New Record For Leap From Sleeping Position
COLOMBO, Mon. (11 U.m.). —A merchant navy cadet, Ronald Ralph, 17, who is making his first sea voyage in the British India steamship Carpentaria, broke all records for a long leap from the sleeping position when he found a big brown Himalayan female bear beside him in his bunk.
The bear was on her way from Calcutta to Sydney’s Taronga Park Zoo, and broke loose from her cage. Chief Officer W. E. Davis first found her sitting on the after hatch, watching one of the Moslem crew performing his morning devotions. The chase began.
The bear, after visiting the third engineer in bis cabin, went to the ship's dispensary, where she drank a bottle of methylated spirits. A trail of dates eventually coaxed her back to her den.
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The bear ran into Ralph's cabin, found a tea tray, swallowed the milk, sugar and tea-leaves, and climbed into bed beside the sleeping cadet. When Ralph awoke, he made one jump and was out of the cabin.
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Northern Advocate, 27 September 1949, Page 7
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