The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-19


before the Bristol Incident took place a
cat originated serious fire over in the
states. BY leaping on 10 a table il upset a
OIL lamp, and as the outcome the two-story
brick building took fire and got a good no a
belore II was found out. In this case had
II not been for the cool presence Of mind
or the lady occupant she and her children
woSld In all likelihood have persisted IN
me flames. the house being nearly de
stroyed.
Also through a cat. since the above cases
occurred. a dual fatality has taken pace
In Austria A fine pet tabby having been
lett alone In room with couple Of twin
Infants on the mothers return she was
Mortified to ind both of her offspring dead
one, Il appears, had been smothered by
the cat, while the other had died through
shock attendant on wounds inflicted by
the untrustworthy feline member.
However, remarkable the occurrences
that cats lead to, equally strange are some
we md caused by mice innocent though
their attitude may appear, nevertheless
At Blackburn. for instance valuable
horse met with its death through fright
caused by mouse running along The edge
or the manager; the horse being startled in
such way that, while making frantic ef-
forts to escape, It fell heavily breaking It's
back. Many readers no doubt. are al
ready aware that on one occasion Her
MaJesty's train was brought to a stand
stiH through n mouse getting into the
brake apparatus and interfering with It's
action
Far worse, however. was what a mouse
led to at Brighton a few months ago. In
This case lady succumbed 70 an attack
cf hysteria brought on by the little rodent
running across her face while reposine
Then, further. between two and three
years ago, an electric light dynamo explo-
sion occurred In a railway station over in
France Fortunately, In this case, no
lives were lost while the harm done was
comparatively trhing When the cause
OF the explosion was hooked into It was
discovered that mouse had knawed It's
way into the transformer effectlng a short
circuit through its body
In temple across the herring pond mice
have also been known to stop a Aarvlce
through their entrance In a body AL
though an odd mouse has been known to
produce similar effect through getting
inside the mechanism OF the organ, in the
case reviewed 1t transplred that a little
colony of mice had found their way into
some big tubes from which the organs
power was transmitted. Any way in the
long run, the congrega ton were led to re-
pair to the vestry below, where plano
was made to take the place of the stopped
organ.
Ana now Tor rats. We ma that serious
indeed was what took place at Peterbo-
rough, through a rat simply jumping out
of a manger at which a horse was feeding
The horse, becoming terribly frightened,
knocked down the man In charge, break
ing his third finger. Although medical aid
was quickly at hand lockjaw set in, end
ing fatally, of course.
Much less serious and ludricous In the
extreme was the situation presented about
a year ago in a busting metropolitan thor
oughfare through a common sewer rat
popping out of a hole and running across
the street In the first place frightening
frisky little pony, Its vehicle behind was
sent crashing into a confectioners cart;
this being next backed into a heavily
freighted omnibus, one of the horses fell
eventually causing the whole of the street
traffic to be upset. Not until many min
utes had passed by were matters shlpshape
again, II being calculated that over a thou
sand vehicles We're more or less stopped
through the odd rats passage across.