MATCHES SAVED HIM
A box of matches saved a Finnish peasant who was recently attacked by wolves while driving his sleigh through a forest. He was unarmed, but he struck match after match, and fear of spurts of fire kept the animals at bay until he at last reached a village.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22961, 12 February 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)
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51MATCHES SAVED HIM New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22961, 12 February 1938, Page 9 (Supplement)
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