HONEYMOON FOR ONE.
TRAGEDY OF A BRIDE WHO WAS
LEFT BEHIND
NEW YORK, March 11. Herr Julius Woerz, a' wealthy tobacco merchant, of Schiedam, Holland, who arrived hero to-day m th© HollandAmerican liner Rotterdam, was the most miserable passenger, who has crossed the Atlantic Ocean for a long time. Herr Woerz was married just before sailing from Holland, and while the Rotterdam stopped atf Boulogne for a few hours, he and his bride went ashore.
They became separated wliilo shopping, and Herr Woerz returned to tho ship just as the whistle was bloving, but his wife was left on shore.
"I not only had ;to take my honeymoon alone," said Herr Woerz to-day, "but I am suffering from a sprained ankle, the result of dancing at my wedding. . Moreover, I am just recovering from th© effects of ptomaine poisoning, contracted after the wedding breakfast." Herr Woerz was greatly cheered by' a cablegram from his bride, stating that she was sailing for New York m the Campania. . _
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13101, 14 June 1913, Page 9
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166HONEYMOON FOR ONE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13101, 14 June 1913, Page 9
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