The well-known actress__and dancer, Miss Adela Astaire, was about to start on a motor-boat trip with Mr, William Leeds, the Ameri can millionaire, when the boat caught fire, The flames from the gasoline were sweeping the deck when Mr. Leeds, with great presence of mind, picked Miss Astaire up and threw her on the quay. He then jumped out and pushed the oat clear. A fow seconds later a terrific explosion took place board and wrecked the boat, which was burned to the water's edge.
Miss Astaire and Mr. Leed were both severely but not dangerously The accident was witnessed by Mr, Leeds' wife, the former Russian Princess Xenia, and Miss Astaire's brother Fred, with whom she is about to reappear on the stage in London, where formerly they scored
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