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Encoffining theBrooklyn
Theatre's Dead.
DREAD SCENES AT THE MORGUES
297 Bodies Recovered?80 Victims
Not Identified.
THE GREAT FUNERAL TO-DAY
?Draping the Sister City in
Mourning.
PROGRAMME OF THE OBSEQUIES.
Arrangements for the Dead Actors'
Funeral.
THE FIRE MARSHAL'S INQUIRY.
Stories of Survivors?Au Architect's Opinion
The Unused llusr.
Official Movement to Prevent Theatre
Fires in New York.
PROGRESS OF THE RELIEF FUND.
The excitement occasioned by the dreudlul disaster
the Brooklyn Theatre had acarcely abated jester
Uiiy. All duy long eager crowds coutlnued to gather
at Washington and Johnson streets to catch a glimpse
of the ruins, while many anxious relatives, In soarch
or missing ones, loarfnlly scrutinized the remains of
the victims at the'deadhouscs. The disaster was still
thu theme ol every tongue, and to many imaginations
the scenes enacted ou that fatal spot siuco tho
discovery ol the fire in tho flies came buck uioro viv
idly even thau in the ilrst wild excitement ol tho
Catastrophe. It may not ho uuprofltahlo to recall
these sad scenos now that the blood is cooler and tbo
heart beats less tumultuous. From tho first lurid
faiue which shot out with devastating power from
llio broken bordor light to Ibo last sob ovor some
(barred body recognized by a sign clear only to tbo
?yo of affection, every incident and opisode of the dis
aster has a living and over present intorest. Tho stage
scone, with its quartet of characters in the boatman's
hut. tho mantle ol llame bursting out from the pro
scenium in the presence of tho audleuce, the sudden
fright of the pooplo and tho appeals of the playors,
the momentary silence and the mad stumpode, tt\e
latal crush on tho stairway aud the madness and de
ipair of tho imprisoned victims, tho augry rush
?f the tiaiuo and tho suffocating embraces ol tho
imoko. the fall ol the galleries, the crumbling of the
walls, the cries of tho multitude in the Bircot, tho play
of tho water on the flames and ember* nud tho dread
calm which lollowed, are not a mere catalogue of dire
ful events following each other in rapid succession,
but a scries of stereoscopic pictures photographed by
?yiupalby and suffering upon the imagination.
Til* DAT AND XIU1IT AFTKIl TIIK KIRK.
It was a fosrlul day and night which succeeded tho
night or tho disaster, but Us awful reality was
scarcely fell in that season of supremo agony. There
woro the lalieu walls of the edifice, nud ou the outsldo
the surging mass of cltizcus tryiup to catch a glimpse
ol the terrible work going lortvaru within. Within
woro tho masses ol debris ball concealine, half rovosl
liig the heaps ol doad bououlh. It was a sight which,
Slice seen, could never be forgotten. At tho entrances
were the ambulances waiting for tho dead, or bearing
theui away to the temporary morgues oue niter another
In sad procession. At tho morgues woro tho gloom of
death, terribly holghieued bv iho sighs ol anxiety and
Ihe distresses of discovery. Sorrow was seen on every
countenauce. At every step almost were litilo knots
of tueu discussing llio event In all its phases. Over
and ovor again tbo scono on the Stairway was de
scribed. until tho descriptions began to have sotne
Ibluu ol tho awe ol reality. The death of tho two
comedians, Murdoch and Burroughs, was on every
lougue, aud witti tho plaints of sorrow lor their lato
wefo mlngiod tho praises merited by the urdor ol tbelr
youth and their ntnbltlou. It was thus the day wore on
ntul the night begau, but tho search lor the dead was
uoi discontinued, even lor a moment, uutll it was l>c- 1
licved the last body had been lound.
Til K l.ATKK I'HASKS Of THK DISASTER.
It was not certain, however-?tl ts not certain even ,
now that the bodies have all been recovered. When j
the remains ol the two women aud the child were |
lound under tho debris of the dress circle on Wodues- |
day morning it was hoped that all tho fruils of the lor- >
Tilde search had been gathered \ osterday, however, |
three more bodies were discovered, and still others i
Biay bo found before the debris Is all removed. Tho
grand total bo far ib a97. Twetvo workmen were cn- I
gaged In the ruins during the day. Kverv itroke of j
the pick almost revealed some memento ol the mimic
art to which the edifice had been devoted. 1 ho Chief
ol Police, wno superintended tho work, every now aud
then kicked with his loot tonic of tbo mementoes of
the playB aud the playors lelt by the devouring flames. 1
Now it was a haltered shield or helmet used in llio
processiou in tho first act of "Julius c'.esar.
Tfion it was a piece ol theatrical wardrobe douched
from the person who wore it or toru away in the
crash of falllug v ails and timber* and burled In
the ashes and mortar. Again, it was a hit of slago
carpet or scenery, or other evidence ol the usos to
which tbo bouse lind been put. It was thus tho third
day after the catastrophe woro on and night again j
settled on the scone <>f sucli woo us has not been soon
before under like clrcuuistancos. A! the deadhousos ^
tno recognition or lost relatives wero lower and fewer, |
but the removal of tho bodies and tbo preparatlous j
lor sepulture look tho place of the agoulzlng actions j
til the previous eight and lorty hours, bouio ol tho i
dead were burled yesterday, hut most of tho victims |
will bo carried to thoir last resting plaoo to-day, and i
this morning's sun will rise upon iho saudert and most
solemn part ol tbe ceremonies consequent upon this .
terrible disaster. All out e ghty bodies bad up to last
night been identified. Tbe whole city ol Brooklyn Is in j
mourning and tbe lisgs are all at half-mast snd will 1
remain so until the last sad scene iu tliu sorrowlul
episode is enacted. Tbe City Hail has bceu draped lu i
mourning and many private edficos along the principal
Iborougufarca display great loaloous of black and
white muslin. Tbe City Hall, within a atone s throw
of the scone of tho fatal accident, looks Hald and sol- j
rum to il? gloomy adornment. A more lavish display |
of mourning drapery has not bceu vouchsafed the pub
lic eye stnec the nation manifested Uagriol at Lincoln s
death. To-day the lunerul ol the unrecognized victims
lakes place; but even then tho grief will not be past, j
end the burning of tbe Brooklyn Theatre will long cart
I gloom over the City ol Churches.
AT THS MOKUL'B.
yesterday at the Morgue was a quietor and perhaps
mere sorrowful day than the oue betore. lluuy bodice
bad been removed by loving friends, aud thoso that re- j
muincd were for the most part uutdcntilied. They
ley In the same positions, and the large gaps In tho
lines mode by the removal of the ideutiUed ?oetned to
make those thai remained mora horrible in their
ghastly isolation. The visitors wsra just as many In \
number, but ttiere seemed lo be fewer searchers
and mure curiosity seekers thun heretofore.
A STBt UULIJIO I'KO* l>.
Without tho building tlio people struggled end
fought for positions near tho window* and entrances,
and it was noticeable tbat among Ibc crowd were many
laucbing young girls and eddlepeled young males,
whose greatest object In life appeared lo bo a sight of
the charred bodle* of tlio uukuowu dead. Hut amid
the throng ibero were still those whose hearts beat
learlully. aud whose ryes were ailoully dropping tears
fur the loved oues Ibey could nol Olid. It is baru lo
det-cribe that muss of pushing hnmauity. It may
seem impossible to believe that tlicro were thoso who
boldly claimed a relative among the doad slniplv lor
the entrance it gave ibein to the house of mourning;
that there were those who claimed bodies to he theirs
t<.r tho one or two poor trinkets that lay glistening
amid the ghastly blackuose ou the bosoms of Uieir
dead owners; yet, horrible as it appears, there were
several.
a TSKKtni.s siuar.
Tho windows on two sides olt tho Morgue were about
six leel above the pavement, and on one side were
level with tho ground. These window s were covered
on tho inside by long yellow curtains that were sus
pended troin the top. People-men women, girls end
hove?crowded around and pushed and struggled so
eOuclUully as to break almost all tho glass in the
(rallies. Standing ou the tusido am d the bla g
uitcd hodlus and looking toward tbu windows the
scene was almost unbearable, l b-re were men whoso
(aces boro the stamp ol brutality III every line, Strug
irl'hc to obtain a gluuce si me horriblo sceoo; there
were women, whose lips were parted with e ghoulish
smile, Who. helped Irom below . glared over the win
dow sill at the lew bodies wiCbin ibo reach ol their
CV^S .here woro boy. that, hanging h> their bands,
would draw themselves up and gaze on the scene
within with a fascination tbat loll a photograph upon
their luain. never to be cfleced. Ibe vyrilor saw
young girls struggle up to the level of the window
give one glance-a glance ol terror aud dlsiray-and
then sink back out of sight.
ox?. or THK UOhHIO.
