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PICTURES OF RECENT AMERICAN PICNIC TRIP DISASTER.

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Ten children owe their lives to this hurned and dis

figured woman lying in hospital following the disaster on tho

Il-fated excursian boat Mackinac off Newport, RI. She is

Mrs. Mary Alvinez, of Attleboro, Mass., qutstanding heroina

of the tragedy.

"The Mackinac, picnic boat on which more than 30 persons met death in a boiler exple-

Bion, is shown at the naval pior, Newport, R. L., whore she was towed after the tragedy

which turned a morry excursion of 677 people into a great catastrophe. Such was the

peculiar nature of the explosion that outwardly the ship bears no marks of the disaster

and lies at the pier as though ready for another trip.

Here are the outstanding heroes of the rescue work Saamen Harvey Peterson loft), of Olean, N. Y, 'and-Carl Townsend, of Brevard, N. C. Wearing asbestos suits, they came from the U. 6. S. Wyoming and worked in the hot steam to get the wounded ashore,

Egyptians Executed for the Murder of Sir Lee Stack.

Helen Wills Retains Championship.

Exclusive photos of the five murderers of Sir Log Stack, Governor-General of the Sudan, who were put to death by hanging in Cairo. Left to right: Ibrahim Mounsa, Chapik Mansour, Machmoud Saleth, Ragheb Hassen, a railway em ploye, and Raghob Hassen, a telephone employee.

Helen Wills took permanent possession of the Women's National Tennis Champlon ship Trophy when she won the National Women's Open Championship for the third con Becutive time by defeating Kathleen McKane of England; 3-6, 6-0, 6-2. Left shows Miss Wills and McKane on the court at Forest Hills, N. Y., and right showu Helon with the cup.

An "Official Rescuer.”

Gun to Take Long Journey.

Holmy, famous Egyptian swimmer, who rescued Ger- trude Ederle when she collapsed in her English Channel swim is shown in this, picture rescuing Lillian Harrison, who also collapsed and lost consciousness for half an hour,

This giant 14 inoh gun, which weighs 250,000 pounds, is about to travel all the way from Aberdeon, Md., to the Pacific coast. It will take two weeks. Below it is shown.firing at a target 25 miles away; above, in position for travelling,

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A Floating Cafeteria.

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