Show no cessation in funeral cortege from early morning until late at night at collinwood cleveland 0 funeral procession began to wend their way toward the cemeteries on friday bearing the battered and charred bodies of some of the children who perished in wednesday morning s fire in the lake view school collinwood from 9 clock in the morning until dark there was no cessation in the funeral corteges those who had no dead to mourn as a personal loss stood by in the streets with bare heads as the grim processions passed one of the saddest funerals was that of the three children of janitor hirter held jointly with the services lor three other little ones against the janitor could be heard about the village forgetting as they did that hirter himself was walking with bowed head and broken heart behind the biers of three of his be loved A detail of police was placed about the hirter home when the hour for the funeral came fully per bons had gathered but when the col fins were carried to the doorway the crowd spread and opened the way tor them without protest or expression of hostility altogether there were fifty burials on friday and saturday the gruesome task was repeated sunday witnessed the last of the individual burials and on monday the bodies of all those who are unidentified we e laid to rest ft ath one funeral describing the mad rush to death of the school children was given on friday at the continued ses sion of the coroners inquest stories of heroism on the part of the women teachers were recited F P whitney superintendent of the collinwood schools stated his belief that no fire department could have done any et work after the fire had start ed two of the teachers told of their unavailing attempts to open one of the double doors at the rear which they said was locked the inquest also developed the fact that after the arst crush at the door it was beyond human possibility to aid those whom the fire was devouring |