Once the curtain of one ol the windows bad fallen
dow*n mid lor a moment tho crowd without was tiki
from view. A .moment more aud the writer saw a
small shapely hand, upon which sparkled elegant
rings steal inside and quietly pet aside the curiam.
The tare Hint appeared- a woman's was relluud aud
intellectual at IU best, but was now .0 distorted with
im- morbid uassiou as to bo paintul to look upon. 1110
eyes sliOuo with a light that is Indescribable; the
drawn apart lips looked hard as stone aud the teeth
gleamed strangely through them. She look a long,
steady gaze us II wlshiug to fix tlio sceue upou her
mind then sunk back out of sight, and the rustling
ol ber silk was beard as she hurried over the puvemeut
ol the court. Tlio curluiu fell back 111 Its plalo, but
was soon disturbed again by rougher hands and more
sympathizing laces. A woman who had lookod long
and ear neatly stooped lo thejjround, and. catching up
u little girl about six years ol age, held bor up to Iho
w.udow: lhe poor little thing's eyes opened wide
with astonishment at first, bul uh she began to reallzo
Ibo terrrible scene beloro her the light ol astonlshmeut
gave place to one ol terror. Wildly her eyes glanced
lrom corpse lo corpse, front horror lo horror, until at
length she lob hack, limp aud white, upon her mother',
neck, shrieking, ,,,
"Mamma, mamma, take me awuy ; lake ine awuy?.
llcr little eyes bad soon a sight that will haunt her
little brain lor years.
WITHIX TRK S111I.OINO.
lo the interior of the Morguo the horror grows upon
oue who, like tho writer, bus liud to pass hour after
hour thero. Thought crowded upon thought till the
soul was sickened as well as tho sutise. Was tliero a
father or mother, or wile tuouriiiug lor that poor
fragment of charred flesh thai, lying with outstretched
arms seemed to plead for recognition? Itau that
heap'of mangled piece, been the hope, the stay of
some sorrowing latuily ? Ah! it was a pitiful scene
yesicrduy morning, those eighteen black unit ghastly
bodies. No 0110 clulmed thorn; no tear was dropped
lor 1 hem as thoy were tnado ready lor huriai; no silent
praver will arise from s.rlcken hearts us thotr faces
are hidden lorever Irom the g?zo of tho world.
bate in the ulleruoon the Morgue was thrown open,
under proper arraiigemeuts, and the people were
allowed to pas. through the building lhe curiosity
seekers were many, and during iho tunc three women
fanned at tlio nvvlul sights and were carried out by tlio
soldiers ou duty. At this writing there are six un
recognized bodies, SO badly burned as to preclude iho
possibility of their being recognized, and lour which
havo been identified, but still remain ?t tho Morgue.
WHAT MAV SKIIVK TO IllKNTIFY THKJI.
Corpse No. U lias with it a penknife, with u peculiar
checkered cast Iron handle, tilty cents in money und a
two cent piece.
Corps No. 21 has two wblto merino shirt..
Corpse No. 23 bus a metal conductor's batlgo and a
pocket handkorchiof marked "J., No. A"
at tub old maiikkt.
The same sorrowful scenes enacted for iwodavs pre
viously were witnessed yesterday at tho Old Market
House. A detachment ol tho Thirteenth regiment of
the Brooklyn militia stood guard around tho building
and aided to keep tuck the throug endeavoring to
mako Its way toward the cnirancc. A close lino was
formed across Adams street at either eud ol the
building, and no oue unarmed with an offl
cial pass was allowod to cross the lino or enter
tho building. Tho smell of carbolic acid and of tlio
charred remains of tho poor victims bung heavy on
the air within the building. Tho long rows of the
dead were broken in spots where bodies had been recog
n 1 zed and rcmovod, and seurcblng friend, congregated
about In little groups that lay at Irregular distances
around tlie rough and soiled boards. Men and womem
old and young, were there as boforo seeking lo find
what they most learcd; somo with tearful eyes weary
of a three days' eoarch In vain for evou the poor com
fort of lindlng tho distorted remains ot a dear relative;
others, whoso fears wore but recently aroused by tho
absence from homo of one of tho household, came In
baste to learn tho worst. There wero others, too,
present from that strange curiosity which impels somo
people toward scenes of horror. There wero so many
jnueed, that tho police were compelled to cloar tho
pluce, and lor a time to restrict the privilege or enter
ing to members ol families seeking their lost
ones. Outside tho building n hue of uudertuk
or.1 wagons stood watting to carry oil tlio
bodies as fast as Idouliiled; and as soon
as oue was brougnt out and driven off, the crowd till
ing the streets would fall buck and make way lor its
passage, asking ouoh other. In undertones, "Who is
ft?" The sights within tlio building, where the nlready
mourning mends wero searching lor ussurauco of
their at use lor sorrow, wore such as to leave a lasting
Impression on the minds of all who witnessed them.
Ageu mothers examining the garments on tho bodies
Hi llto dread hope ol finding some lumillar nrtic o by
which to identify tlio remains ol somo lovo.l child;
sisters searching lor tho brothers who left them on lhe
evening ol lhe calamity in health and spirits; wives
soekiug the husbands they loved bo well, und to whom
thoy and tho htile onca at homo look for their daily
bread.
"so fkik.xds."
Here and tliero was the body or somo poor lad with
a label on It, bouriug bis natuo aud thosorrowlu! words,
'?No friends " >Lorily alter dark un agod woman catno
rushing in tho building, crying out iu piteous loncs :?
"Whore it number lour?"
As she came suddenly 011 u charred muss of bodies,
in which the outlines 01 human forms wero baroly dis
cernuhle, she burst into.tears, and staring at tho fear
ful Htglil. she cried out:?
??Johnny, niv darling, my darling, where arc you!
My God! My God!
From one group to another she spoil rapidly around
the room, Reeking her lost son, while her daughter
followed her, sobbing as if her heart would break. .
Later 111 the evening a number ol plain collius wero j
brought In and uutubcicd 10 correspond with tho pla
cards on ine unknown dead, lhe bodies tbui wore no
vum! uuy cliaoce ol recognition were placed In mem.
Others mat could no longer bo exposed wero also on- I
closed With as much decency as possible.
Later In the evening Iho work ol placing the re
mains which had not been claimed, and such as had |
been so thoroughly disfigured as to bo beyond
recognition, In ilio colllus iurnlshed by ibo !
city was resume I and continued until midnight. (
goon alter eleven o'clock tho floor was cleared 01 tho
spectators who had called simply out of curiosity, all
the bodies and part* ol bodies that could he placed lu a
colfln without breaking huv>ng uoen provmusly re
moved. Tlio misshapen onts wero straightened
forcibly aud outlined when lhe undertakers em*
nloyod by tho ciiy authorities took charge of
them. The only body identified after nine P. M. was
tbat of Charles" II. Howe, and his Identification was
onlv by some private curds lound in his clothing.
The bttildlug will remain open til! this morning for
the recognition and r raoval ol f o rciiialmug bodies,
and during tbc day they will be buried, under the
arrange meets detailed further ou.
at tiik cokokuk's offick.
Early yesterday morning a squad of police wero sta
tion" d In the corridors ol the Court House, and the
section whore the Coroner's office is located was sed
ulously guarded from the intrusion of the mere sight
seeing crowd. This provision on the part of the au
thorities was not uncalled lor, a* very soou a crowd
b-gau to gather in tho hallway and 10 insist clamor
ously ou making their way 10 the Ocronor's cham
ber. Most ol theso woro Irlcnds ol tho
dead seeking permits lo remove tho bodies lor
burial, but thero were a great many people,
too, who had been spared such a painful luterost iu the
conflagration's victims und who came iu nub*l ?r
pa-scs only to eoAble them to lenal their morbid
cnriosttv on the urcadlul spectacle shut in by the walis
ol the Morgue and Market. The dcsorredljr curl dis
missal which greeted ioreo few ol loose person*, \Vhose
motives wero too transparent, from the police ou duty,
served alter a lime to uiuiiulsh the pressure, and
through the dny ouly those were admitted who cume
to inquire about dead friend*, t oruners Siiuuis and
Nolan had their hands lull iti attending to the demands
ol applicants and Hie biciics they were lurccd town
nesswereol a naturo pa nful enough to bring theao
officials to realize how sad their duties c.?n be made.
