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fi-OBSEQUIES OF THE DEAD.sengeDr.HtOn Saturday afternoon, April 28, the j gh|^ a • • I Imournful duty ofeommitting to the grave Up Ga• n . i *r • „ aL a am I ^nineteen of the sufferers in the destruction U qit I t IV ft I _ i1_____ ^ J 1 rv iUi^ «f Iof the Moselle, was performed in this city!associated with a solemn funeral service,upon account of all the sufferers.As the calamity was peculiar and trans~| ^ lcendant in its horrors, so were the funeral_ m A 9•» obsequies solemn and imposing beyonde.alany thing that has ever taken place in thisg-city. At three o’clock at the first toll ofthe bell, every place of business was closed.W.Uiss: a IIt is believed there was no exception. Ap-- •VV.massft F • ^to the foot of Broadway, where the proces-* ^ - — * ft • ft ftsion was forming.This was accomplished according to previous regulations. The* a ft * / ftrftT.HJohnJohnRobeWm.deceased, enclosed in proper coffins, were j0hnft 1* I I C* I I • I]placed in the hearses of the city, whichidnot being sufficient to convey them, thenecessary qumbcr of carriages were add* q \ ed. When \he procession was prepared g y a I to move, Broadway to fourth stree*, andI ■* Jh- ft[en* the contiguous approaches of the intersect- r | soling streets were literally choked with oneT' ..I ”---%--------J . *ol crowded jam of human beings. Among farnorall these, no .word was spoken, no look ota ft ftJ(levity was indulged. The universal feel- Ky. ir-ling was too deep for any such sensation to 58* be felt.0boaijr-NThe progress of the procession, so vast iy in numbers, so solemn.in manner, made ha(]j en • every where oa its line of movement the ] l0Sad and sorrowfulttodeepest impression.J*n faces, hundreds of them bedewed with |jnotears, crowded to windows, doors, and allFplaces of observation.I}°! I burial ground, and at this last act of respectThe interment took place in the public onea A m a * IA0,and kindness that can be performed by the |re. ^ ft « # Imliving, for the dead, touching scenes ocIak | curred. Those to he deposited in their last | j,r0 earthly rest were all strangers. Some ofunm.them were members of the same family,parJ3atand in one or two instances surviving rela-i0DCild I t*ves were present. One mother, a Ger-| ^ur man, whose husband is among the lost)n11jt cast herself upon the coffin of her only two ^. children, in agonies seldom witnessed. But we must omit a detail of those scenes.i1ovlt;irs“g»The impressive funeral service of theEpiscopal church was read by the Rev. Mr._ A a a a ■Brooke, and a brief, but most pertinent and veaffecting address made, by the Rev. Mr.Sehon, of the Methodist Episcopal church.ichiskHyur»aOur narration here ends, aod we presume^ /■ •not to break its effort with any reflectionsA host of citizens of the towns of Newport and Covington, and of the surrounding® - — a W •It ISrt,terdiecountry, joined in the procession, estimated that more than twenty thousandpersons were present.—Cin. Gazette.From the Vicksburg Register.of
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Wilmington Democrat And Herald
Wilmington, Ohio, US
Fri, May 11, 1838
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