Impressive Scenes at Funeral of Foreign Victims: Wonderful Floral Tributes The funeral of the three foreign victims of the shocking accident at the Riverside Power Station, at the Bubbling Well Cemetery, last Friday afternoon, was marked by a great demonstration of sympathy. Though the rain was beating down in pitiless fashion, many hundreds of people attended and the broad central avenue was close packed for nearly 100 yd..in front of the chapel. As by common consent, the men remained outside, leaving the shelter of the chapel to the ladies, of whom there were more than sufficient to occupy all the seats. The Municipal Council was represented by Mr. Stirling Fessenden (Chairman) and Mr. E. 8. Benbow Rowe (acting Secretary) and the Electricity Department by Mr. W. P. (member of the Committtee) and Mr. T. H. U. Aldridge (engineer-in-chief). Sir Edward Pearce, Mr. John Prentice and My. C. H. Rutherford (President of St. Andrew's Society) were alde. amongst the mourners. Practically every foreign employee from the Electricity Department who possibly could be spared seemed to he present, there were strong deputations from the Fire Brigade and the 8. M. Police, a great number of shipping men and engineers and scores of personal friends.
The service was conducted by the Very Rev. '0. J. F. Symons, Dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral. The pallsbemrers werel:—(Mr. Wilson's coffin) Messrs. T. H. U. Aldridge, Mills, Bissett, Whitehead, W. Smith and Critchley; (Mr. Moodie's coffin) Messrs.
Taylor, Hay, Drysdale, Pro-bert, Parr and Hunter; (Mr. Donaldson's coffin) Messrs. Pells, Bennett, Clarke, Tyson, Brooks and T. R. Anderson. The path to the graves was lined by a platoon of Sikh police, under Major F. L. Wainwright, u.c., and Inspector W. E. Fairbairn, resting on reversed arms, and who presented arms as the three coffins were lowered into graves set side by side.
It is quite impossible to give a full list of the floral tributes. Many were of exceptional beauty and size, composed chiefly of chrysanthemums, and they were so numerous that they had to be piled up in a great mound.
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