TRAGIC TOBACCO STRUGGLE.
/* BERNE, 'Feb.* 16. ; j The shortage of tobacco m Austria is' such tliat in -many towns" -crowds of men assemble oiitsid'e tobacconists' ' shbjps * Art order, ttv wait' their turn to'be served. '-'■' At Ried, Bohemia, the crowd was so' dense and unruly that a member" of the' Association of Veterans, who was awaiting his turn. wa s Orushed to death. The" pressure of the crowd broke his ribs on both sides, and the,.' ..fractured bones penetrating the' lung s l caused his death.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14285, 30 April 1917, Page 4
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85TRAGIC TOBACCO STRUGGLE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14285, 30 April 1917, Page 4
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