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Show WAILING AT ST- MANDE. Tha Funeral of tba Victims of Sunday's . Hallway Dlaaater. .. Paws, July 29. A crowd of people estimated at 25,000, gathered this afternoon after-noon at St. Mande to witness the fun-efalr.il. fun-efalr.il. hi! victfiiy.. jatdiM as.UTT.of SindajfJCiie. crowd was so gr(at " that it required the presence pres-ence of the prefect of the department of the Seine and a strong detachment of troops to keep the routo of tho funeral procession clear. There were twenty-four twenty-four hearses in line from the town hall to the cemetery, Thousands of mourners mourn-ers followed the bodies to the grave. All tho houses in St. Mande were draped with crepe and funeral emblems, half masted Hags and other signs of general mourning. mourn-ing. The ir was filled with the wailing wail-ing and crying of relatives and friends of the dead, many women reaching siieh a pitch of excitement that they went into hysterics while others fainted. |