ORDER OF THE BATH.
i DUCAL PARTY "IN THE SWIM." * A __,00_XNG COLLAPSES. (Received 8.32 a.m.) LONDON, October U. II -luring a presentation to the Duke of fa Devonshire, which was being made on an Jt improvised flooring above the public baths X a? Matlock, the supports gave way and n the flooring collapsed. zjg Forty of the ducal party were precipiStated a distance of seven feet to the ija bottom of the, empty bath. JB The number included the Duke and W Duchess of Devonshire, the Duke and Wk Duchess of Rutland, Lord and Lady IgßjCrewe, and Lady Manners. All received a severe shaking, but the gj, injuries, generally speaking, are slight. |j| There was an ugly rush by the panic-Wj-.iricken audience, but fortunately no one |H was injured.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 244, 12 October 1908, Page 5
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