The bodies of Rosvall and Voutilainen were found by a union search party , which included Aate Pitkanen , at Onion Lake the following spring . The men 's funeral on April 28 , 1930 was the largest ever held in Thunder Bay . Adding to the legendary status of the event , a solar eclipse darkened the sky as the funeral procession marched to Riverside Cemetery . The funeral events were regarded as the symbolic beginning of the Great Depression for local residents
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Solar eclipse of April 28, 1930
Rosvall and Voutilainen