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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

Maine Fire Disaster.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER.

Baby Klanner.

Where Earth Opened.

Exclusive photographs of the fire that destroyed the Mount Dosert Inn, oldest hotel in Bar Harbour, Maine. Top photo shows the hotel and adjoining building in flames. Lower photo shows guests of the inn on the hotel lawn with some of their possessions.

Young and old, they all gathered in Washington D. C., for the national convon- tion of the Ku Klux Kluni. This shows little Jane Snyder, all rigged up in-full- Klan rogalla, enjoying a cold -bottle of "pop" while her daddy takes part in the Kian Deremonies.

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A number of mysterious cave-ins of land in Birming-

ham, Ala., have got the citizens all on edge. Here is a pic- ture of one, where the ground opened and lot a double

garage, a coal shod and a large tree sink down into a hole. Scientists believe there are cavities under the city, and

drainage of water from the cavitios causes the settling.

Oil Fire.

Watching a Rowing Club Gala.

Mr. Stork Soliloquizes.

The Shanghai Rowing Club swiraming bath accommodation was filled to capacity on the fast night of their annual swimming gala, when those photographs were taken. The place was wonderfully decorated and ceiling fans kept the air pleasantly cool. The racing was very keen, and the humorous events, such as the greasy pole pillow figlit kept. the spocta- tors in a great state of hillarity. At the conclusion of the proceedings the prices were presented by Mrs. A. G, Mossop,

"Gosh!" says Mr. Stork when interviewed at his home

in the Boston (Mass.) Zoo. What with all this talk about birth control and such things it looks like I'll have to look up the want ads for a new job if thord won't be any more babies to deliver;"

Performing Chinese

Dynamited.

High Honour.

A bolt of lightning struck 53,000-barrel tank of oil at El Dorado, Kas, and hero's what happened. The smoke cloud shot 500 foot up in the air and kept the town in semi-darkness all day. „...

Entrprising

ring on have pitched their tento

on the vacant lot at the junction of the Szechuan und Puking Roads, Shanghai, and hore large erowds of Chinese gather to

watch the thrilling performances of Jugglers, acrobats and con-

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jurors. In the picture above the acrobat's son contorts him.

solf into the most impossible of attitudes over the keen blades.

of two murderous looking swords,

An excellent action photo: graph of a falling chimaer at Baltimore, Md. Threo charges of dynamite wero necessary before the 150-foot chimney orashod to the ground

Mrs. Potor Cooper Hewitt, formerly Miss Luoy Work, han heen made a Chavalier of the Logion of Honour by the 'Fronch, Government in recognition of valuable sor vicos as Beoretary of the Pharo de France.

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