,Hernc Bay, Kent','England, was "suddenly'" invaded recently by a swarm'of-"small black flios, which descended on the sea front like a cloud. The' clothes and faces of. people on, the front were literally efvered with .the, in-;I; 1 sects, and ' almost a stampede! was'caused V among those who were listoning'to.,the band.'-" performances. The flies, however, vanished as suddenly as thoy came. A young ril, clad in a thin nightdress, had iV boon startling the citizens, of Fort Dodgo,, i. Ohio, by flitting about the "streets, like, a '» ghost at midnight on a bicycle.-.'while, in ■»"•'! somnambulistic trance. 1 lie mystery ■ waß ;-, solved whon a policeman, hearing a crash and a scream, ran round a co'nior and found the girl, hi.her night attire, injured in the' road. Her .bicycle .had struck 1 a brick'.,, and thrown;her, and awakened,her; from het ■•'..[ sleep. '■■ '' ■ '; ..'.,■ .■:' '~' .-... ■,
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 20, 18 October 1907, Page 10
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138Page 10 Advertisements Column 3 Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 20, 18 October 1907, Page 10
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