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Subject: The Hannah Parr: Vol. 3 of 9
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 02:46:03 EDT
The Hannah Parr: Vol. 3 of 9. "The Funeral."
The story that follows is one many that appeared in the Irish newspaper the
Limerick Chronicle between May 6 and June 9 1868. We have selected nine
stories for posting to The List. The stories tell the tale of approximately
400 Norwegian emigrants and crew who were forced to seek shelter in Ireland
after their ship, the Hannah Parr, was damaged during a storm in the middle
of the Atlantic in April 1868.
Tuesday, 14 May 1868.
The funeral of a male child, that died on Tuesday, on board the Hannah
Parr, Norwegian emigrant ship, took place to-day, the interment being in St.
Munchin's Church-yard. The coffin, containing the body, was a handsomely
made one, being in Sarcophagus shape, with an immortelle of flowers placed
upon the lid. It was borne by four of the passengers of the vessel, and
followed by the Captain, Doctor, and a large number of the emigrants in
procession two deep, the afflicted mother of the deceased weeping piteously,
to the grave. The burial service was read by the Rev. F. C. Hamilton, in
the middle of which a hymn in the Norse language was impressively chanted by
the male processionists, who on entering the grave yard uncovered their
heads. At the conclusion of the hymn, the burial service was continued to
the end, and the benediction having been pronounced, the coffin was lowered
into the grave, when another hymn was solemnly chanted by the processionists,
and the interment was proceeded with.
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