FASSKR AMI I'KRMITS IS.-IKO.
Coroner Slmni* assisted by bis clerk. Mr. Conner,
spent the d ;.y iu receiving applications lor the removal
of bodies and signing permits according It. Hut the
demand lor passes was no great that Coroner Nolan,
who issued them, required iho assistance of six clerks
from tho KrierifT* and Commissioners of Juror* offices
Nearlv 5.000 of thoso pasai s were said 10 have been
is=oed, many, of course, to people who bad uo motive
oilier than curiosity in seeking the awful uibibitlon,
bill who wore willing to lubricate unjr pretext by
wli:cu tncir ^tiouImli craving look upon ibo dead
ui.clu be Indulged. The application* lor permit*
to remove corpse* were necessarily lower; but there
were many people brought lo the Coroner * ollice un.
d< r ibu impression that lie could id *otuu way betp
Uicm to dantlly thoir lost In. uds. A* a drowning
m.iu cling* io a straw, so did sumo of the lutlicr* and
mother* nnd brothers who appeared >n ibo Court
House yesterday cieavo lo the hope, lorlorn as it was,
that some liitiu trinket line hi be hold bv i be Coroner,
that sumo bit ol metal, a stud or button, uo inalti
what, might have been tukeu from tho unshapely cinders 1
and reserved to prove whose body they had been. 01 '
course ail such applicants bud lo bo roforo! to the
police captain in charge ol such articles, and it wus
sad lo witness the despondency with which many ol
Ho se afflicted mourners hurried off to resume their
dreary search.
Tin: a sues or tiik on* u.
A number ol police were detailed lo direct these ap.
plicanty lo ibo spot whore tho Coroner had arranged
to place till) relic* ol the departed lor idontiUcation it
was n chamber in a house on Fulton street that had
been *..t apart tur tins wot exhibition. It hud been
lately used by Judgo Vorso lor u court room, and old
desk*, tables ami office lurnilurn were cattcred
through it promiscuously. Along one side ol the room
a pile of lumber wus raised, und in tho corner* W'S*
stored whatever debris mo apartment held when
turned to its new purposes. Arrangod on tables ami
under the direct supervision of Drill Capiain Jewell
aud a number ol assistants were the article*
which hail ,-urvived from tho flumes and
winch had boon picked from the ashes,
scorched, blackened, but in Triutiy ca/scs entire.
A siraogo ussortmsiil of knick-knack*'wero spread oul
some of them having a putufu! suggostivoncs- whoi!
associated with tho memory ol liioir owners, Here u
wutch'a biai keued and dinted case lay, there a bunch
ol keys. A half burned bundle of loiter*, with a dm
lot ted pocket hook, was placed botwoon n brown bit of
lln that bud once boeu a puolograpli, and a llltlo ?llvor
mounted bo*. Here hii* u ucud or two of a necklace
that had no doubt onoo adorned beauty, and ihero a
ring, htuckuned and shu|H.'less, but the surviving pledge
perhaps or a life's aflecliou. These little ruoiallic cir
dels so insignificant, so frail aud yet In many u cu*?
the souvenirs ol youth's happlusl memories, voemod
more than all other things lo defy the uotiori of the tiro.
It seemed, indeed, us it the holy* t>ohd*of w h ich thoy wero
llie emblem had made lliem siicrcd a* it wore nnd
preserved them lor the eye* lhut knew tholr meaning
lie* t.
IDKNT1PYIXU I'llK AUTICLKd.
This apartmeni was vestorduy tho scene of many a
Sorrowlul incident. .MixIons eyes, aiuluaeu with
tears, looked down upon each little trinket, aud hag
gard faces turucd from tho survey with an 'awful dis
appointment marked on evoiy lineament, Men and
women, who had again and agaiu traversed the' old
market aud the Morgue, hut to whom the blackened
corpses tliore presented no laminar mark, Ihrongod
iulo this room and examined the relics displayed in it
wuli a dr.'.nihil tniuuleuess that told eloquently of
tholr suffering. Hut when one of tno articles was
recognized as heluugln* to some lost Iriend tho
scmio was still moro paiuful. Wives seized tho
marriage ring which tnc bund of a dead husband Itud
worn and wept over it, it futhnr picked up the tiny ear
ring' he tiad made lor his little girl, another round the
watch which hud been hi* birtbduy present lo a bright
aud promising son, und a mother sank lo the ground,
with what anguish no tonguo can toll, aud pressed to
her hp* her owu portrait which her hoy Imd carried
Willi him to ins death, Much were the scenes whicli
that bare and dismal room witnessed yesterday. The
little boxes, numbered correspondingly with the
corpse* on which the articles thev contained were
found, are still ul No. '2M Fullou street, but most ol
them now are empty. None but friends ol tho dead
were admitted yesterday, und theso ouly when pro
vided with passes signed by tho Superintendent of
i'ollce.
FltOI'KltTr IPK.VI IF I Kh.
Properly Clerk William II. Muidoon reports the iden
tification yesterday of the following property:
Cold watch, belonging to ? Levoucb, ol No. So
liutler struct. Identified by his lather.
Silver watch, double caso. Identified by Mrs
Ralphs, ol No. 772 Bergen street, as the property or
her husband
Mrs. i\ inched], o! No. 17 Sackelt street, who was
almost don tided in the rush from tho dress cirolo re
covered ail property except her hat. '
The sister of (ieorge .Stephen*, who lived at No. 214
Jay street, nleutiUou her brother'* silver watch
Mrs. Henry Dooliulc, corner of Clay street and
Union place, Uroenpolui, whose husband is missing
Identified a sliver watch its Ins property
The lather ol David IJedlord, of No 1x2 Hicks street
louud at Mr. Muldoou'* office simply the works of a
silver watch, which, by the aid ol u Jowoller who haa
repaired it, wus identillod as bis son's property. 'The
hoy's remain8 havo not boon recovered.
AT THK COKOXKK's DK.HK.
During the afternoon Coroner Simula' office was stUl
crowded by applicants lor pormlts, aud by some peo
plo. too, who wero placed in a peculiarly trying posi
tion. A few of tho bodies it appears wero identillod
by different persons as relatives ol theirs, und ibo first
who made application receiving the permit made
hnste to remove litem. The result was that when
eomo of the bodies were claimed thev were lotind to
have been taken away. In the case of H. J. McNally
whose body was numbered No. 182, u number ol friends'
coutldcut ttuit thuy recognized the body, procured s
pern.it, but beioro its removal oilier parties
claimed to Identity It as Samuel Dbviil of
Myrtle avenue. Davis' relative* wore summoned but
fortunately a ring was discovered ou which wiu en
graved '-H. J. McNally, lbl l'i ince st.," which prov
cutod what would have been a horrifying siteclacle a
contest by two iamilics lor tho putaesston ol the dead
wblch both believed their own. The body of John w!
Jenniugs was at Urst recognized br Irlonds ortho miss
tug I- an ell us his remains, aud its identification hap
pened alter the unavoidable siguing of the permit or
removal by the Coroner. Tho possession of tho body
ol Cnristian Velth gavo rise lo a curious controversy
He was idoutilied at the same lime by his brother ami
his wife. The former hurried off", secured u permit
and procured llie services of an undertaker
The wile, hearing ol this, hurried to the Coroner and
urged her claim upon the corpse. A curious scono of
wrangling ensued between both relatives but Coroner
Nolan decided thaltbe wile, of course, had prior right
to the possession of the body, and a permit win ac
cordingly made out lor her.
katmo.no stkkkt jail.
Raymond Slreot Jail was visited bv quite a crowd
yesterday, who eagerly examined the lists of nrrests
in hopes of finding some friend in durance wboin Hiey
felt sure was uraong tho deud. Only one ol the miss
ing was round here, a man named Wllllum Corlius.
who had been incarcerated under an assumed name.
AT THK I.oNG ISLAND IIOKIMTAI.
At the Long Islam! Collego Hospital Inst night there
remained of tno burned and otherwise injured by tho
theatre lire John Cumbersou aud Augustitche Froude
veatix, Mr. Lynch, who was uuconsclous when taken
to tho hospital, Irom slight concussion of tho brain,
having felt sufficiently recovered to demand his re'
lease und be taken home. Rctideut Surgeon Frank E.
West afforded tho roporter all proper facilities lor
obtaining information Irom the suffering men Itisido.
