THE R3B DISASTER.
AMERICAN VICTIMS.
LAST TRIBUTES AT HULL. A. and N.Z. LONDON, Sept 6. There were moving scenes at Hull when the embalmed bodies of the 16 American airmen, who lost Gheir lives in the 838. were entrained for Devonport. Tb© wreaths included one in the form of an airship, inscribed, " Prom shipmates left behind at Howden Aerodrome."
Mrs. Coil's wreath was "Dea,rest, till w« meet again." She collapsed on the station, and had to be carried away. Thousands lined the route. Each coffin was covered with the Stars and Stripes, and vjscorted by a party of British and American officers.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17881, 8 September 1921, Page 5
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102THE R38 DISASTER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17881, 8 September 1921, Page 5
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