THE FUNERALS OF TWO OF THE VICTIMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1796, 24 April 1886, Page 10

THE FUNERALS OF TWO OF THE VICTIMS.

I'iie bodies of H. B. Monkman, chief officer, ■ hiHiobert Morrison, fireman, who were drowned at lie wreck of the s.s. Taiaroa, were conveyed to

Dunedin in the steamer Omapere on Saturday, and the joint funeral took place on Sunday afternoon. Some thousands of people assembled to witness the procession starting from the Rattray street wharf at 3 o'clock, and the streets all along the line of route were thronged with spectators. A great crowd of people had also assembled in the cemetery, and when the cortege arrived there must have been between 7000 and 8000 people present. The proceshion was headed by some 200 members of the United Ancient Order of Druids, the various lodges marching in the following order: —All Nations, Port Chalmers, West Harbour, Linden, Royal Oak, Ivan hoe, Enterprise, and Otago (of which the deceased Morrison was a member). The rear of the procession of Druids, which preceded the hearse, was brought up by the past district presidents of the Order (Bros. Moss, Jones, Stokes, and Hutchinson) and the present district president (Bro. W. Baird). The coffins were borne to the graves by seamen in the uniform of the Union Steam Ship Company, the coffins being covered with wroaths and bouquets of flowers by the relatives of the deceased. The joint burial service was conducted at Monkmaii's grave by the Rev. Rutherford Waddoll and Mr Bruuton, and the funeral service of the Druids' order was afterwards read at Morribon's grave by Bro. Baird, D.P. Blenheim, April 17. Mr Vallance's body was buried at Flaxbourne yesterday, the Rev. F. S. Graca, of Blenheim, reading the service. Mr Vallance's brother and Mr R. Mason, his late partner, were present.