Elizabeth Gleditsch

From The Daily Notes -- August 28, 1911 TELLS OF SCENES IN HALL AND STAIRWAY

Funeral services over he remains of Elizabeth May Gleditsch, the six-year-old-daughter of Anton G. Gleditsch of No. 17 West College street, will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3 p.m. Rev H. F. Loomis of the First Baptist church will officiate.

From The Daily Notes -- August 29, 1911 FUNERAL OF MOST OF THE VICTIMS TUESDAY

Elizabeth Gleditsch, six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Gleditsch, of West College street, will be buried from the home of her parents Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Burial in Oak Spring cemetery.

From The Daily Notes -- August 31, 1911 Card of Thanks

We desire to extend our heartfelt thanks to the neighbors and friends who showed so much sympathy and kindness to us during the death of our daughter.

MR. AND MRS. GLEDITSCH.

From Pittsburg Dispatch -- August 28, 1911 Town Is Appalled By Horror

Anton Gleditsch of West College street was another who had a harrowing experience. he came out of the panic with the knowledge that he had saved one of his two children, and did all that mortal man could do to save the other, only to learn when they took him from the death heap that his first born was among the victims. He had taken the two girls to the picture show at the entreaty of the elder. His wife was not feeling well and remained home. He was waiting in the hallway for the first show to conclude, when the crowd came rushing out of the doors and took his off his feet. he was pushed down the stairs despite his efforts to keep his feet, and gradually felt himself being borne down. He made a mad effort and managed to lift the younger child above the heads of those before him and throw it out where he saw a man's arm waiting for it. But there his efforts ended. He said:

"I had my left arm about the other child and i tried to free it to get a better hold. I tried to get my right hand down to lift the little one up so that I might do as I did with the other, but my left arm was held fast as if it had been buried in cement and I could not get my right down through the bodies that were packing closer and closer about me. I felt the little one sinking down and tried with all my strength to brace myself, but the crowd was too great and I was borne down myself. I must have been rendered unconscious for a moment, for the next I remember after everything went black was that I was being pushed forward and I could not see or feel my child. And to come home to the sick mother with such news. Good God, I tremble to think of it."

The Washington Observer -- August 28, 1911 LOWERING CLOUDS HOVER NEAR STRICKEN TOWN

The services of Elizabeth Gleditsch, the six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Gleditsch, of West College street, were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Loomis. Mrs. Loomis sang a solo "Asleep in Jesus." The floral tributes here as well as at all of the funerals were very beautiful. The services were conducted shortly after 3 o'clock and the internment was in the Oak Spring cemetery.