The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-13
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 Peculiar Mshaps of 1945.

itself out. When tt happens twice the same way, you begin to won der. But once in Utica, N. Y, and again in Dark Harbor, Me, the Suns rays passing through bottle of water in a truck, set fire to the floor of each truck, anly to have the heat of the fire break the bottle and the water put out he flames.
 Bremen Burned Up"
 Probably the most embarrassed firemen in the country were the members of the volunteer depart ment of Columbus Manor, H., the night an exploding gasoline tank in bumper wagon set fire to the fire station. Unable to get their own equipment out of the station to fight the flames, the Columbus Manor laddies had to look on glumly while flremen from nearby towns did the job
 When a pin in her washing ma chine broke off, Mrs. Axel Soder of Makinen, Minn., looked around the house for substitute pin and finally found something she thought was Just the thing. She sawed off the end and started to hammer it into the machine. She might have done 1t, too, If the substitute pin hadn't exploded and blown her clear across the room. She had selected stick of dyna- mite
 No year would be complete, of course, without someone falling out of a third-story window onto cement sidewalk. The 1945 fall-out girl was Beverly Kay Schwartz, 20 months old, of Maywood, I'll, wAo escaped with d slight head injury
 Mama, Baby Go Bye Bye"
 Just to be different, a Chicago baby took his mother along with him when he went for a two-story plunge into the street The year old child slipped from a porch rail- ing. His mother, Mrs. Audrey Hud- son, grabbed for him, got him, lost her balance, and mother and son fell together Neither was seriously hurt.
 Most farsighted plunger of the year was James Hearn of Seattle, who fell three floors down an air shaft to land cozily in an easy chair.
 A lot of people stick their necks out in various ways, but not 80 spectacularly as did Virginia Trip lett, an elevator operator in St. Paul. Miss Triplett was leaning her head outside the elevator on the first floor when the automatic doors closed. Fassers-by tugged at the doors by hand until they could be opened by mechanics.
 Every returning G. I is mighty glad to see the family again, but few are so vociferous in their greet ings as was Soldier Frank Chlan of Baltimore. He gave his nom a hug so big it snapped several of her ribs.
 Out in Hollywood, where anything can happen, Sunset" Carson, six foot-five cowboy movie actor, went to the studio hospital for an as pirn to help his headache. Coming out, he struck his head against the Goor frame, keeled over uncon- scious and had to have four stitches taken in his scalp.
 As Mrs. Clara Wagner accom- panied sick friend to Chicago hospital, the ambulance in which they were riding turned corner so sharply that the rear door flew open and Mrs. Wagner was cata- quilted into the street. She was re- turned to the ambulance and con- tinued the journey-as a patient
 Just to prove that America hasn't corner on freak accidents, a. wind storm in North Adelaide, Australia, scared a deliveryman's horse into running away, but also blew the deliveryman ahead of the horse in time to stop it.
 Mouse In the Picture
 Back in America, mouse ran up the steering wheel of an auto mobile driven by Hollis Lee Ran dolph of Topanga, Calf. MT Ran dolph, who couldn't have been more startled had it been an ele- phant, lost control of his car, ran 1t into & ditch and turned 1t over. Neither he nor the mouse was hurt.
 And just as reminder of how tough things ready were during the war, Michael Babich walked up to fellow worker in Newark, N. J.. during the height of the tobacco shortage, facetlously asked for a cigarette, got one, and fainted.