6000 HOURNERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 83, 9 April 1910, Page 13

6000 HOURNERS.

English journals itato that extraordinary teencs of mourning wcro witnessed ut hunderland on 13tu tobruory, whim tho funeral took placo of Councillor Thomua Summorbell, ox Labour M.P. for tho borough. Among those who attended wore tho Mayor and corporation, contingents of tho borouifh police, iircmon und trumwayinoii, imiJ many rcpreaoiitathei of tho Labour Party, including about a dozen mombern of Parliament, trado unions, and friendly f-ocioties. Mombcrs of ininor» f lodgn camo from groat distances, bringing their banner* and bunds, and in addition there \m>io the bamh of the police and tho Musicians' Union. There \\erc altogether o\er six tliou»nnd people in tho procession, and o\or titty thouuund spoctators lined the route. All tratnwav traffic nan rutpended during the funorn'l. Tho North-Kuhturn Railway Coinpan** rnn a spccinl train from Newcastle, calling at tho collieries on tho road. Uy <vqi«Mt of tho ilavor, tho restaurants which arc- usually closed on Sundays kept open fof the convenience of those who journeje-d to the town to attend' the funeral.