1929-02-25 — Page 45

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1929,

Above is the first picture to reach Hongkong of the disastrous fire in dook at Marscillos Well-known in the Colony, the ship was com- on board the M. M. iiner" Paul Locat." plotoly destroyed. She was nearly ready to put to sin again when the fire broke out. Our photo shows the tro at it gradually gained a hold on the ship. Numbers of spootators are

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The wife of Babe Ruth, the famous baseball player, was burned to death in a big fira ro- cently. 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.

Above is a photograph of Babe Ruth and his deceased wife takon at the Yankee Stadium a few months ago. The couple had quarrelled and had-boon living apart for some time.

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Boon after the Question Mark had brokon all records for sustained flight by the refuelling-in-the-air system, her sister-ship, the U. B. Army plano C.2, crashed at Middle- town, Pennsylvania, sight of the occupants being killed. All word soldiers from Washington. The machine aldo-alipped and crashed, though the pilot mado a great offort to effect a safe landing. Our two plotures 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 good idea of the force of the impact.

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