"Things Like This Happen to Me"
The Rev. Alexander Dawson, of Blean. a village near Canterbury, apologised in the middle of the funeral service and said: “I’m sorry, we have the wrong body.” night Mr Dawson explained: “The funeral service was for a man and I noticed the coffin had round handles. Coffins for men usually have straight handles so I lifted a wreath and saw the plale bore a woman’s name," Mr Dawson said. “Things like this happen to me. When I was in Auckland. New Zealand, before coming here I once had 50 cars at a funeral and we found we had no grave and the mourners had to dig one.”—London, June 7.
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27990, 9 June 1956, Page 8
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