THE LATE GOVERNOR.
BODY LYING IN STATE
Press Association—Electric Telegraph—CopyrighL (Received Monday, at 8.10 a.m.) NEW YORK, Sunday. The lato Mr W. J. Gaynor's body lies in state in the City Hall, wrapped in the folds of the American and British flags. The latter was added at the wish of the widow, who desired to acknowledge the respect shown when the body lay in state in Liverpool. Thousands of citizens viewed the bier. ' A message on September 11th Btated that the Mayor of New York, Mr W.J. Gaynor, died of heart failure aboard the steamer Baltic in mid-ocean. The immediate cause of death was coughing due to the brllet in his throat which was not removed after his attempted murder three years ago by a dock labourer named Gallaher. , The polio escorted the body to the Town Hall when the steamer arrived at Liverpool, where it was continuously guarded until transhipment to the United States.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXV, Issue 11784, 22 September 1913, Page 5
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