The Czar's Funeral.
An Unparalleled Scene.
[Received Nov. 13,0.00 a.ui.] Moscow, November 12. Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets in Moscow on the occasion of the Czar's funeral. The gas lamps were diaped, and the public clocks stopped. The mourning is intense, and universally observed. Tlio bellsfrom COO churches tolled, and minute guns were fired from the Kremlin. A golden funeral ear bore the body of (lie lato monarch, and every section of society was represented in the funeral cortege. The scene was unparalleled in the history of the ancient capital. A special train will bo required to convey the funoral wreaths to St. Petersburg. Several are of solid silver *nd cost £1,500 a-piece.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4875, 13 November 1894, Page 3
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116The Czar's Funeral. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4875, 13 November 1894, Page 3
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