II- is just as well that the London County Council have no 13 in their 'registration numbers for automobiles. Fear of'the fatal number-has reigned strong among motorists since the first big race front' Paris to Bordeaux, ■when No. 13 ear capsized 13 kilonielves from the winning post, and both driver and mechanician were killed. - Some people, however, brave the superstition with impunity. Mr Pierpont Morgan houses a large proportion of his art treasures at 13 Prince’s Gate. And for years a prosperous bedding manufacturer has carried on business at 13 Friday etiwt.
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Evening Star, Issue 15064, 21 December 1912, Page 12
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92Page 12 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Star, Issue 15064, 21 December 1912, Page 12
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