Evening journal., 1915-12-07
BURY UNIDENTIFIED
Victims OF BLOWUP
Services Over Remains OF
Ten Men Held at Hagley
Community House
BLANKET OF FLOWERS
COVERS THE CASKET

With large gathering of relatives
and friends and a great representa-
tion of powder plant workmen TO
mourn their untimely death, the fu-
neral OF ten men who were blown TO
fragments in the explosion at the
Hagley yard OF the DUPONT Powder
Company was held this afternoon, SER
vices being held in Hagley Community
House. at Henry Clay.
The Rev. William II. Laird. rector
OF Christ and Emmanuel Episcopal
Churches. was in charge Of the services
over the remains Of the ten men who
were SO badly mutlated by the blow
up as to be unrecognizable. Doctor
Laird was assisted by the Rev. Dr.
Thomas p. Holloway. pastor Of Sec
ond Baptist Church: the Rev. j. w.
Easley, pastor of McCabe NJ. b..
Church, and the Rev. William Craw-
ford, pastor Of Greenhill Presbyterian
Church.
The remains OF the ten men were iu
one casket of steel of oxidized finish.
and sealed. Two silver name plates on
the lid contained the names OF the ten
unidentified victims, all that WAS NOR.
tai Of Which reposed within the casket.
They were.
james Malloy- lG years, No. ll2g
West Sixth street
James Gemmill, 10 years. No. 1924 /
street.
Edward Gross. % years, No. 1917 Lin
den stIgt
Norman Fisher. Il years. No. 5l5,
Nyalusing avenue. PHILADELPHIA. Pm.
Elijah springfield, % years, No. 33
North Fiity-eighth street Philadelphia
Paul Smack. % years. aud John
Smack, 10 years, no. 5Ol Ncs. Scvontl
street.
James silrcstr. Is years. No. Glr
Scott street
Harry Elliott. Il years. Newport.
Marge Bricotti, aged H., of squire
Run.
Another silver plate. nearer the
head Of the casket contained the
inscription: Unidentified Hagloy
Yard, November 80, 1915"
The casket was removed from the
undertaking parlors Of James r
Chandler to Hagley Community House
at / o'clock
/, large floral blanket. about six fee
= square, accompanied the casket.
= was a tribute from the DUPONT com
pany. Tho blanket was composed q
many kinds Of flowers mounted on
!, green background
= Possibly no funeral like that OF thi
:, afternoon has ever before been hcl
.o in or near this city II was the fini
\. chapter OF the tragedy that snuffed OF
. thirty lives week ago in the wor.
l. explosion in the history OF the duPor
n Company. To give the powder worh
. ers an opportunity to pay the las
# tribute TO the memory Of the unfoT
r tunate follow workers. the Hagle
plant was closed at noon today.
also became known today that follow
ing the explosion. members of the du
Pont family cancelled many social en-
gagements because of the tragedy a
the Brandywine plant.
The service OF the Protestant Epis
copal Church was used at the obsC
quies. and brief eulogies were deli,
n cred by the Rev. Drs. Laird, Hollc
= way. Easley and Crawford. There wa
y no formal sermon, but all the minis
, ters referred feelingly TO the tragi
= death OF the powderworkers, many {
e whom were boys.
4, Interment was made in a special plC
II in Silverbrook Cemetery.
The crowd cage, to attend the sci
vices more than filled Hag,ey Hous
is Patrolmen Elliott aud Warren wei
on duty there During the service
choir of women sang some selections
Mrs. Elijah Springfield, widow
one Of the powder victims. faint'
Just before the services began.
10 addition to the big floral blanket, the
N was a wealth of other floral tributes.
~ The pallbearers were members
the families of the powder victims.