COFFIN FOR HEAVY MAN
LOWERED BY DERRICK
LONDON, duly 20.
Undertakers have rarely met with such a problem as that which faced them in the burial of George Lovatt, the 588 pound man who for 12 years was unable to leave the house in which lie died recently at Brierly Hill, Staffordshire. A coffin 6ft. 6in. long, 3ft. 6in. wide, and 2ft. deep, was built, and at the funeral 10 strong men were required to lift it. The real difficulty for the undertakers, however, was the removal of the body from the house, After a survey they saw that it could be done only by taking out the window frame of one. of the front rooms. Part of the garden palisading aiul the supporting was removed to provide a clear way to the hearse. In Brierley parish churchyard, where the interment took place, extra, digging encroached upon other graves and a derrick was used to lower the coffin. Because of its size and weight, the coffin went no further than the porch of the church during the brief service-
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18192, 13 September 1933, Page 10
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