THE PENGUIN DISASTER

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 20, 17 February 1909, Page 2

THE PENGUIN DISASTER

' l'Ulbli; I'T'XKKAL ul' TIIK vi/cmis. ,' Til)!; LAST SAD. JOI'KXKY. . IAii'KKSSiVE IPKOCKKIHNUS. By Telegraph.—Press Asuiciumiii. Wcllillgl La»i Xighl. Ciiccrlainh a.s tu ivhicli mule ironi Vim ihillshcu ilic i'iiil.,»c would take dissipated I lie crowd ill ililierelll ili,-:-.- | lions to-day win ll the funerals ul' mi'-l ; ul -the victims ul' the wreck look place. Most pensile alllicipntcd llml I lie la-l ■|Oiirucy would lie along Webb ,lrc'.. licniss" Willis sired, up Wonlswuilh .street, nuil iiilo Am street. Thee •ivcrc the thronged thoroughfares, people 'hurrying aJmig sonic time before ilu•procession sliirtcil to dike up favorable Viewing places on the way. They were disappointed. ! The inounifiil 'imisic of the "Dead 'March' announced the departure. •I'hruugli crowilul Arthur si reel. lieaileil >,iy the .Mission diand, the long line '.lame, wlii'ii, instead of turning up towards Webb street along I lie line '" •.onte antk'ipa.lcd, it weni dowa Culm street. There iviis immediately A lil'SIL ALMOST A ST.UII'KDK In the corner. Alter the hand ciunc a lurrv drawn In two great lior-cs anil •.icniing four white ciilliiis draped with colors' ami il'.'ckcil with wriiilhs. kfnis iniwoiucd lorin of ll ar.-c liuil ',oineil ihe procession outside ihe Drill Ilil.ll. It »■«- followed l.y „ ,'OVered express, and a wagonette freighted will If SAU-KH-.D W'IIMKN ' clad in nionr.iing. Five In my waggon' : succeeded, each having two lilnck of : '.ins. also shrouded in naval ensigns - The.se were chiellv the lliemliers of tin . crew lost in the wreck. They were fol v lowed liv their sailor male-, Imrc-hciid c cd. It seemed very elude in snni > '.raw,. "Where are the hearses?" "Ar V vhe're no hearses in Well'ingUm!" wer i. the reinnrV' heard in the crowd. The ,1 someone, ve.ltured ll reply llml ll ,- thought, il \*is after all ui keeping wil f ., nil the circumstances of the wreck, an P lifter all the hearses in Wellingtu c would lie engaged for the more niiiuc ic wis pi-ivale funerals. ... ■ TllK I'IMH'KSSIOS.

The following were the bodies included in the procession: E. '-ale, .1. Unll'ervv. Miss W. M. Ribbands, ■- Wellum. ''•> ic-t, Crooke. 'Keith C. Williamson, I'.arne„, 11. Wood. T. Woodford. Felix .Woulwaril, Ivy Alice, Hose. Agnes, Willlice George and Elorcuce Maguirc. . The .procession was brought up _hy vi«hlccu cub-, ciiiitnining proiuiucul citizens and relatives of lhe deceased. •Many followed afoot and many walked ukrng.-.ide. The streets were lined with •pcopTc .standing bare-headed as the J.ipi"ip|(.ig. s passed. Windows, balconies nnil fences were all occupied. Many -.■aincras at cornels were focussed at the procession as it moved slowly along. AT THE CEMETERY. Long before the public funeral reached the ceineterv thousands of people lmd gathered there. The first body imficd was that of Mrs. Ilrituaiu, which ,Vas laid to cest. before HI o'clock. After ih-.it. other private, funerals took place, mid later on the lorries readied the ceineterv gates. So great wits • THK ClU'Sll OK THI'. PEOPLE ih.it .the police experienced considerate dilliculty in keeping back the crowd and •making'wav for the heavy vehicle* and vheir sad freights. Fully a eoup)e_ oi thousand people, men. women and children, lined the roadside, near the entrance to the cemetery, and there must have been four or live thmi-ind people I inside the binial ground. Tin y were dotted all over the rising yi and, and ■if is; regrettable to slate mil a little belli r order than that which obtained, might reasonably lone bieii looked for on'such a solemn occasion. The bodies THE MAGITKE CHILIIKKV were buried in. one. grave at the north end of .the grounds, a little distance from the public portion of the cemetery. The scene around the gniveside was a 'pathetic one. llefore the burial service was rend bv the Rev. W. Shirer. the City Mission Baud, of which the father of the. deceased was a member, played the -Dead March.'' and the ceremony was concluded with the playing of a solemn hv.mn for the dead. INIDEXTII'TED BODIES.

The liodics of those who had not been claimed by relatives were interred in two rows of separate graves nt the north end of the cemetery. Here, too, a large crowd of people had gathered. The services in each instances were brief, the clergymen of the different sects curtailing the ceremonies as- far as possible, recognising the obsequies should ho concluded as early and an reverently as possible. The first body to bo interred in this portion of the cemetery was that of Miss Jessie Ren--aie. Later in the day others which had Itcciu identified were laid at rest, -willing helpers' assisting in the last sad rites.

THE AUTHORITIES' PRECAUTION' • The authorities have taken the precaution of having the graves numbered, and where identification of the dend is subsequently established, every facility will be offered relatives for the removal of lhe remains, if so desired. Glancing round the cemetery, the

) TERIUJSLK EXTENT OF THE I DISASTER was borne int upon one. Here and there funerals were being conducted I simultaneously in different portions of | the burial ground, and hearses kept coming and' going. The burial service" extended well into the afternoon. REQUIEM MASS. , Tho Sacred Heart Basilica, Hill street, wins crowded this morning when a solemn Pontifical Requiem Mass was celebrated ior the repose of the souls of those, -who had been drowned in the shipwreck. His Grace Archbishop Redwood pontificated, and was assisted bv the Rev. Father O'Reilly as deacon anil the Rev. Father ißowden as sub-deacon. Just outside the altar rails was the colliii containing the remains of Mies M. A. Doran. The solemn music of the mass, including the "Dies Irae" was sang by a. choir of clergy, and the' whole service was very impressive. Previous to the mass the Sisters of Meray and lhe school children sung a hymn suitable to the occasion.

THE ENQUIRY A.VD INQUEST. Wellington, Ust Night. J He marine enquiry into the eireumsiiinew attending the loss oi the Penguin, which opens to-morrow, will be presided over by Dr. McArthur, S.M., agisted by Captains 'W. J. Reed and C. -McArthur as assessors.

All impiest on the bodies of those recovered from ,tl„, .Penguin , vrcck was opened'this aUcrnoon by l)r. MeArtluir S.M., Coroner, and a jury of .six. The l-oronor explained that it was not ncees--7; 1 ''■*. ,llill . lll '\v "liohM view the bodies. He had visited the scene of the Wreck »n Sunday, and had seen .the bodies thru ashoru, and had given eerlilioatos pi'imnttmjf their burial. A nautical enquiry would be opened to-morrow and i unti that was over, the Coroner's jurv hvoud really ho .roni,,,, in the. dark iV | it attempted toi... on. After the on'l»'ry. there would be :1 . i,„ tt( , r i(1 ,, (l _„ !o whose evidence |„, considered necessary ),„■ the purposes of (he j„M"ot. j|e therefore proposed an aiJour, M „ent. t,H .Vebrnary 2-lth. This was ayncd to by ,the jury.

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