John Cumberson, a scono shifter In tne theatre
wog found badly burned about tho head. lace,'
neck nnd hands. Ho says, that finding he
could not obtain conveniences lor quonching the
tliiiuus aud seeing that they spread upward among the
llios Will, surprising rapidity, he jumped from a second
story window down Into Flood's alley, spraiuiug
botli ninth's badly. In addition to the burntug of
Ins lieu i aud lace helore be Jumped Irom the window
llis lace I* badly burned, his hair ha* been burned
close to his scalp, ami his mustache close to IH* upper
Hp. lie is uisu in mi exceedingly nervous ootidlllou so
iiiucb so thai it in felt lo be necessary to give him
powerful opiates. Notwithstanding ml his aliments
the surgeon Icois sure that ho is getting along verv
nicely, and that U ho can ho kept iu repose lie will ro
cover.
Augustitche Froudcvcax Is one of the men who
were iu the gallery with their sister* when the 11.u oc
curred. He la burucd about his lace, somewhat about '
Ins head, his h?ir t* singed and hi* right Itand scorched I
'Tne NUtgeon says that hu i* doing well and "ives ex- '
celleui promise ol a speedy recove.-y. lie is one of mo i
men wiio lost a sister Ho snj? they wero together Iu
toe gallery in tncir offort to escape until !
they reached tho head of the stairs. |
llioy Wire then separated forcibly by the'
crowd of wild people, mid mat his staler was burned !
to a ci i.sp, her charred remains hurued beyond possible
recognit on. excepting by a part ol an article of cloth
ing which fier lather knew lo be hers. Kroutlovcnux
say* ho doc* not know how ho got Irom the gallery ut
alt. lie know* simply that lie was knocked down hut
doe* not remember anything further until he lound
liiuiM'll in the First precinct station House, hurued und
bruised us lie is.
mniMT'l VUXRIUI.3.
The ?bst'nules yesterday In some of the stricken
homes of Brooklyn woro sad and touching. Death
had come u]?iti ihctn with destructiveefllcacy, and the
sorrow which was displayed wiyj in proportion to the
Urns alU.ctton by which those abodes had bceu vis
ttcd. I heirs was no gradual beie.ivcinem which ex
pectation had mollowed and rendered endurable, but a
tierce, sudden taklug-off, to which human leclings and
human alK-cnons cou.d hardly reconcile thomselvcs.
The hopes and blossoms of some homes had perished;
in others ths stay and sustenanco bail I een removed;
In others again the homestead had been rendered
almost teniiulles-'. Therefore a wide anil general griof
waited on the sudden tribulation, and the sail ceremo
nies ronnocted with a second sepulture weut lorwsrd
ainld expressions of doop sympathy.
Till: KOI.OM"* FAMILY.
Klve members or tho holomou Isinlly bad perished
In the wrecked theutre, and yesterday their funeral
took place from the house of Mr. Fran* Kntck, No. 6
Wiiiougbby street. The victims of the disaster were:?
Morris Solomon, Philip Solomon, Zona .Solomon, Mary
Solomon and Deborah Solomon. Services bid been
been held tl.e night before, Kabbl Brandunsieln preach
ing the Mineral discourse. Yesterday morning the re
main* wore convey ml In Uvo hearses to Cypress illlls
Cemetery and wero interred with tbe ceremonies
proper to tlio Hebrew community.
A C|l ADItt Fl.S Ft XKCAt.
Jobs Wood, James McCaffrey, William Murray and
O. i T. Froil were buried from the Church ol Our
Lady of Mercy, llelwroioo place. A >alcmn requiem
high mas- wn's celebrated in the first instance, the
celebrant Iwing Father Cougblui. nnd the ucacftD and
tub-dcaeon, Fathers liakm and Kennedy. The sermon
Was pre.tchcu i*y Father Coughlin wlio Inculcated tlio
value ol hope even In the mid-i ot so much mourning.
The church was dia|nd iu uiourning during tlio cere
nvonles, aud the congregation was unusually large.
The Interments look place in the Cemetery ol tbe Holy
CrtMi
fiukca;. os turr* victim.*.
A triple funeral toak place from Teiuple I- raoL H
was ili.ii of Abrahtm and Aero a Dcitz, brother*, uyod
eighteen aud uiuetei'D yeara respectively, auil Wllltem
Meyer. The Meilx brothers were uinoug the audience,
and Meyer wea employe f a* a euperuomerary in the
theatre. A large assemblage ol a filleted relative*
weie prtaent a; the services yesterday morning.
These were conducted by I'.abbi Raphael l.ewin, who
wus assisted by Ibu l!ev. Mr. Mustier. Habbi l.e? in
delivered Ihe luneral sermon. Hia discourse pointed
out the fragility ol human life und urticl ll.e necereiiy
Of iiviuglu u atuto ol preparalioa Tbe iRMltcs wore
conveyed 10 (j press Hills Cemetery, lolliiwed by a
long line of carriage*, anil were ifiore buried with ibe
Hebrew ceremonials. Several Hebrew societies at
tended tbe funeral
KOUKRT S. JAI KrtON.
Robert N. Jackaou wnaburiod at Greenwood Cems
tory. The funeral services took place at bis late resi
dence, No. 441 Flat hush aveuuo. and wore oonduuied
by Kcv. Mr Miller. Tbo deceased was employed in
liraves' paper laclory and Ins lutiernl was attended
by the foreman and crapioyt-s ut tlmt establishment.
A wile and seven children, wbo were altogether de
pendent ou D.s labor, survive hliu. The deceased bad
not visited a theatre lur over a year.
JAUHK r. Tl'K.WKIt.
James F. Turner was buried Irom his laic residence,
No. 1211 Jay street. The luneral sorvh c? (those ol tbe
Kpiacop.il Cbun h) were conducled by Rev Mr. Short,
rector of Holy Trinity Ml-sion. Members of organize
HOUR of which the deceased wan at the liiuu of hut
death or had been formerly a member were present in
large numbers to pay tbeir respects 10 Ins memory.
I'ailbcarera were selected Irotn these associations. A
tunural address was delivered by Rev. Mr Short, and
at tbe conclusion of the services the remains wore
lakeu to Greenwood Cemetery snd wore interred with
Masonic ngbts, which were conducted by Worshipful
Mauler it. Fred. Lanhurt.
A TKIM.R rtXXUAL.
John Add'son, ol N'c 17* Water street, and James
Gray nud Kicb.ird Curnti. both of Jay strcot. were iu
lorred in Hie cemetery of tbo Holy Cross, at Flalbusb.
The three young men bad gone to the theatre in com
pany, and had perished together. The services over
Addition's remain took place at his late residence, and
were conducted by Rev. y.itber K cog an. Tbe others _
were buried from tho Cathedral, on Jay slreul, where '
mass was celenraicd. At the con elusion of the s"r
vice the procession* Joined and tormcd one cortege to
the cutneiory.
JOHN' CASUBTT.
John Csioott, a young man twenty-five yea-* of age,
was buried from his lormer dwelling, No. tC4 Prince
street, ltev. Williuin 0. Steele, pastor ol the Fleet
street McthodiAt Episcopal church, ol which the de
ceased was a member, conducted the service., lie
also dvlivcied a brtol address proper to the melancholy
occasion. Tho burial took piuce at Evergreen Cem
etery.
L. A. UKCUT.
This youug man was a law student of eighteen years,
whose parents reside at No. 431 Pulaski sireot. Ho was
buried Willi tlic impressive luneral cereniouics of the
Hebrew order at toe Cypress Hills Cemetery, the rabbi
oi the Clintou street synagogue conducting tlie sorvi
cos. A largo number ol floral tributes were prosoutud
by rrlouds.
SAMIK1. (1. uarKS.
Tbe remains of fcumuel G. Hayes were buried from
his late residence. No. BS8 Warren street, Rev. Mr.
liowdiah, pastor of the Carroll Park Melbodisl episco
pal church, conducting the services. A brief discourse
wus delivered, and the body wits then conveyed to
Greenwood for intermcut. A large number ol sympa
thising friends Jot nod in the luneral procession.
ciiari.ks mroflKU.
Tbe funeral of Churles Mitchell took place front his
unclo's residence, corner of Kullnu and Georgia ave
nues, East New York. His remains were atlundcU to
the grave by tho Volunteer Fire Mcpartmout u! tho
district and by largo numbers ol Irieuds uiuong the
genurui public.
MATILDA WARD DUFFY.
Tbe remains were burled irom tbe family residence,
No. 18 North Oxford street, und were interred lit tbe
Cemetery of tbe Holy Cross. Tbero wcro no services
in the house, but at tbe graveyard the Roman Catholic
service for the dead was read in tho mortuary chapeL
JACOB I. OSTKAN'DKK.
Euuoral services were held in the Tabernacle, Rev.
