SWALLOWED A BALLOON
MINER " BURST ” IN DANCE HALL JOHANNESBURG, N ovember 4. A. miner hurst here—the first known case in which anyone has ever emulated the frog of Aesop’s fables. A single man, he was a great favorite with the mining community. Always ready to lend a hand at dances, ho was helping to decorate a dance hall by blowing up tiny balloons. Suddenly ho called to a mate; “I’ve swallowed one of these balloons. Suppose it won’t hurt me? ” . His friend laughed. “How can it? ” he asked. “It’s so small.” The dance went on. Late at night tho miner complained of sharp internal pains. After three hours’ agony, he collapsed. Rushed to the hospital, lie was operated on, but died a few minutes after being removed Iroiu the operating table. Tho inquest disclosed that gases generated in tho stomach and bowels had blown up tho balloon. Then it had hurst, rupturing the stomach and intestines.
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Evening Star, Issue 19712, 12 November 1927, Page 24
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156SWALLOWED A BALLOON Evening Star, Issue 19712, 12 November 1927, Page 24
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