LANDSLIDE IN CEMETERY

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 26, 31 January 1913, Page 6

LANDSLIDE IN CEMETERY

NARROW ESCAPE OF HEARSE

LONDON, Jan. 20

An extraordinary incident by which the progress of a funeral was rudely disturbed occurred in Manchester..

The., funeral . was ( that of a widowef's son, and as ;the hearse approached the grave a land-slide occurred, as a result of which the four horses' attached to the vehicle fell into a,tremendous hole, and were buried alive.

, The hearse trembled on the brink ol .tlie : pit, but just slid back to safety/ '

Having recovered from the confusion into which they were thrown by this s-udden and unexpected contretemps, the mourners removed tlie eofim from the hearse and carried it ■over the remaining distance to the grave.