Charles W. Wood othcialiug. Mr. Wood also delivered
a brief funeral discourse, and tho remains were theu
taken to Ureonwood tor interment.
UkOltUK K. LAFFKL.
The doceased was a young man of seventeen years,
and although he perished in the disastrous tire, a com
panion escaped by Jumping Irom the gallery. Tbe re
mains ol young Lafl'el wcro buried yesterday, Irom bis
late residence, No. 1.007>j Fulton street. Services
were conducted by Rev. Mr. Miller, of mo Embury
Methodist Episcopal church.
ABRAHAM KUXTZ.
The body of Abraham Kunu was lntarred In the
Hebrew cemetery at tho end of the Jamaica plank
road. The services, which were conducted by Kov. G.
hrandcnsteln, touk place at tbe residence ol bis lather,
Na 322 Myrtle avenue. Deceased wus ouly twenty
one years of age.
ROBERT U. DOYLF.
Deceased had boon employed In the Board of City
Works, and was thirty-eight years ol age. Services
were held at No. 42 Auburn place, the family rosidonce,
and the remains were interred in the Evergreen Ceme
tery.
OTHER FUNERALS.
Francis E. Green was Interred at Greenwood Ceme
tery. The funerul of Charles Otis took place Irom his
Into residence, No. 180 Clinton etrect; und Matilda
Edwards was buried from No. 183 Bchermerborn
Street.
Tbe melancholy services will bo continued to-day,
when twelve lunerals will take place Irom tbo Church
?four Ludy ol Mercy alone.
THE GREAT FUNERAL.
Through the forenoon and afternoon of yesterday
the municipal authorities having tho funerals of tho
victims In charge bad several meotlngs, and finally
docided that the great funeral should be held to-day
at one o'clock as detailed In the Mayor's proclamation,
which, with the other orders and notices to the pub
lic and parties concerned, will bo tound boiow. The
memorial services will bo held to-morrow (Sunday).
Tbo olUolals deserve tbo greatest credit lor thoir un
tiring afiorts to fulfill their duty in relation to the sad
calamity. Tho Joint committee of Aldermen and
Supervisors met in the City Hall at eleren A. M.,
Aldorman Fisher In the chair.
Alderman Bnrnct, chulrmitn of the committee on
burials, aaid that several casos had come before the
committee tn which tho uso of burial plots had boon
tendered to families in poor circumstances by their
friends. Ho had u Icttor Irom a family lu Llttlo mroot,
wbo woio willing to tako tho body of a dccoaBed friend
tulo their own lot. In all such coses he suggestod that
the committee should tender tnc services ui au under
taker and ofler luaiolray the burial oxpeuscs. Uesldcs,
It must not he lorgoiien that many families desired
thjir relatives to be burled in other cemeteries i hau
Greenwood. In that connoctlou be ottered a resolution
whose object was to carry tbo suggestion into opera
tion.
Aldorinan Donovan tbougbt that undertaker* wbo
wero already in charge ol bodies should be permuted
to lutcr them. To ibis Aldermen Froucb and Uuruct
replied that this was uuderslood.
Alderman French said bo knew of a case where a
widow living in Saratoga county had lost u sou. He
ties red to kuuw H Aluermun Burnet's resolution in
cluded cases lu which the victims were uol residents.
To this Aidermuu iturncl replied thul such was the in
tention ol the resolution.
Aldorman Murlha. while lukiug a similar viow, spoke
also of the uccossny for unnicdiuio completion oi ar
rangements with the undertakers.
Alderman Mouovau aliuded 10 the case of Deush, No.
188 Nelson street, who escaped Irom the lire, but died
subsequently irom the injuries then received. His
v.tie und hiiully were in exceedingly Indigent circum
stances, and the speaker desired to know I! measuros
oi any k>nd would ou taken to relievo them.
Alderman Fnher replied that the Mayor wus tho
cuslodhiu ol tlic lund.-, and bud already taken core of
this particular case. 1'ho speaker then drew attention
to llic vast expense that would he incurred were sep
arate burials to be granted in all cases where epplicu
tion for such had been made. A largo number ui mem
hud uireuUy been made, und they would come in
crowds. A discriminative power ;u sncli cases should
be placed in the Mayor's hands and ho should he au
thorised to decide what bodies wcro entitled to sep
arate Interment.
Aldermen Donovau aud Guthrie were of opinion
thai comparatively lew applications would be raude.
The number at present amounted only to twenty.
Supervisor l>yruo thought thai the money in tho
hnuds ot the Major should rather be expended lor tbo
rebel ol tbe living. Tho burial expouscs could be de
Iruyod by tho city.
Alderman Freiicn agreed with Messrs. Donovan and j
Gulli'le in tbe idea ibat there wus no necessity lor
alarm thai applications would come in in too great a
number. He moved tlmt tho subject matter be re
ferred to Hi* Honor tbe Mayor.
Alderman Fisher suggested that tbe matter he re
ferred to the Mayor and the sub-committee on burials.
Aidermuu French so modified his motion and toe mat
ter was referred ns suggested.
Alderman Sutton, irom the committee on burial
plots, reported that the committee hud visited Green
wood ana had made a election. The plot thus clioscu
was now being prepared tor tbe reception of tho
bodies.
Supervisor Iliuman, from the committee on engag
ing undertakers, reported that mo-t ol the uudi.ruikoi*
hud requested that the luucral be not held on Satur
day, us tb-y would not le rouuy bulore Monday. Tho
huniih authorities opposed tins delay, however, unit
ho therefore moved that tho committee bo empowered
to purcbaso cotllns.
Alderman Rowley, from the committoo on burials,
reported in favor oi having ibe luneral at one o'clock
on Saturday. Dr. Uitcrson and other medical men
had suggested as a sanitary precaution that the bodies
be interred as soon a* possible. He therefore moved
that the luneral take place ou Saturday, at ono o'clock.
His motion was carried.
Aidermuu Rowley also reported that the committee
had sent Invitations to ck-rgvmon of a.I denomina
tions 10 pnrticipuie In Ihe religious service* on Sun
day. Dr. Porter, Mr. Cuyler, Mm hop Eltilojohn, l)r.
Putnam, Mr Nye. Rev. A. S. Wallace aud Mr. scuddcr
had already accented. Ho added that the coinmllloe
would meet at lour in tbe ulteruoon in order to con
sult wiib Dr. Storm, nr. Rudilington, Mr. Iteecher
aud othor prominent clergymen, to inako arrange
ments for the religious exercises on Sunday. This
report waa adopted.
On inotiou ol Aldorman French tho Mayor was re
qticztod to IssW a proclamation calling upon the
people to suspend business during the lime occupied
by the funeral services on Saturday.
Alderman French announced that four singing
societisa had volunteered tbeir serv.cea at tho grave.
Tbo societies were roproseulcd at the meeting by a
committee, consisting of E. l.urrhc, Henry Hammer
and F. Aniorbach, who ollerod tho services of the
societies which thev represented, viz.Brooklyn
Sacngerbnud, Brooklyn Maenacrrhor, Brooklyn (Jiiar
let Club iiu l NehuucubM. I heir oiler was accepted.
Alderman Fr-ucti also presented iho following com
munication trow \lr?. John Mcrwitt, the directress of
| the Brooklyn Industrial School Aarioolutlon and Homo
i lor Destitute Cblldreu:?
* 1IIIHK YOK TltK ORI?HAXKD.
' The managers of the Hrnoknn Industrial School Assnel
; atom anil Home for ibstltate Cliildmn. deeply impressed
I by the and calamllv which h?* brought grief ml 1 *<? many
; families, and auxiou- to relieve tin-o w.ro have been be
j rufcred, offer to receive into the 11ultie aiicti children us
have through tllia mean* leirn made destitute. and lo suu
' port them tin uuirli the winter or until friend* can make
I Idr th-III I? order to ma*.- titin oilier itnuiedl
ntvly available, children upon being iwitl to the lln no with
) *11 ilabia testimonial* a ill ne rccri v t I wit bout going through
the uaiial fiirinalitiea. except that o! presenting a phy?
, iciaii'a eertilicotu of health ; this |irecautToa being required
1 in justice to other cliildreu.
At the suggestion ol Aidermun Fisher the thanks ol
lire committee were then t' ntlered to the Home iiicl to
otlier benevolent persons who had contributed iu this
tnalter.
tiisr or Tim hktaratk vi m mi*.
