BURIAL OF VICTIMS
THOUSANDS AT GRAVESIDE. . SERVICE LASTS TWO HOURS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) NAPIER, this day. The bodies of nine of the victims of the harbour disaster were buried at Parke j.sland this morning , . Services were held in St. Patrick's Church and St. John's Church. The cortege was. over two and a half miles long. At the graveside the service lasted nearly two hours, weeping women and stolid men standing in thousands. A donation of £250 towards the relief fund hae been received from the Commonwealth and Dominion Shipping Co.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 310, 31 December 1932, Page 5
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