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ELIZABETH CATHERINE LAUR
Niagara Falls Village News
[Welland Tribune, 5 March 1897]
A most distressing death occurred in Toronto last week, when Mrs. Ed. C. Laur, daughter of Mrs. M. Kick of this village, passed away most unexpectedly leaving an infant a few days old. The news of the sad event caused a painful shock in the village win which Mrs. Laur had lived all her life prior to marriage, and where she was loved and esteemed. The remains were brought to her mother’s home and Sunday last fixed for the burial. On that day hundreds of sympathizing friends assembled to pay their last mark of respect for one so well-known and so popular with all who knew her. The Rev. Canon Bull who performed the ceremony of her marriage to Mr. Laur, only last year, was called upon to conduct the funeral service. The scene was most affecting, and the affliction of the poor mother and the bereaved husband was painful in the extreme. The kindly words of the clergyman found an echo in every heart. While the ceremony was in progress the hotel was packed with people, and at its close the floor of the upstairs parlor (in which the casket was placed) began to snap and crack with the weight of people. The room beneath was also filled with friends and had the floor above given way, the results would have been appalling. At this unfortunate moment some senseless spectator cried “fire!” The scene that followed can well be imagined. Those upstairs made a rush for the lower floor and those beneath naturally tried to make a hasty exit. It was a moment of extreme peril, but a few cool-headed, self-possessed men assured the crowd that no immediate danger need be feared, and checked the crowd from crushing itself in the doorways. A few moments more and the danger was over. After the ceremony the funeral procession moved to Drummond Hill cemetery, with the following named bearing the casket-Harry Dart, Harry Williams, Thornton Smith, Hamilton Ker, Marvin Biggar and Charles Willox. The floral decorations were very beautiful, and included a lovely wreath of roses from Mr. Laur’s fellow artists; in truth the remains rested in a bed of flowers, the loving tokens of family connections and girlhood friends Those nearest and dearest to the departed have the sympathetic condolence of every member of this community.
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