GENERAL CABLES

Southland Times, Issue 18965, 12 June 1923, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES

(By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright). PARIS, June 10. Sightseers at a village fete in northern Italy were horrified witnesses of the electrocution of a beautiful girl, Nina Pancaera, known as the human fish, while giving a performance in a large tank, the water whereof was charged with electricity sufficient to give a slight shock. The spectators were invited to shake hands with her. Accidentally the current was increased to too high a voltage, causing the swimmer to become rigid, and she sank to the bottom. When taken out she was dead. LISBON, June 10. A junior officer on the American vessel Bravecoeur, became suddenly insane and shot the Captain and the wireless operator, Stewart, besides wounding a seaman. The crew succeeded in keeping the assassin in his cabin until arrival in port, where the police boarded the ship, whereon he committed suicide. LONDON, June 10. The Daily Mail’s Naples correspondent reports that a rejected suitor named Potonna hired five masked bandits to kidnap a Neapolitan girl, Laurence Carbon. They surprised her with her sister, Marie, gathering flowers. They bound Laurence with ropes. Marie, in attempting a rescue, was shot dead. Laurence’s beauty is renowned. Potonna swore he would force her to marry him.