THE HUNTLY DISASTER.
AFFECTING FUNERAL SCEN!
(Press Association)
AUCKLAND, Sept lf».
The latest advices, from • Huntl state that bodies are still being re covered trom the mine, the work o the rescue parties being , continuet vvithout break.
it seems certain that the death* roll will comprise the list .telegraphed yesterday as those dead and miasine, making the total forty. ' The funeral of twenty victims yesterday was impressive. The bodies were placed on drays, each drawn by two horses, the band heading the I cortege. The coffins were with Union Jacks, as many bf.thej victims had been volunteers. A | tremendous crowd followed the procession. Clergymen of various denominations read the funeral ser-' vices. , After an examination,, experts state that considering the nature of the explosion, the damage to the mine property is not serious.
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Northern Advocate, 15 September 1914, Page 5
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