SELF-INFLICTED TORTUES
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r | TO OBTAIN INSURANCE*. I • ■ ■ | (Per Press Associuiion—LVpv ii&.>t.) ! St. l\nershurg, August (>, I A court-martial -\yj\s, held today over two sailors at Cronstadt. One of them dropped vitriol into his own ears, while the other injured his eyes with corrosive -acid. There have been several cases in St. Petersburg recently of workmen burninjj; I their eyes with lighted cigaret- ; tesfor the purpose of obtaining insurance on the pretext, that [sparks caused the injuries.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLI, Issue 5995, 8 August 1913, Page 5
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