AT HER OWN FUNERAL

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 41, 26 September 1928, Page 5

AT HER OWN FUNERAL

WOMAN’S SUDDEN ARRIVAL. SHOCK FOR RELATIVES. (Received; 12.10 p.m.) PARIS, Sept. 25. A Parisienne had a strange experience when she attended her own funeral. The lady was found in the river Gironde and identified as that of one Madame Bru, who had disappeared on September 7. The body was identified by means of false teeth which ■were left at home and fitted the month. The mourners had gathered round the coffin prior to carrying it to the chhirch when Madame entered! most angrily. She had been staying with friends in the country when she read of the funeral preparations in the newspapers. She upbraided her young niece who was weeping by the coffin and the girl became so ill that she is mow in hospital.