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Dunstan Times, Issue 3136, 25 September 1922, Page 7

if More than forty claims have been B filed against the city government fol|]owing the recent taste Berlin civilians Iliad of poison gas in one of its busiest Ist reels. In addition to the number of fpeople injured by tine accidental spilling ilof a barrel of powerful gaseous acid fHorn ia motor truck there are scores of other • claims for horses which were badly burned' and automobile and bicj-clfe tyresdamaged. Both the police and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals have offered a reward for the truck chauffeur who spilled the acid and fled. The barrel rolled from the rear of the truck and burst, flooding one of the busy intersections of Schlicklestrasse. Knowing the liquid was dangerous, the truckman hastened [away. Horses driven through the acid m lafter the accident were so badly burnted that many had to be killed, while j automobile and bicycle tyres by the* [Score were eaten through almost instantaneously. In addition many pedestrians' shoes were burned through; some fell in the slippery mass, sustaining severe burns, and others were made seriously ill by the fumes which spread over a wide area for several hours before city workmen could clean t'he streets. 1 Said to be one of the most widely travelled men in the British Empire. Sir Jehangir Kothari was knighted by the King of Buckingham Palace on July 7. Sir Jehangir says that travel is his ruling passion, and that he is preparing for his sixth tour round the world. His name is intimately connected with the rise of Karachi, fronn a I seaport village on the fringe of a de- I l sert wilderness', to its present impor- 1 tant position. I