Alderman liuruot reported tual ho hud ocen in con
lerenec with tlm Mayor unit the undertakers, and that
the latter fi.nl ndered to make all ueceKgary prepara
tion* in case* of separate inter incut, at Ilia rale <tl' $38
lor each body. Thin Included the handling o( the body,
a collin. a hearse and a carriage. An additional sum ol
$5 would, however, he charged lor oponltic a grave,
tin added that lUr Mayor and himself in hisc.upucly
us chairman would Issue written orders :u all cases of
special interment.
I lie column ice then adjouruod until elcvon o'clock
to-day.
Tin: CLOT IS tikkKNWOOD.
The ploi in Greenwood Is circular lu shape, and tho
digging ol the great grave wns completed yesterday.
It consists ol one largo trench, ruutilug around llio
plot, scroll feet deep and thirteen leel wide,
iuio which all that is letl ol Ihc sull'erors will he
lowered. It is oX|?cctod that the city authorities will
place a suitable leuco aiouitd the plot, and ihut a
moiiuuieul bearing an uistrii liou Willi alt the names
of those burled ireuonlh it, w.ll also he erected.
HO OIKS TO If K HI'Kt'lAI.LY INTkKKKU.
Alderman Hurnel, cltairinun of the suli-coinmlttco
appointed to receive appliculious lor pu: lie hurial by
the irl nils of those who lost their lives and wore sub
sequently Identified, has prepared tho following list ot
bodies to b<- buried separately at the public expense;?
J'lulip (iilln e. No. tid Wulcolt street.
Will.am Ihfu.M'it. No. iss Nelson s met.
Patrick l.'iwler, LltiIn street, near I'lyinouih.
Knos Sayler, No. 364 Adams direct.
Hubert 11 Boyle. So. PJ luburu place.
J ohn I'racy, No. 'J77 Wyckotl street.
VIVA I. VI NKKAl. A U R V NO KM K NTS.
Tito sub-committee ol the Joint Committee on Fu
n era Is and Services hold a preliminary mectiug yester
day morning, ui ten A. M , iu the Common Council
Chamber ol tho City Ilall, at which some progress was
mode. TUoy met again ut hall-post four. Iu rospouso
to an invitation extended in the morning, thoro were
present tho following clorgyinep;?Kev. Or. Hoheuek,
representing Bishop Littlojohu, of the Kpiscopultan
Church; Hev. Samuel llalhday, representing Henry
Ward Beccher; Kov. Dr. 11. K. Nye, Culvcrsalist; Kev.
A. S. Hunt, Methodist; Kev. Dr. A. 1'. Putnam, Uni
tarian; Kor. A. S. Walsh, Baptist; Hev. Dr. Porter,
Dutch Reformed; Kev. Sylvester Malnnc, Kmnuu
Catholic; Kev. K. U. T. Sleltule. Herman Lutheran;
Kev. Will'om Ives Uudtugton, U.-v. Dr. lnglis, Ke
loruted; Kabld Kaudenstolti; Kev. I)r. Cuylcr, Presby
terian, represented by Mr. Burchard.
Mr. llallidav staled that he was present in cotnpli
once with a note Irotn Mr. liuecher. In which the latter
staled that he would agree to do anything which
should bo docidod liy the committee.
TUK HU.NDAV SCKVICKS.
Alderman Kowley, uhuiruian of tho committee,
opened the proceedings. The committee, be said, hod
called upon the reverend gentlemen present to attend
us representatives ol their various churches. It liad
been decided, he stated, to have services ol u me
morial character on Sunday alternoon at tho Acudemy
of Musio, the Park Theatre and Hooley's Opera Houso.
KacP ot these services would require the utiendunco
of ihrcu clergy linn. At Ureeuwoud Cemetery this
afternoon there would also bo required two or throe
for tho burial scrvieos. The committee, Mr. Kowley
said, was anxious to have lho clergymen assembled
make such arrangements in regard to the character of
tho services and thoir attendance thereat us would be
most agreeablo to themselves.
TIIK CLKTttJYMKN'B MKKTIJtO.
Tho rcyoroud gentlemen then organized, with Dr.
William Ives Budiuglou In the choir and Kev. Dr.
Huot as Secretary. An Informal discussion was then
entered inio lor the purpose of ascertaining the sense
ol Ihcinoeltug. Kov. Father Maione stated that bo
was desirous of participating lu Ibo services, and
would do all he could as a citizen and a Christian man
to express his sympathy with iho stllleted. So lor us
his personally taking part lu the service was concerned,
he thought his position as a priest would scarcely ad
mit ol that. According to tho strict usages ol iho
Catholic Church he would bo obliged to read the ser
vice in the Latin language, m w Inch the sorvlecs ot
that Chinch were read all over the tvorlJ. Ho would,
however, send gentlemen Iront his congregation to
make addresses il thoro was to be speaking by civil
ians upon the mnurniul occasion. Many of his own
parishioners wore called upon to grieve over members
of their lamilios who bad perished iu tho teartul catas
trophe, and his tlmo to-day would be occupied in at
tending to ibetn.
Kov. Dr. Badlnglon stated that tho revetend gentle
man's leoiiugs were perfectly understood by the clergy
men assembled. They were vory sorry that ho cculd
not participate, and would try to conduct tho services
In such a catholic spirit as would moot tho wlsuus ot
all.
Kev. Dr. Sclicnck suggested that the services should
bo of a memorial character purolv; and Dr. Hunt
thought the services should not be conducted by miu*
inters alone, but that municipal olllccrs should lako
purt.
Ou motion ot Dr. Hunt, II was resolved to leave the
joiut municipal committee to select presiding olllccrs
for the meeting* Iroin their number, suggesting merely
tliut It would be well to have tho Mayor preside at
tho Academy ol Music.
At tho suggestion of Dr. l'utnam a committee ol flvo
was appointed with power to draw up programmes of
the cxcrctBcs at the diflerenl services and assign the
clergymen their respective parts. The committee was
cou-ntuted ol Rev. Dr. Iludtuglou, chairman; Drs.
Hunt, Porter and Putnam and Alderman Kowley.
These gentlemen withdrew, and alter consulting lor
an hour returned with tho following schedule of oxer
ciscs:?
AT GKKRMWOOIt TO I1AT.
Heading of burial service by Hev. Dr. Hchanck.
Singing.
Address by Dr. Pninnn.
Prayer by Kov. Mr. Walsh.
Hinging
Hcnedletlon by Kev. Mr. Odull, of the Primitive Metho
dist Church.
ACADKMY or HCStC (SUNDAY).
Anthem.
Heading of Scripture, Selections by Kev. Dr. A. S. Hunt.
Prayer, Rev. Dr. Klbert Porter.
I Hinging.
Addressee by llcv. Drs. Kudliigton, Joseph T. Dnryen, of
CIm-soii Avenue Presbyterian churcu, mid Judge ltcjrnobis,
ot the Brooklyn I'lty Court.
Benediction bv Kev. Dr. Kettle, of SuiumerQeld Metho
dist Kpireopal church.
I'A I; K TIIKATI1K 191' N II AY).
Anthom.
Heading of Scriptures, Rev. D. II. Miller.
Prayer. Hev. Di. Tliuiint*.
Hinging.
Addresses by Rev. Drs. Cuylar and Bancroft, Rabbi Bran
dciistein and ex Aldermen laylur.
ringing.
Benediction.
liooutv's OPI-'HA IIOl'SK (sr.NOAT).
Anthem.
Heading of Scripture by Kev. Samuel llalildsy.
l'ruyer by Kev. Mr. Nye.
Addressee by l)r. Inglis, Henry Ward lieeclior. Rev. Mr.
Hchulix and ex-Alderman Strung.
Hinging.
Benediction by Ftsv. Mr. lirroickson.
The reverend gentlemen and tho members ot tlio
committee then adjourned.
TIIK .MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION.
Yesterday aiteruoun Mayor Hchroetler, agreeably to
the request of tho sub-comuiilloe, Issued the following
proclamation.?
Mavok's OrriCR. City Hall, (
IIkooki.yn, N. v., Dec. h, 1*7-1. )
To Tin; Pkoci.k or Brooklyn:?
I'lie Interment in i.n-eiiwnnd Cemetery by tiro city an
thorities ol tb>. reuiains ot thiise who oerlsbeil on the night
ot the Aih of December, in tin- lie hi ilie Brooklyn Tiieatie,
wilt lake place on Haturdny, tiie nth ot Deeeniber.
At twelve o'clock on that nay the turn-nil procession will
bo formed on Hchenticrhorn street, rigut resting on Mat
bosh "venue, mid will nruvo ut one o'clock P. M. in the
following order
1. Police,
g. t icruymen.
3. liearsee mid othnr veliielss conliilnlng tho hodlas of
the driiil, escorted by toe militia under the command ol
Major Wunerii! Thorn** H. Iiiikin.
