EIGHTEEN GIRLS DROWNED
THROUGH OBSERVING AX OLD BELIEF. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyriglt. VIENNA, Ocfob?r 4. (Received October 5, at 8.55 a.m.) Eighteen girls were drowned in the river AMa while bathing at midnight under the influence of an old-time belief that they would thus get husbands before the end of Ihe year. A strong current carried them nil awav.
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Evening Star, Issue 14689, 5 October 1911, Page 6
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58EIGHTEEN GIRLS DROWNED Evening Star, Issue 14689, 5 October 1911, Page 6
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