THE LATE EMPRESS.
OBSEQUIES AT POTSDAM.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Berlin, Aug. 13. Prince and Princess Henry have arrived at Potsdam.
The coffin containing the body of the late Empress, which was transferred by torchlight to lvronberg station, has arrived at Potsdam.
llecoivod Aug. 14, 10.30 a.m. Berlin, Aug. 14. There was an imposing procession at Potsdam, the bands playing the funeral marches. The cortege traversed the Sansouci Bark (from which the public were excluded) to the mausoleum, amid the tolling of bells and the booming of cannon.
Count Walderseeo carried deceased's crown. The Kaiser and King Edward attended in the uniform of the Prussian Dragoon Guards. Pastor Pcrsius officiated at the mausoleum. The service was of tho simplest character. There was prayer, then a psalm and hymns. Simultaneous services wore hold in London, Paris, Tho Hague, Gibraltar, Whippingham, Craithio, and many other places.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 187, 15 August 1901, Page 2
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