4. Relatives and friends of the deceased, who will prcseut
themselves in carriages.
f? Uflic nls.
it Is nut expected that any of the ralnlltes or friends will
dosire to join the process o n on loot. It is recommended
tliut tbo-.il who wish to attend tlio ceremonies m l pay Ihelr
last respects to their d hi relative* and frlviois, repair di
rectly to the plot soleeted for the burial on Buttle lllil. In
Ureenwood t unieiory. and there await the hirital of the
funeral procession.
The riiuto ol the prooession will be, starting from the junc
tion ot Klathnsli iivuuue aud Sehortiterhoru street, tlirougli
Fluthitsh avenue to Hlxth aveuuo. Sixth uv>>iiiio to Tnlrd
street. Tlilrd street to fourth avenue, Kimrtu avenne to
Twenty nitlt street. Twenty.Ilfth street to the entrance of
tho I i-nictory. and thence to tint battle Hill.
Appropriate servleus will tin held al tho grave.
I recommend that my leilon oilman*close their respocllvo
places ol business Irora one o'elock to fivo o'clock I*. M., <>n
Saturday, ami that they rellminlsh their custoinarv employ
mem In res|>ect to tin- de d ami to those who, through this
sudden and terrih o nfllictloii arc bowed doan iu grief and
I sorrow. FUKDHkIDK A. HCII HtlKuKK, Mayor.
OKNKKAL UAKIM'S OlrDKIL
The following la rUdro -cd to llio military bodies to
act a* csuotI to tile Itinera!:?
llkADUUAltTKKS HKCoND DIVISION. 3I.O.S. N. Y., )
Bkooklvn, Doe. H, 1H7II. t
Qknki:al < Hint k No. t>.
Till* division will parade on Haturdny, I'tli Inst., for the
I purpose ol escort at the luneral ol the cltlieiis who lost their
! lives at tire Itrooalyn flinair . fhe usual l.adge of mourn
ing will be worn on tlio Ivlt arm. The artillery and cavalry
organisations will parade aa Infantry.
formation wbl he on Heherme. horn street at half-past
twelve P. M.. with the rigtit of tire filth brigade resting ou
flatbush avenue. Battery artillery. Hecoud division, w III
forui on b-li of K.ewnib brigade. I lie division stalf.
tnounteil. in full nnilorm, >. ill report to Ilie M ij ir tieneral
commanding, at these headquarters, at twelve o'clock noon.
BriuaUc Coninialaders will report to tire chief ol division
stall, with their command*, at these hcadquariors at tiftecu
In I is il tea belorc one P. M By order.
TIIOM t.a H HA KIN, Major Deneral.
William f. DrRXI.dw, Assistant Adjutant (Mineral.
TIIK Tllir.TKKNTII KKUIMKNT.
llRADql'ARTkltH Til I HTKKNT11 KKIIIMRKT I.NVANTIIY, J
sVlLB-N. Ys, Hkooklvr. Doc. 8, 1876. |
This regiment is ordtrsti to ussemUlu at tho Armory
at eleven o'clock A M. Saturday, Otti idsl, full
dross Uniterm (held nnd siiiH mounted), urn|io upon lite
lclt arm, to act ns an eneort at tho luneral of tho
citizen* who lust Ihotr lives al llio Brooklyn Theatre.
I*. H. UKHiUd, Colonel,
rirrn nKdmRNT. ?
Th# Fifth regiment will pnrado at twelve, boon, to
dsy. To tnk* part in Mm burial ol the unrecognized
dead, tlio line v\ill be on >chernicrboru street, lbs
resting on Flalbusb awnue.
? -riiK cxkiixmisizkiii
Yesterday afternoon A derftauu Fisher mule the 'ol
lowiug announcement in reference to the unrecognized
and unclaimed victim* of tbo tire: ?
VIlOoKl.TX TH vat Ml: cunructTiAS.
Notice It hereby given to at nil the bo.dee of the dead
which are not claimed previ<>u> to teu o'clock A. M. on Fat
uriloy. Oeccmber will be buried it one I* M. of that ilav
l?\ the cite authorities at unrecountiied dead. All other
bodies deed lr*>m the -atne ckum w.ll be buried by the city
a in - Min e time, upon application beinu made by nine A.
M ot Saturday at the C.-i-uii ?!! I'nnttc'.l chamber Applica
tion* tor separate t tirial niu.t be made to Mdornian D. to
Burnet. ? liatriuau ol' aub-cjuitnitleu, at the Common Coun
cil chatuber, K, II. PIHHEK.
Chairman Vldertuatiic Committee on Brooklyn Tbentr#
t ontlngraiion.
ACT10X OK TltK P01.ICK HOARD,
The Police Commissioners nt llieir meeting yester
day adopted the following reolulions relative to the
death of iifUvter Patrick McKeon. which were ordered
to bo spread upon the mtuutes of the Hoard:?
I'e-otvcd. That ??? have learned erllh profound ?orrow of
the dealli while In the heroic performance of duty, of
ittllcer Patrick MrKeon. a ynunir nun of bricht prumlea
au<l a palrolniati wh??e example i* worthy of emulation.
Kfvdvi'il. That the Beard attend the funeral of Otlicer
Mclveoa, and that a copy of three reaol ullon* he eeut to bit
lamilv.
KUKPA RATIONS KOI! TIIK ArTOItS' FI'XI'.UAb.
The t'ulou Square Theatre company met yeaterdny
alternoou. in accordance with the call which bad been
Issued in the theatre, to lake appropriate action in ref
erence to '.lie death nnd luncral of Iho two membera ot
tbo company, Mr. Henry S. Murdoch and Mr. Claude
Burroughs, tlio victims ol the Brooklyn Theatre dls
nstcr. The Rill company ol the I'nlon Square Thentro,
us woll as the members or tbo Brooklyn company,
were present, together with all the attaches of both
theatres. Tliey comprised Messrs. Shook, Palmer,
Thorno. O'Neil, Robinson, Stoddard, Raraollo, Morris,
Montgomery, Seymour, Daly. Thompson, (Juiglcy
Studley, Pcaken, Matthews, Wilder, Clement*, Daltou'
Moore] Collins, Tissingloo, Hooper, Mar?tou, ilonge'
l.ninnelte, Thorpe, Missov Kate Claxtou, Funny
Morant, Sara Jew*tt, Maude Harrison, Mario Wilkina,
Ida Yeruou, Kate tlirard, Klhol Allen. Lillian Cloves,
I,. K. Seymour, Roborta Norwood, Kalhorine Rogors,
Clara Morris, liiiou Heron, Louise Sylvester, Mabel
l.eotiaro, Helen Vincent, Hattie Thorpe, Mrs. Farren.
The meeting wn* called to order by Mr. John Par
velle ami organized by the election ol Mr. Kdward
Dumb, ol the JJrooklyn Theatro, as Chairman, and Mr.
J. W. Thorpe tis Secretary. Mr. Lamb, In taking tb*
chair, matlo an address lo tbo assembled company, iu
which he alluded in loclitig terms lo his association
with the deceased actors, and especially with Mr.
Murdoch, who hud aclod several liuies undor his
(I.smb'si nisiingemeut.
Mr. Willio Seymour then moved that a coramlltoe of
live bo appointed to draw up resolutions ol con
dolence, which was carried, and the chairman ap
pointed Messrs. John Parsolle, J. H. Stoddard, H. F.
Daly. Charles R. Thorne, Jr., and James O'Ned as
such committeo. which Immediately retired to draw
up the resolutions.
During tho absence ot the committee the following
communication was read:?
DOSTON SYMPATHIZES.
(iconic Tiikathk. Huston Doc 7, 1876.
Messrs. Siiook A Palmier, Crion Square Thostre, New York
city :?
Gk.xtlkmkm ?We. the undnrsl-ined, beg to offer yon and
tbroui'li you the poor expression of our share of the sorrow
mnl sadness which ihe late appalling disaster in Brooklyn
ha* tbro.Mi over all classes. IV u ounilola with v?u a? man
a.-or* of tho III fated building, nml pur. ake sympathetically
of the grief and depression which such an tinlooked for
calamity must superimpose Our tear* llow lor the many
be ruined lir this catastropoe. and In memory of those who
secUiii.' a'harmless plonsure. found a learful grave. And
especially we lament the untimely death of the two if em
ber- of our own profession, who were deservedly loved lor
tueir private wortn. mid had each so strongly Indicated a
brilliant promise of dramatic excellence. Little an tbo
value of our sympathy may lie, vet ill auch a wolul moment
we feel we should be wanting were we nut to express it.
