The remains of Edgar J. Adams and Fred Weicks, the two railroad men who were crushed to death in the wreck near Franklin, LA, were buried yesterday. As they had been fast friends, seldom out of each other's company, they were united in death, in a tomb in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery.
Seldom has Algiers seen such a funeral, the carriages following the two hearses being nearly a hundred, while over 300 or 400 members of the different railroad organizations walked to the church.
Rev. Father Thomas J. Larkin, C.M., of the Holy Name of Mary Church, conducted the funeral services. The first service was held in Adams' house. The priest then walked to Weicks' house in the next square, and there again recited the sad ritual.
Both funerals met at the corner, the priest leading, Adams' hearse next, then Weick', and then the families of the deceased and the friends.
At the church the ceremony was very impressive, Rev. Father Larkin delivering an eulogy on the dead men and pointing out the many dangers which beset the men of the rail.
The interment was in a tomb, and the coffins were placed alongside, the tomb being covered with floral offerings from the different railroad organizations and sorrowing friends.
Excerpt from Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) December 31, 1907
Seldom has Algiers seen such a funeral, the carriages following the two hearses being nearly a hundred, while over 300 or 400 members of the different railroad organizations walked to the church.
Rev. Father Thomas J. Larkin, C.M., of the Holy Name of Mary Church, conducted the funeral services. The first service was held in Adams' house. The priest then walked to Weicks' house in the next square, and there again recited the sad ritual.
Both funerals met at the corner, the priest leading, Adams' hearse next, then Weick', and then the families of the deceased and the friends.
At the church the ceremony was very impressive, Rev. Father Larkin delivering an eulogy on the dead men and pointing out the many dangers which beset the men of the rail.
The interment was in a tomb, and the coffins were placed alongside, the tomb being covered with floral offerings from the different railroad organizations and sorrowing friends.
Excerpt from Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) December 31, 1907
The remains of Edgar J. Adams and Fred Weicks, the two railroad men who were crushed to death in the wreck near Franklin, LA, were buried yesterday. As they had been fast friends, seldom out of each other's company, they were united in death, in a tomb in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery.
Seldom has Algiers seen such a funeral, the carriages following the two hearses being nearly a hundred, while over 300 or 400 members of the different railroad organizations walked to the church.
Rev. Father Thomas J. Larkin, C.M., of the Holy Name of Mary Church, conducted the funeral services. The first service was held in Adams' house. The priest then walked to Weicks' house in the next square, and there again recited the sad ritual.
Both funerals met at the corner, the priest leading, Adams' hearse next, then Weick', and then the families of the deceased and the friends.
At the church the ceremony was very impressive, Rev. Father Larkin delivering an eulogy on the dead men and pointing out the many dangers which beset the men of the rail.
The interment was in a tomb, and the coffins were placed alongside, the tomb being covered with floral offerings from the different railroad organizations and sorrowing friends.
Excerpt from Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) December 31, 1907
Seldom has Algiers seen such a funeral, the carriages following the two hearses being nearly a hundred, while over 300 or 400 members of the different railroad organizations walked to the church.
Rev. Father Thomas J. Larkin, C.M., of the Holy Name of Mary Church, conducted the funeral services. The first service was held in Adams' house. The priest then walked to Weicks' house in the next square, and there again recited the sad ritual.
Both funerals met at the corner, the priest leading, Adams' hearse next, then Weick', and then the families of the deceased and the friends.
At the church the ceremony was very impressive, Rev. Father Larkin delivering an eulogy on the dead men and pointing out the many dangers which beset the men of the rail.
The interment was in a tomb, and the coffins were placed alongside, the tomb being covered with floral offerings from the different railroad organizations and sorrowing friends.
Excerpt from Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) December 31, 1907
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