Eucharistic Congress
CONCLUDING CEREMONIES. UNPRECEDENTED THRONGS. New York, .Tunc 24. The gathering banked along either side of the three mile “A'ia Gloria” circling the beautiful inlaniT lake shattered every existing record in the sheer magnitude of the number of persons, and the distance from which they travelled, and the length of the procession, surpassing any similar ovations in history. All the vantage points were so densely packed that it was impossible for many to sit down, so they stood beneath the scorching sun with heads reverently bowed, chanting and praying, until the Papal Legate with the Cardinals and their suites emerged from the celebration of the Pontifical Mass, after which the huge procession wound round the lake.
A striking feature was the orderly attitude of the gathering. There were no protests and no demonstrations. The police and traffic experts estimated that 400,000 people arrived by trains after sunrise, and half a million by motor, while 100,000 camped in the vicinity all night, and a further 200,000 were unable to enter tho grounds.
The programme was disrupted in he afternoon by the heaviest rain itorm experienced for months.—(A. ind N.Z.)
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVI, Issue 162, 26 June 1926, Page 5
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