Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Unknown, 16 German Sailors January 8, 1887
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Richmond Dispatch January 16, 1887

The Burial of the Drowned Seamen-Impressive Scene
The flags of the city and all the shipping in the harbor were placed at half-
mast today, a tribute to the memory of the drowned seamen of the wrecked ship 
Elizabeth. The bodies of the wrecked ship Elizabeth. The bodies, eighteen in 
number, all neatly coffined, lay at the Virginia Beach Hotel all last night, 
under watch, and this morning were brought up on a special train, which reached 
here at 10 o’clock, and were at once taken to Hines’ Undertaking Establishment 
on Bank Street. The coffins were wrapped in United States Flags, and at 1 
o’clock were placed in hearses and conveyed to Elmwood Cemetery, followed by a 
large concourse of people, especially the Germans of the city. The funeral 
services were held in the section known as the Seamen’s burying ground, and 
were conducted by Rev. J.B. Merritt, chaplain of the Seamen’s Bethel. The 
services were brief and at 2:30, the bodies were carefully laid away in graves 
prepared for them.
 
Note *From Harper’s Encyclopedia of United States History German ship Elizabeth 
stranded near Dam Neck Mills, Va.; twenty-two lives lost......Jan. 8, 1887


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