PANIC IN A CEMETERY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1481, 2 July 1912, Page 6

PANIC IN A CEMETERY.

TOKTV PEOPLE FALL INTO A GRAVE Ono man' was killed, five people, were very seriously injured, nml 20 slightly hurt at a funeral reoently in Greenwood cemetery, Brooklyn, United States of America. Tho funeral was that of Mr. Momieo, a rich manufacturer, wlio was n high M.iMin, and "the ceremony was attended by a large number of people. A large ditch had been dusr sufficient for iive grave.*, and four of these were coveied with liglilboards sprinkled with earth. It was not intended that the mourners should approach so near to (lie grave as to lie iiv ilanger, but the pre>s was so great that thn chief mourners were forced upon the plot as tho coffin was being lowered into tho grave. Suddenly there was n cracking of timber and loud cries of distress, nnd fortv people who had been pushed, forward fell into the ditch. A panic ensued. The people struggled wildly to get out, nlul several fell on the coffin, which was smashed.

Those nearest the (op scrambled out, lull (hose at tho bottom were very badly hurt, nml in .several rnsp.-; ■nrins liiul legs ivpro broken. When (he men wore helped out of (he crave, it. mis found thai one who was at the bottom had be™, killed, uml live wove so bully hurt that (hoy were taken to hospital. The eoflin was temporarily repaired, and the. ceremony was concluded as quickly as possible. Anion? those who won , injured wore Ihree relative's of the dead mini, and several of his intimate friends.