CHIEFTAIN'S FUNERAL
YACHT aldS' MOURNERS TO
I REACH FORT WILLIAM.
LONDON, December 8. Nearly eji'cry great Highland family, was represented at the funeral of Cameron of Lochiol, 24th chief of the Clan Cameron, which took place at Fort William on Wednesday. At this seasonal the year Fo»i William is difficult of access, but Lord Morton came to the rescue with his yacht, which brought a large nuw,her of mourners through tho Caledonia Canal, Many Avore tho tailows worn. Chiiiy, Mackintosh, RatUndalloch, Glonaladale, Lovat, ArdgO.UT, Gairloch, Glenmuick, all were there,, lis well as the Earls of Leven and Dalkeith!
A long, procession waß formed, anrfc wound its vtoy round the base of mighjy,Ben Nevis, past the towers of ancient in* veilochy ami the battlefield where Moh.. true- broke the power of Argyll, to the, little Highland church among the hills. The body Pw-aa laid to rest m the little cemetery, m^id the lUQUftful wail of the, bagpipos, .
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10574, 27 January 1906, Page 1 (Supplement)
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156CHIEFTAIN'S FUNERAL Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10574, 27 January 1906, Page 1 (Supplement)
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