The Archive · 1928

Continuous Stream of Mourners

Feb. 6.

Since Saturday morning a continuous stream of mourners has passed the holy of Earl Haig in St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh. When' the doors of the Cathedral should have closed yesterday afternoon at five o'clock there was a queue of people, four abreast, a mile fonz and it was decided to keep the Cathedral open until ten o'elor', The public will be admitted again this evening unt the same hour. remains will be conveyed to Drzburgh Abbey for burial in family grave. After a service in the Cathedral the coffin will be taken on a gun-carnage, escorted by the troops, to Wav ley,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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