FALL DOWN GREAT PYRAMID. CAIRO, April •>. The Pyramids at Gizeh, < miles south-west of CViii'o were the scene tnis afternoon of an unusual tragedy. Dr Karl Musil, of Prague. had mounted to the top of the Great Pyramid of Cheops, and was descending. When a quarter of the waydown he slipped and, falling to the bottom, was killed. “The Pyramid of Cheops, the largest of the group at Gizeh, is 451 feet high and occupies an area of 13 acres. Its bulk is so great that it has been estiriiated that it contains enough stone to make a wall four feet high and one foot thick around the whole of France. The ascent of the Great Pyramid presents little difficulty to the normal person, but the descent requires great care.” ______ First aid for coughs, colds and influenza Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.— Advt,
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1926, Page 3
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141Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1926, Page 3
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