OBITUARY
DOWAGER EMPRESS OF RUSSIA. ,United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received this day at 8 a.m.) COPENHAGEN, Oct 13. Obituary—Mario, Dowager Empress of Russia, and sister of Queen Alexandra. LIVELY INTEREST IN CURRENT EVENTS. (Received this clay at 9. a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 14. Copenhagen reports state that the Dowager Empress of Russia was interested in current events till her death, notably in the Zeppelin flight. She always had a photograph of the Tsar and his family on the table before her. She only once mentioned the tragedy to strangers when it was reported that the Grand Duke Cyril was attempting to secure the crown. She said this was terribly like turning a knife in a wound. ' She frequently recalled revolution incidents, notably one when she was sitting in her night dress watching soldiers searching her room and cutting up her mattress for letters. She declared that she only left Russia at the urgent representations of Queen Alexandra King George and Queen Mary.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 October 1928, Page 5
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162OBITUARY Hokitika Guardian, 15 October 1928, Page 5
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