Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-09-06 | Page 17 | Britain Honors American Dead

BRITAIN HONORS I AMERICAN HEAD I I Bodies of Dirigible in Impressive Im Im- I Cortege g f dI I N I HULL HULL England Sept 6 Britain 6 Britain today mourned tho fifteen Americans I Iwho who perished when th the tho dirigible 3 fell feU flaming into tho RI River r Humber r To tho the beat of ot muffled drums and the shuffle of f feet et of ot royal air lr t force troops who formed the gu guard rd of oho or the bodies of ot the tho borne to tho railway station where they were placed on a a. train for Devonport At Devonport De- De ort th tho battleship Dauntless Is Is waiting to carry the victims of or the disaster disaster dis dis- dis I aster to New York Thousands of at spectators with bare bare heads lined the streets as the impressive cortege passed on its way Each coffin corrin was carried in a royal air I force trailer and each was wrapped in tho Stars tars and Stripes s. s The cortege was wag led Jed by a band and anda I a royal roal air all force firing tiring squad Detachments of ot American and British British Brit Brit- ish sailors marched with slow strides behind the band at tho the head of the procession Ro Royal aJ air force flyers paced on each side of the caskets Tho The bodies will be placed aced aboard the Dauntless tomorrow That of ot Lieutenant Lieuten Lieuten- ant Coyl Coi will be burled buried at sea in ac accordance with his request The I others othel's will bo ho taken to New York