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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/funeral-for-earthquake-victim-baby.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The coffin of five-month-old Baxtor Gowland is carried from a service in Christchurch (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-funeral-for-earthquake-victim-baby.jpg" alt="The coffin of five-month-old Baxtor Gowland is carried from a service in Christchurch (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>The first funeral for a victim of New Zealand&#8217;s devastating earthquake has been held in Christchurch &#8211; for a five-month-old boy.</p>
<p>According to his family, Baxtor Gowland was struck by falling masonry as he slept at home when the magnitude-6.3 quake struck last Tuesday.</p>
<p>Dozens of family and friends of the boy embraced outside a small chapel in Christchurch, where he was laid to rest.</p>
<p>A slideshow of the smiling infant flashed on a screen as Sarah McLachlan&#8217;s song Angel was played.</p>
<p>Police said the death toll from the quake had reached 148 and was expected to rise further.</p>
<p>Around 200 people are listing as missing, though many are believed to be among bodies already collected but whose identities have not been established.</p>
<p>Earlier residents held open-air prayers for the dead and missing on the lawns of churches cracked and shattered in earthquake, while teams searched for more bodies in what could become the country&#8217;s deadliest disaster.</p>
<p>Officials said there are &#8220;grave fears&#8221; for the more than 200 still missing and prime minister John Key warned that the quake could be the country&#8217;s worst disaster, surpassing a 1931 shock that killed 256 people.</p>
<p>When the quake ripped through the city last Tuesday, the city&#8217;s churches were among the hardest-hit buildings.</p>
<p>Among them was Christchurch Cathedral, at the heart of the city, which suffered massive damage, its bell tower in ruins and 22 people potentially lying dead inside.</p>
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