MELBA'S MISHAPS.
REMARKABLE TOUR OF AMERICA. £75.000 RAISED FOR PATRIOTIC FUNDS. Australian and 2s.Z. Cable Association (Received Mav 23. 1 a.m.i VANCOUVER. May _22. Madame Melba has raised £75.iA-0 lor patriotic purposes. She entertained a thousand soldiers in America n cantonments. -She broke hex wrist in Texas when a ht-am ieT from the theatre flies, -but cent nv.ed the performance. Site was in rn automobile accident, a locomotive explosion. and a runaway private car. and was slightly burned while boiling water for tea. She also saw a man killed on the spot when run over by an automobile. Nevertheless. the to-ur was a great- success. ■■ 1 ■ ■■ >
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4876, 23 May 1918, Page 5
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