ucted by Rev. c. c. Miller, OF st.
ohn's German Lutheran church.
nd by Professor H. A. Oday OF
|rotection Engine Company No. 8,
which Mr.. Bergman had been a
lember.
The pallbearers were John Lyons,
rank Schuerholz, Fred Schoell, Will
am Ferber, Ernest Dudley, and w.
y. Wood, who on each side OF the
hsbet marched to the cemetery with
wo hundred and fifty firemen and
undreds of friends of the departed
ero.
George Bergman was born in
onesdale about As years ago. He
Fas a son of the late George and
tnna Barbara Seitz Bergman. He
+ survived by his widow, formerly
Efte Orth, and five children: Will
y m, Edward, Clara, Alice and Har-
"a. Three sisters and one brother,
kouise, wife of Joseph Westbrook;
arrie, wife of Edward Taylor; Miss
ma and Christian Bergman, all of
Sonesdale. His brother, Stephen,
led August 2 last and his mother on
February 2S, 1911.
The funeral services for Mr.. Berg
hann were held in the st. Johns
german Lutheran church on Sunday
NA4Ab anu Htlt ny new
1. c. Miller. The church held one
the largest congregations in it's
istory. Rev. c. c. Miller spoke in
art as follows:
The event which has convened us
b-night in the house of God. is not an
rdinary character as the insignia of
hourning with which the alter and
ulpit are shrouded significantly re-
bind MS. can without the least af.
kctation in all sincerity say, that We're
to consult my own feelings at this
me, ! had rather take my place there
b the midst Of that bereayed and
hourning family, mingle my tears with
heirs and have my heart comforted
! Iy the gospel proclaimed by another
han to occupy the position | now do.
True, it is, that death is an event
( daily, of hourly occurrence. The
reat enemy of man, death is never
ile, IeVer inactive, with the beating
I each pulse, with the flight OF each
XnOment I'm eVarV niQht and I'm avarv