The Archive · 1938

Fire Victims' Funeral Postponed

Marseilles Ruins are Still Being Searched Marseilles, Nov. 5.

Final íüneral services for the victims of the disastrous department store blaze here last week, have been postponed indefinitely. The authorities are continuing investigations and intend to make absolutely sure there are no more bodies in the charred "Nouvelles Galeries" wreckage before proceeding with the funerals.

The greater part of the site of the huge fire has been swept clear, but searchers still have to go through the debris along Rue Thubaneau. Here, timber and bricks are piled up to a breadth of seven metres, and it is believed that 15 bodies will be found midst this wreckage.—Havas.

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