Tlie Funeral of H. E- Searle
JBy Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. 1 (PEB UNITED PBESS ASSOCIATION). Sydney, December 14The funeral Harry E. Searie, the> renowned sculler, took place thi£. afternoon, and was probably t& largest ever aeen in this Colony... It is estimated that fully 200,000 persons thronged the streets. The crush while the cortege passed along was so great that the traffic was entirely suspended, aud many persons narrowly escaped serious injury. All the influential business places were draped with flags of crape in niemory of the deceased, for whom the greatest respect 1 was entertained. The pallbearers included the leading scullers ■ of Australia, viz., Beach, Kemp, Laycock, Neilson, Stahsboiy, Triekett. ■ Hush, Matterson (Searle's trainer)," . Stephenson and McLean. The coffin* was cov«r«d with wi earns" sent troinall parts of'Australia, and tbe Canadian visitors also paid t'lieir last resist to the deceased by previding a beautiful wreath.-'^All the leading citizens of the city followed the remains to the - cemeltry, --.'..■• "
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Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 76, 17 December 1889, Page 2
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