The Archive · 1927

Singular Scene at Capetown

German Cruiser Pelted with Coal: Crowd Repulsed with Fire Hose Lonéon, Jan: 16.

The Capetown correspondent of! the "Daily Mail" reports that extraordinary scenes were witnessed Capetown docks on Sunday when the sailors in the new German Jeruiser Emden turned the hose pipes over the heads of 8,000 people, 'The vessel is making a world's: tour and is "open to public inspection, 'This attracted great crowds ud' to prevent further visitors getting on board, the gangways were withdrawn. A section of the crowd started to throw coal at the German sailors whose unpleasant action of turning on the hoses posly averted a tragedy, as many would otherwise have been _pushed Into the sea—Wireless Through,

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