THE NORWICH FIRE

Evening Star, Issue 17928, 25 March 1922, Page 3

THE NORWICH FIRE

DEMONSTRATION AT FUNERAL,

Presi Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.

LONDON, March 24. An extraordinary demonstration took place at Norwich at tho funeral of Mrs George and her sou ami daughter. Thousands gathered to witness the funeral, though tho time and place were kept secret. When the husband, pallid andi trembling, left tho mourning coach he was met by a storm of hissing, booing, and opprobions epithets. When ho left the cemetery the crowd, which was largely composed of women, continued hooting vigorously.—A. and N.Z. Cable. [A fire recently broke out in the house of Frederick George, a greengrocer, in which George’s wife, son, and daughter were burned to death, but George escaped. Tho jury at the inquest added a rider that George should have made a greater attempt to save his family. Tho coroner has again referred to the case. Ho said: 11 George insured his wife and family in a newspaper scheme for £250, which was promptly paid. lie must have immediately written to the newspaper. If I had known, of this at tho lime of the inquest tho verdict might have been different. Under tho circumstances it looks like a serious case against George. I have communicated with the police.”]

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