VILLAGE BECOMES DRUNK.
ORGY ON RAILWAY. LONDON, April 11. The little commune of Blanc Misseron, near Mons. became -unanimously intoxicated through a railway collision/" The railway workers noticed wine leaking from a large reservoir waggon holding 16.000 litres. / Hundreds flocked to the scene and drank copiously. , Some ; filled ':> bottles, while others drank from-pools on the ground until the supply was exhausted. The effects were visible throughout the village for the whole afternoon. Nine persons ■■ collapsed •in the street,' and- one is dangerously - ill in hospital. r v Extra police were required 'to deal with- the inebriated population, -
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18380, 21 April 1923, Page 9
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97VILLAGE BECOMES DRUNK. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18380, 21 April 1923, Page 9
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