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Sailing of S. S. Conemaugh 



THE ceremonies preceding the sailing of the 

 Conemaugh, Captain James W. Spencer, April 

 23, 1892, though less elaborate than those of the 

 previous occasion, were no less impressive. 



Two thousand men and women crowded the 

 wharves and the steamer's deck at sailing time. 

 Singing societies sang patriotic hymns of the two 

 nations, and instrumental bands contributed their 

 music to the joyous God-speed. His Honour 

 Mayor Stuart, as chief executive officer of the 

 City of Philadelphia and Chairman ex-officio of 

 the Relief Committee, made an effective speech; 

 two eminent ministers of the Society of Friends, 

 Dr. James E. Rhoads and John B. Garrett, the 

 one with the reading of a Psalm and an appropriate 

 address, the other with prayer for God's blessing 

 and protection, voiced the minds and hearts of the 

 assembled thousands and of the greater multitude 

 by whose charity the great steamship was freighted 



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