THE POET DAVIDSON.
BURIAL AT 'SEA-ESTATE 'AUTHORITY /..;/ ;'/ ; '-;';':jWITHHELD//;. \y-yy.-.y ' IllyToieiirapti.-'Press Aa'adc'latlan:—OoDyrleht.l .'■ :./;'/'; ./v f: ; > , t-ontlon, ■ September: 2L /. '. : Th'e'body,^of thojate John DaVidson,/tho poet,-in accordanco with his wish, was buried at .sea"'in the' presence, of hi? sons. -At the inquest, tho jury had returned a-verdict'of' ITound'dead."-;/ // ;\ :'/..-'// : : v..:.-: .-'';' ■'"■;■ ;Tho; Home/Secretary, /tho'Right Hon H/ Gladstone, in/reply'to ah application to allow the:body to bo fakon out to sea, declined to approvp any,course,other, than burial in tho ordinary .way,"'.or cremation. 'He refused to discuss legal ... •/ ////,. . /[Tho, body .'of :;Mr/ Davidson, who had been missing - from his ; homo in ■,,: Penzance'.-. Unci March last, - ivas: recovered in the sea off Mouse, hole, a few miles from Penzance.] .;■ -/
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 619, 23 September 1909, Page 7
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108THE POET DAVIDSON. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 619, 23 September 1909, Page 7
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