NARROW ESCAPE.
STORY BY CONAN DOYLE. LONDON, Jan. 27. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, lecturing on spiritualism at Kensington, said that Major Seagrave, who was leaving for America before lie made his record motor speed of 203 miles an hour, received a wireless message from the works: “Change your chains.” Accordingly he changed before the attempt was made and asked the sender, when lie returned to London, the reason for the message. The reply was: “At a seance we were told that a chain would break at 170 miles an hour.” “Let us try it,” said Major Seagrave. The chain snapped at 1/4 miles an hour. “His life would have been sacrificed but for the message,” said Sir Arthur. “Major Seagrave is not a spiritualist, but he ought L» be ”
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10509, 13 February 1928, Page 3
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