BURIED IN BRIDAL GOWN

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 107, 9 November 1938, Page 4

BURIED IN BRIDAL GOWN

VICTIMS OF SHOOTING “TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH" LONDONDERRY, Sept. 2G.—Un the day tiiat he should have been married, Lieut. William George AlcOhntock, 24, his mother, Mrs. MeClmtock, and ills fiancee, Miss Helen MacWorth, 22, of feldomutn, JJevoii, were buried in the churchyard at Carngans, near Londonderry, to-day. They were the victims of the triple shooting on Saturday night! Mrs. McClintock shot her son, who had been crippled in a point-to-point accident, and then herself. Miss Mile Worth killed herself after finding her fiance dead.

-Miss Mac-Worth was buried in her bridal gown, and the liridal bouquet was placed* on her coffin. •'*

The service was conducted by the Rev. David Kelly, who was to have officiated at the wedding. lie said: “This was a tragedy and triumph, oiT love. The bond of love was stronger than the thread of life.” Flower-lined Craves.

Workers from Col. R. L. McClinto ek Is estate acted as bearers, and Miss Mae Worth was buried in a grave next to that prepared for -Mrs. McClintock and her son.

Villagers had lined the graves with dahlias, sweet peas, laurel and ivy. All signs of wedding festivities fn the village or in Chi. McCiintockls home had been removed, and wedding presents put away. Many villagers sent wreaths, hut there was insufficient time for tributes to arrive from Sidmoutli or for any of M'iss Mae Worth’s relatives to attend.