Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-08-21
n EG|E LAID At.
| IN TARRYTOWN
| lronmaster Is Entombed
p,O00 Crypt in Sleepy Hol-
|Cemetery-Only II Per-
Present
NERAL AT LENOX
simple I'm Character with No
of the Presbyterian
, lscd-Rev. DIR. william Ncr-
New York OHicintcs

u Scd-NeN. Ut. N1iIihm Ncr-
New York Omcintcs
Dwn. y. Y. Aug. 1.-THE body of
Carnegie was laid to rest at $50
his afternoon on a hillside in his
epy Hollow cemetery. overlooking
son.
persons-members of the dead
stcrs family and a few friends
MED the body to Sleepy Hollow.
services were heeld at Shadow
the Carnegie estate at Lenox,
his morning. Immediately after the
the body was conveyed in an
pile hearse to Hillside, where It
ced in private car on the New
fntral railroad for White Plains.
1t was conveyed by automobile to
Hollow.
S of villagers. with barred
med the entrance to the ceme-
the corteGe approached, but
es had been closed half hour
and were shut again as soon
corteCe had passed inside and
as permitted to enter.
ERMENT SERVICE BRIEF.
brief interment service was
ted by the Rev. DR.. William q.
pastor of the Brick Presby-
| Church, New York.
|rge crowd had gathered at the
Plains station to pay tribute.
e Casket passed through a lane
PIT, bareheaded spectators to the
K automobiles.
minutes after the cortege ar
|at the Carnegie lot, the iron
is remains had been placed in
600 crypt constructed recently
little party remained IN their au-
les until the casket had been re-
from the hearse and placed in
b oak receiving box, which bore
|ostlY plate the legend: Andrew
Eie, born November "a, 1885. died
/ II. 1919"
|mourners then alighted and were
while DR.. Merrill read short
|ttment service.
Carnegie and her daughter. Mrs.
d Miller, were heavily yelled, and
lis were not lifted during the serv-
plot in which Mr.. Carnegie was laid
is tho largest and most costly in
Hollow cemetery. 1t overlooks
re Hudson and the Pocantico rivers.
but a short distance from the maui
of William Rockefeller and the
1ohn D. Rockefeller. Nine hundred
way lies the body of Washington
FUNERAL AT LEMON.
OK, Mass. August 1.-THE
II Of Andrew Carnegie was held
: at Shadow Brook, his summer
in the Berkshires.
re was no eulogy and there were
II bearers. The service was as
as were the tastes and habits
, man in life. Fully half of the
rsons present were members Of
ousehold. The others We're in
IS Of the family.
ritual of the Presbyterian
h was used by the officiating
man. DR.. VIM. Person Merrill
e Brick Presbyterian Church,
Avenue, New York. which the
gie's attended and of which Mrs.
gle and her daughter, Mrs. Ros-
were members. The day
which his daughter Margaret
with this church was declared
r. Carnegie to be the "happies st
f his life" and DR.. Merrill has
that with advancing years Mr.
gle gave evidence of increasing
st in the society. A mixed
cite from this church sang the
hymns which have been the fav-
of the philantrophist and
r iron master. DR., Merrill was
ed by Rev. Benson y. Wyman
r of the LenoX Congregations
h where Mrs. Carnegie fire.
ly worshipped during the sum
months.
the conclusion of the service
occupied barely 20 minutes, thu
accompanied by most of tbs
was removed in a motor car tc
Iale, N. Y, where a funeral coacf
waiting. This car was attached
3 regular train of the New Yorl
al railroad leaving at l0;11 O'CLOCK
,ht to Tarrytown. \. Y. Thence
ody was to be taken by automo
o Sleepy Hollow for interment il
,hosen by Mr.. Carnegie some years
The service at Shadow Brood
held in the great reception room
le first floor at the east end o
mansion overlooking Lake Nah
C, one of the beauty spots of tn
erful estate and where Mr.. Car
had spent many happy hours a
avorite pastime. angling.
body reposed in a severely plai,
I, placed in the center Of tn
and all but hidden in wealth o
pieces. The mahogany of tn,
t was covered with heavy blacl
cloth. A small name plate o
bore only the inscription AN
Carnegie, born at Dunfermline
md. November s, 1895, Died a
(, Mass, August II, 1919"