1929-02-25 — Page 31

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

ODDOL TEMO

Above is the first picture to reach Hongkong of the 'disastrous fire in dock at Marscillos on board thy M. M. finar Paul becat." Well-known in the Colony, the ship was com- pletely destroyed. She was nearly ready to put to sa again when the fire broke out. Our photo shows the firo me it gradually ga nod a hold on,the ship. Numbers of spectators are

also to be soort.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1929,

-until the end of the

month, Hats are being

offered at special prices.

HEATH

$12.50 net

Usually

$15.00 $17.50

SCOTTS

$15.00 not

Usually

sold at $22.50

*** Thomas Edison, the world famous inventor, has an- nounced the discovery of a means of obtaining rubber sub- stitute from woeds, though no satisfactory moans of extrac- tion has yot boon discovered. Above is soon the roientist, who is 80 years of ago, with his wife, son and daughter-in- law.

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The wife of Babe Ruth, the famous baseball playor, was burned to death in a big fire.ro. cantly, Our photo shows the scone at the gravesido. Babe Ruth broke down during tho burial service. Relativos and friends are seen in the picture grouped round the grave in a

snowstorm.

EW

Above is a photograph of Babe Ruth and his deceased wife taken at the Yankee Stadium a few months ago. The couple had quarrolled and had been living apart for some time.

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Soon after the Question Mark had broken all records for sustained flight by the rofuelling-in-the-air system, her sister-ship, the U. S. Army plane 0.2. crashed at Middle- town, Pennsylvania, eight of the occupants being killed. All wore soldiers from Washington. The machine side-slipped and crashed, though the pilot mado a' groat effort to affect a safe landing. Our two pictures above Illustrates the grim work of extricating the bodies of the men killed in the smash, and two of the motors which broke away from the

body,

More 02 smash plotures, giving a go

Ides of the force of the

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PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS

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