MOSQUITO AND A FUNERAL
Fifteen Egvntians, including the pallbearers and a number of mourners in a Moslem funeral procession, were injured at Cairo, the coffin was dashed to the ground and one man was arrested —all because a mosquito flew into a motor car. The car charged the cortege. The driver, the son of an Egyptian notable, said that a mosquito flew into his face as he was. driving and. in his efforts to get rid of the insect, he lost control of the car. The mourners were mown down and the car stopped only when the coffin had been upset. Police arrived and arrested the motorist. After the injured had been attended to, the coffin was taken on to the cemetery in an ambulance.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23220, 18 June 1937, Page 10
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