THE LATE FIRE IN CHICAGO.
THE FUNERALS OF THE VICTIMS. ADDITIONAL ARRESTS. United Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received 10.40 a.m., January 4th. NEW YORK; January 3. The funerals of the victims.by the disas- . ter at the Iroquois Theatre took place on Saturday and Sunday. Long lines of processions were constantly proceeding to the cemeteries. Lead Kindly Light", was sung at all the 1 funeral services, and the church bells were tolling all day. Business and seasonal celebrations *ere sappended, andT the tpnbliosc&ools^.wilKue closed .on Monday in memory of' 34 scftoMteachers wlo perished. ■■ .. . • - There were not enotigli boffins ■
hearses available for the funeral rites. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of the proprietors of the theatre, Mia the Building Commissioner on a charge of manslaughter. " The Mayer, aftor inspection, declared that the building did not ;comply with the law, and ought not to have been o *The*'operator of the electric light for the moonlight donee states that he saw the arc splutter between the carbons, and the curtain immediately took fire.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXX, Issue 12262, 5 January 1904, Page 2
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171THE LATE FIRE IN CHICAGO. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXX, Issue 12262, 5 January 1904, Page 2
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