MINNIE THE CAT
The crew of the cargo steamer Cumberland, plying between New Zealand and England, are very fond of their black cat but a little fearful of what adventures will befall her next, for in her short life she has already had four narrow escapes from death. Once Minnie fell into the hold among the frozen meat and could not get out for 47 days! When her plight was discovered she seemed to be none the worse for her chilly experience. Another time when the ship was in Glasgow Minnie fell overboard, but had the presence of mind to climb on to a post, where she awaited her rescuers; and twice she has fallen from great heights into one of the holds, always miraculously making a perfect landing.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVI, Issue 21238, 7 January 1939, Page 21 (Supplement)
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129MINNIE THE CAT Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVI, Issue 21238, 7 January 1939, Page 21 (Supplement)
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