The Royal Marriage

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 7, 8 July 1893, Page 2

The Royal Marriage

SEYEB FATAL ACCIDENTS. [Per Press Association, j London, July 7. Rejoicings and decornuous in honour of the Royal marriage woro general all over the United Kingdom, and also in Dublin. The Government is condemned for not proclaiming a public holiday. All business in London was stopped. The military display was most brilliant. Remarkable enthusiasm was shown by the crowd who deluged the bride with flowers. The Victorian Horse Artillery and Indian troops were amongst the Queen's escort, and they received a splendid welcome, cries of " Long live Australia " being frequently raised. Treats to children and the aged poor were features in the celebrations. The lioyal couple had a great reception on their return to Sandringham. The path all the way from the railway station to the house was strewn with flowers. The Queen wore her Crown of Imperial diamonds in the chapel. The whole scene at the ceremony waa most picturesque. Congratulations were received from all tho British colonies and the chief countries in Europe. The illuminations in London were dazzling, and delighted crowds thronged the streets until daybreak. Princess May's presents aro valued at a quarter of a million sterling. The Marquis of Tullibardine was thrown from his horse, and injured the spine. As the pair were leaving for the honeymoon a man was killed in Fleet street by falling from a house top, and a woman was suffocated by tho pressure of the crowd in the Strand. A caping stone fell on a man in the Strand, and a number oi minor accidents were recorded. The heat wbb great and soldiers and women fainted, and several sunstrokes occurred.