EXTRAORDINARY SCENE
jDementeb lieutenant in HOUSE OF COMMONS. C-PBI3> ASSOCIATION. —nOPYBIGHTT.) (Rec. March 3, 2.10 p.m.) ' LONDON, March 29. An extraordinary scene occurred i_n the House of Commons. An Army medical lieutenant leapt from 'the Distinguished Strangers' Gallery, dropped 25feet to the floor, and fell on his face. Springing up he made a rush to the Treasury table, shouting, "Protect your heads, soldiers, from shrapnel." Members and attendants quickly surrounded and removed the lieutenant.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 30 March 1916, Page 6
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74EXTRAORDINARY SCENE Nelson Evening Mail, 30 March 1916, Page 6
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