When the time roinet for a more practical expression of oui
sorrow ne shall not be louud wanting then.
A I'.TIi L it CHENEY, Proprietor.
IV It. PLOY I). Manager.
Th? letter also bears the signatures of George Kawcett
llewe .1. \V. Lanergan. K. *. Tllton, J. B Kuller, K. 11.
Holmes, M. c. I'alv. John Taylor. Sara Uigelow, Lenoa
lligelow, F. Chippendale. Charles Villors. O. \V. Murray,
Charles A. Ilcnrv, George Connor, l.ouise Allen, Ida H.
Savory. Charles Dade. Frank l.tingley, J. a. Sctiell. John D.
1,11 II d r.
COXDOLRNCK FKOM PHILAUKL1MIIA.
The following telegram from tlio Chestnut Streot
Theatre, Philadelphia, was alr.o road:?
A. M. PtUSU. I'nlon Square Theatre?
A delegation of the Chestnut Street Tho litre y'siire to at
tend the funeral of their brother actors, .Murdoch and Bur
roughs Wnen and where will th* funeral be held? A beu
elii lor the sufferers by the late Are will be given at the
Chestnut Street Theatre on Tuesday alternoou next. Me
mourn the loss of oar lellow artists and we ?ympatbisewltli
tuo?o who suffer. F. r. MACKaI,
for the Chestnut Street Theatre.
THE RESOLUTION*.
The committeo on Resolutions then returned end ,
reported the following:?
Whereas it has pleased the Almighty to remove from
our midst, in so mclaucbnly and sad a manner, our two be
loved biutlier artists, we have assembled here to express
our deep sorrow and regret tor their untimely fate and te
pay such respect to their memory an the occaslou calls for
anJ our Ice.lugs prompt; therefore, lie it
Itosolverl, That our deepest sympathies are offered to the
bereaved suffereis liy the terrible disaster at the Brooklyn
Theatre, and that we tender our Influence, services end oor
means to alleviate their sufferings us lar as It may lay in
our power to do.
Resolved, That we naturally feel, with particular, keen
ness, the loss ol our fellow actors, Mr. Clande Burroughs
and Mr. Henry S. Muruoeb. so suddenly and so fe trlulty
taken Irom iisln the very prime ul'life. Individually known
to us as upright, kind and genial gentlemen, whose hearts
were never closed to the appeals of -tillering, and to tha
public as among the most promising young artists, tlielr
untimely death will bo mutinied by every uctor lu tbe laud,
and felt as a deep loss by thousands.
Resolved, That wo shall alt ?ml the luncral of nor brother
actors when announced, and give such tokens ol the feeling
we hove expressed a? wo may be permitted to offer.
Resolved. That Messrs Charles It. Thorne. Jr., J. H.
Stoddart. .lames O'Neil, Edward hsnib, II. F. Daly and .1.
W. Thorpe are hereby appointed a committee to arrange
lor and lake charge of the funerals of our Ueeeaeed brothers.
In co operation with their friends and relatives.
Resolved, That each and allot us hereby tender our ser
vices in sld of any benefit or hrnetlta that may bo organ
ised for the r- liel ? 1 those bereaved bv I heir lost
Resolved. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to tho
relatives > f Ihe deceased.
Resolved. That our sympathies are also tendered to our
niaiiagois. Messrs. Shook A Calmer. In this to them pecul
iarly solemn inomeut. and that wo take this sad opportunity
to bear public witness to their Uniterm probity of dealing,
to tltelr great care for the welfare of their employes, Irom
the highest to the lowest, in both tlio theatres under their
control, believing as we do that tlicy are free from all blame
lit ibis catastrophe, which unr continued cunuectlon with
their two theatres enables us to know it was wholly beyond
their power to have either loreseen or prevented.
Among the member* of the profession, not memborf
or the L'nlnu Square or Brooklyu companies, there
were present Mr. Lawrenco Barrett, John Carroll,
Daniel K. Giltetto, K U. Wurrto, W. K. Sheridan, J. \V.
Collier, J. W. .Shannon, James M. Haldle, Thou.
Hamilton, William I.usk, Mi*s Roso Kytingo, Mrs.
John T. Raymond, Kliza woathersby, Jennie Woutli
or.-by and l'rotossor Murdoch, un uncle ol tbedoccoaed.
Alter the nudum ol the resolution* Miss Rosa
Eytlnge arose and anuounocd her dosire to offer her
services, no matter whore sho might bo, in aid of any
I.cncflt that might bo given lor tho rollel <H tho suffer
ers. Miss Rytinga's offer wag accepted by tho com
niiitoe.
Eulogies upon the dor.' ased actors wero pronounced
by several ol tho company, and tho meeting then ad
journed.
ihe committeo appoiutod In tho resolution were
thou called to order, and it wns resolved that both Mr.
Burroughs and Mr. Murdoch bo burlod with the same
service and at the suuio time. Mossrs. Daly, Stort
dart and Gillette were appointed a comnntlco to visit
Hie Rev. Dr. Houghton, of tho ??Little Church Arouud
the Corner," to tlx a time lor tho luneruL
AliKAMiKMKXTS AT THR CROUCH TO-MORROW.
It was determined that the admission to the church
at the luncral should only be by ticket, murder that
the trlcuds mid relatives ol the deceased and tho mem
bers ol the theatrical prulcssiou might not be crowded
out bv the general public, as wns the case on tho occa
sion of the luueralof Duruey Williams. It was also
determined to nsk (or n strong guard ol police to ?ur
roiind the church at Hie tunc ol tho funcrul, lo pre
serve order uiul allow none to enter tho church except
those provided with Iho proper ticket.
Till: PALLUKAKKK*.
The following gentlemen were appointed pallbenr
ern
Lawrence Barrett, Frederic Robinson,
E. I- Davenport, W". K. Siun,
J. 11. Stoddart, Edward Lnmb,
V. U. Warde, H. U. Phillips,
H. F. Daly, John Parselle,
games O'Neil, W. E. Sheridan,
H. W. Montgomery, 11. J Montague,
Lester Wnliuck, 11. JarretU
F. F. Mackey,
TIIK rSIIEHX.
The following woro uppoiDted ushers:?
Joseph H. looker, 11. H. Butler,
E. M. Holland, Hnrl Conuny,
James Lewis, Cnnries A. Stoveneon,
E H Gouge, Willie Seymour,
Frank Lam Ik A. H. Sheldon,
Charles Rockwell, John Carroll,
Daniel K. Gillette, Stanley MoKonnn,
I.orraln Rogers, <? W. Hoopor,
James G. IVukee, Theodore Moss,
Lysandor Thompson, Henry I'is-iqgton,
F. Poiur-chen, Georgo Hoey.
Thomas K. Morln.
The sub committee, which was appointed to visit
Rev. Dr. Houghton, then returned, and reported that
the cliurcn could bo had on Sunday at two o'clock
lor the luncral, whereupon It was decided to hold H
ul that hour. All the members ol" His profession will
receive ticket* ol admission, and also the Inends and
relative* ol the deceased. These tickets can bo ob
mined ul the office ol Messrs. Shook k Palmer at tho
I it ion Square Thoalre. Tne ushers are requested to
meet this morning at tho I'umn Squsro Theatre to
nnikesuoh further arrangements ot the details of tbe
tunerul a* may bu considered necessary.
TIIK CIIOIK.
The following person( have volunteered ns .1 choir in
this church on the oct.?-lon ol tlie luncral:?Emma G.
Thereby, Anna Dra-dil, Eugene I'nppcnbeira, Mine.
Gulag bur, Knlo McDonnell, Mr. Friicb, and Aloert
Berg, the orgunlsi.
a i ntvixa iiall to-pay.
The b nlies ot Burroughs and Murdoch will be taken
to Irving Hall to-day, and will Ho eiiuolllned there
until the time lor the inneritl on Sunday. Floral offer
ings limy he sent there. Memhersol the Union Squsro
Theatre Company Coinmllteo will bain uttendoBoe t?
receive tliciu. ?
THKOHY OK lll'KROl'OHS' DIIATIU
Tho lanieulod Claude Burroughs accompanied Miss
Ktliel Allen to the theatre on tlio laial nlgni whon ho
Inet his death. He was lo have been her escort homo
alter iho plity, and to ibis end Miss Alleu's c.trrlago
had been called and was in wailiug at the time When
the lesriul catastrophe happened. A short while be
Inre tbe lire broke out Mr. Burroughs spokn to Miss
Allen and told her on no account to losve her drossiug
room until hu culled there. Mm Allen, wuo tu