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  2. ELEPHANT FIRE BRIGADE

    Awakened by the trumpeting of a herd of elephants, workmen in Travancore, India, were amazed to discover the animals engaged in putting out a huge ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 181 words
  3. 200-year-old Token in a Fish

    The skipper of a Lowestoft (Eng.) smack had a surprise the other day when he found, in the stomach of a whiting, a brass token dated 1701. ...

    Article : 186 words
  4. Baby's Remarkable Lean

    A Welsh baby, evidently born with a gift of timing matters to a nicety, was sitting on the end seat of a motor-coach bound from Pencoed to Hereford, when she ...

    Article : 197 words
  5. New Theory of Bible Story

    A noted geologist at Jerusalem explains that the smoke reported to be rising near Zerka, on the north-eastern shores of the Dead Sea, is not from a volcano, but in all ...

    Article : 124 words
  6. Woman Trapped in Vesuvius

    A French woman professor of the Sorbonne, Paris, was trapped recently by a stream of molten lava while inspecting the interior of the crater of Vesuvius. ...

    Article : 140 words
  7. Plunge Into Wrong Tank

    One of the must extraordinary accidents on record was described at an inquest at West Ham on James John Iverson (27), of Leytonstone, England. ...

    Article : 151 words
  8. Petted a Deadly Viper

    Banana crates at Covent Garden have on occasions provided some curious "lucky dips" for market porters, but none more lucky than a Schlegel's pit viper, which was ...

    Article : 96 words
  9. £12,000 Thrown Away

    Frightened by a traffic policeman, "Boston Billy" Monahan threw away a pearl necklace he stole from the country home of Mr. Jesse Livermore (New York). That this daring ...

    Article : 158 words
  10. Meteor Halts

    Astronomers are puzzled by an extraordinary meteor which was seen recently in the region of Saint Etienne (Loire Department, France). ...

    Article : 135 words
  11. 3000-mile Journey in a Wheel-chair

    The American pilgrimage to Lourdes, 150 men and women, included Veronica Burton, of Pittsburg, who, through paralysis, has been unable to walk for 25 years. She ...

    Article : 76 words
  12. Non-stop Accordion

    M. Emile Glaneur, of Thieu, near Mons, has walked from Thieu to Brussels and back, a distance of 100 miles, playing an accordion. He arrived in Brussels exhausted, but ...

    Article : 103 words
  13. Last Fight Under Sail

    The last ship to go into action under sail Was the Arethusa, now a training-ship for boys, off Greenhithe, Kent. The fact was disclosed at the annual ...

    Article : 83 words
  14. Eight Weddings at Once

    Eight young couples were married simultaneously at the Church of St. George the Martyr, Southwark, England. The eight brides and eight bridegrooms ...

    Article : 47 words
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