Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Saturday 1 July 1950, page 4


BURIAL OF AIR

CRASH VICTIMS

PERTH, Friday.

Ten of the 28 victims of the Skymaster crash on Monday night have been identified, and the police are hopeful of identi-fying two others.

Relatives have arranged or will be arranging their funerals.

A mass burial of the others will be held at Karrakatta Ceme-tery on Monday.

Mr. Edgar W. Forwood, of Henley Beach, South Australia, the sole survivor of the crash is in a serious condition after hav-

ing spent a "bad night" at the Royal Perth Hospital last night.

His name is still on the danger

list.

Memorial Service

SYDNEY, Friday.

More than 500 people attended a memorial service at St. An-drew's Cathedral, Sydney, to-day for the; 28 victims of Monday night's air disaster at York,

Western Australia.

The Dean of Sydney (Dr. Bar-ton Babbage) conducted the ser-vice, and the Archbishop of Sydney (Dr. Mowll) read many messages of sympathy from Church leaders for the loss of two of the Church of England's

senior members.

They were the Bishop of Riv-erina, (Rt. Rev. C. Murray) and the Dean of Newcastle (Very Rev. Norman Blow).