THE EYRETON TRAGEDY.
FUNERAL OF VICTIMS. A MOST IMPRESSIVE SPECTACLE. TRIBUTE TJ THE LADIES. (By Telcg" '. ’i—Press Association.) Christchurch, last night. The vie’'.as of the Eyreton tragedy were burk-.i in the Eyreton Cemetery to-day. There was an immense attendance at the funeral. One hearse carried all three coffins, and one grave received all three, the little boy’s coffin, in white, being on top. The Revs. Orchard and Lewis conducted the funeral service, the former speaking in high terms of tho lives of the Martin ladies. Mr Field, an evangelist, who spent the Thursday evening with the deceased beforo thoir death, paid a tribute to the kindness and truly religious lives of the two ladies. Speaking of McLean, he said that his conversation on Friday morning was not that of an insaue man.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 144, 29 June 1901, Page 2
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