TERRORS OF 1909.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 436, 15 September 1908, Page 4

TERRORS OF 1909.

Gruesome Vaticinations by “Old Moore.”

There is no falling off in the number of disasters predicted by “Old Moore ’’ in his Almanack for 1909.

The sudden striking down of a statesman, a very destructive City fire, a most terrible railway disaster, and a “ violent storm in the offices of a great City newspaper,” are some cheerful happenings predicted lor January, but no hint is given as to the nature of the lastmentioned eruption. February is earmarked for a dreadful theatre or public building catastrophe in the Manchester district. March will be a bad month for rulers, April will bring disgrace and death to a prominent financier, a tube accident in New York is predicted for May, and the discovery of mountains of silver ore in Mexico will upset the bullion market, in June, a month which will witness alarming riots in Liverpool. In July an earth tremor will shake Birmingham, there will be a railway disaster, and an excursion boat calamity in the Irish Sea.

Many members of the British Parliament will pass away in August, “ causing much election excitement,” and there will be a terrible disaster in Hull ■or Grimsby, and “ fashions will run very eccentric this month—with the ladies.”

An awful earthquake in the West Indies is promised for September, and explosions may be expected in the north during this month.

The American eagle is expected to scream* loudly in November, but otherwise the month will be comparatively quiet, and the year will end with hard times on the east coast.