The Funeral of the Victims.

Funeral of the Lascars.

The funeral of the Lascars who lost there lives in the sinking of the “Maloja” and whose bodies have been recovered, will take place this (Friday) afternoon at 2.15 p.m. 
They will be buried in one grave. The funeral of the European members of the crew and those passengers whose bodies have not been removed will take place at 2.30 p.m on Monday afternoon. The funeral of Mrs McLeod, the wife of Brigadier-General McLeod took place at Glasgow on Thursday, Messrs. Flashman and Co. being entrusted with the arrangements at Dover. The funeral of Mrs Making, wife of Lieut. Making R. N. takes place today (Friday) at North Finchley from the residence of her uncle, Mr F. J. Collins, proprietor of the “Finchley and Hendon Times”. Messrs. Flashman and Co. were in charge of the funeral arrangements at Dover. The funeral of Assistant Surgeon Maine, Indian Army will take place with military honours at Dover. 

Funeral of the Europeans of the Maloja.

On Monday afternoon the funeral of fourteen of the Europeans lost on the “Maloja” took place in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Of the thirty-seven Europeans whose bodies were recovered, twenty-three had been removed by their friends or buried elsewhere in Dover.

The names of those interred on Monday were Lieut. Fraser Harris, J. Fisher Kemp, Lucas, Mary Azo Pardi, Effie Edwards, Mrs F. Partridge and her two children, Robert and James Partridge. Monsieur Ferrah, Samuel Colwell, Mrs Maberley who were all buried by the Church of England; and Eva Mary Stoddard, Mr Seraphim Wery and Mrs Julia Wery, who were Roman Catholics.

The funeral procession left the Market Hall at two o’clock. It was headed by a firing party of the Royal Fusiliers and the band of the same regiment. The remains of Lieut. Harris on a gun carriage came first and then four transport wagons driven by soldiers conveyed the remainder of the coffins, which were covered with Union Jacks. Accompanying the gun carriage were officers as pall bearers and men of the Royal Navy, the R.G.A., the Canadian R.G.A and the A.O.C, whilst the rear was brought up by the Dover Anti-Aircraft Corps.

Crowds lined the route of the procession, but the Cemetery was kept free of spectators. The coffins were borne from the gates of the Cemetery to the graves, which were situated on the left-hand side, only a little way from the gate. The coffins were received at the entrance to the Cemetery by the Vicar of St. Mary’s, the Rev W. G. Elnor, and the Rev. C. P. Dale and the Rev. S. Richards; whilst the Rev. Father Gifkins received those of the Catholic faith. Amongst those at the graveside was Captain Irving, the master of the ill-fated vessel who was accompanied by one of the Directors of the P. and O. Company; and Mr Ritchie, Mr W. Grant and Mr E. A. Marsh, of Messrs. Hammond and Co. After the conclusion of the service, the firing party fired three volleys and the buglers sounded the “Last Post.”

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